Magnesium Chloride Mineral Therapy

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Comment 1:

<<<By what means does this therapeutic modality operate?>>>

Comment 2:

<<<Please present science, a question, or some other form of legitimate

discussion. This sales hype stuff is aggravating and adds nothing of value to

this group. (No, presenting your medical review of your product which is written

for an organization of which you are the director DOES NOT constitute

" science. " )>>>

Comment 3:

<<<How does this therapy work and why would we want to use it rather than other

methods of increasing strengh, endurance and resistance to injuries?>>>

***Dear Krista, and Dave,

Sorry my intro letter was perceived as sales hype........in the next week

I will be finishing a book on the subject of magnesium chloride, magnesium in

general, and the waters of life. Its the beginning of a series called Medicine

for the 21st century. So I can present a river of information in response to

these questions. The difficult part would be where to start. I think is

wrong in his assumption though....all science or medical reviews come from one

organization or another...its not though a medical review of " mine " or " our "

product but a medical review of transdermal magnesium chloride mineral therapy.

There are several options as far as product, I can only point out the best I

have experienced and researched.

I am only being slightly hesitant because of major surgery on our web site

that should be done on Friday or Saterday.....when the Magnesium Chloride and

Sports Medicine medical review will appear. But to kick things off below I will

post a technical chapter, its still a draft, about magnesium and ATP....which is

the most basic answer to Krista's question. Magnesium, for an athlete, is almost

as important as the air he or she breathes for one cannot create energy in the

cells without it. Any deficiency in magnesium cuts proformance and endurance

simply because energy levels are dimished. Its also involved in over 325 enzyme

reactions, so really its important, very important.

So please be a little patient with me, we are jumping into both the sports

arena and diabetes area with twenty feet and there is a mountain of information

I can and will share. But essentially I am presenting the very best magnesium

delivery system, one that affects directly the the muscles because it is applied

transdermally. So it works to strenghten, adds flexibility for avoiding

injuries, and heals all at the same time.

This post is my first interaction with people in the sports world. I hope

some people here can help me out a bit and point me in the right direction. I

also hope this post at least begins to address the questions presented and that

my way of communication opens not closes doors. Its no little thing I intend to

do in the area of sports medicine and in the world of medicine in general.

Mark Sircus Ac., OMD

Director International Medical Veritas Association

João Pessoa - Brazil

PS. A central theme below is dealing with chemical and specifically with

mercury toxicity. Our second book to be released is called The Rising Tide of

Mercury and other Toxic Chemicals and mercury toxicity is a problem for athletes

and is known to cause massive cardiac arrest and some young athletes who have

dropped dead in their tracks have been known to have 22,000 times the level of

mercury in their heart tissues. This is also covered in the medical review for

sports and magnesium.

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Magnesium and ATP

" Mg2+ is critical for all of the energetics of the cells because

it is absolutely required that Mg2+ be bound (chelated) by ATP (adenosine

triphosphate), the central high energy compound of the body. ATP without Mg2+

bound cannot create the energy normally used by specific enzymes of the body to

make protein, DNA, RNA, transport sodium or potassium or calcium in and out of

cells, nor to phosphorylate proteins in response to hormone signals, etc. In

fact, ATP without enough Mg2+ is non-functional and leads to cell death. Bound

Mg2+ holds the triphosphate in the correct stereochemical position so that it

can interact with ATP using enzymes and the Mg2+ also polarizes the phosphate

backbone so that the 'backside of the phosphorous' is more positive and

susceptible to attack by nucleophilic agents such as hydroxide ion or other

negatively charged compounds. Bottom line, Mg2+ at critical concentrations is

essential to life, " says Dr. Boyd Haley who asserts strongly that, " All

detoxification mechanisms have as the bases of the energy required to remove a

toxicant the need for Mg-ATP to drive the process. There is nothing done in the

body that does not use energy and without Mg2+ this energy can neither be made

nor used. "

Mercury drastically increases the excretion of magnesium and calcium

from the kidneys, which may be caused by the kidney damage seen in mercury

poisoning. Both mercury itself and the drugs used to chelate mercury have a

strong impact on mineral levels. Again and again we will see that people are in

a difficult situation when it comes to maintaining sufficient magnesium levels.

Between the dramatically diminishing mineral content in foods and the highly

toxic world we live in the need for magnesium has never been greater. In one

substance, in magnesium chloride, we have a medicine, a detoxification agent,

and even a substance that has " chelator like " properties of mercury and other

toxic chemicals.

A magnesium ion is an atom that is missing two electrons, which makes

it search to attach to something that will replace its missing electrons so it

is actively and directly involved in diminishing heavy metal toxicity.

Magnesium appears to be a competitive inhibitor of lead and cadmium.[ii] An

increased level of magnesium has been shown to eliminate lead and cadmium

through the urine[iii] and has also been reported to reduce the toxic effects of

aluminum as well.[iv]

Magnesium ions constitute the physiologically active magnesium in the

body; they are not attached to other substances and are free to join in

biochemical body processes.[v] This is one basic reason magnesium helps to

detoxify toxic chemicals and helps eliminate heavy metals from the body. Another

reason would be the part it plays in glutathione production but undoubtedly, as

Dr. Haley indicates, the Mg-ATP provides the crucial energy to remove each

toxicant. Thus Dr. Dean is certainly justified in saying, " Symptoms of chemical

toxicity can be completely or partially produced by magnesium deficiency. "

Transdermal magnesium chloride therapy (the only way one can

dependably increase magnesium levels besides intravenous application) is crucial

in any kind of detoxification or chelation program. Deficiencies of magnesium

result in a deficiency in B6 because it is involved in vitamin metabolism and if

you don't get enough magnesium, your body cannot make or utilize protein. Few

appreciate that magnesium deficiency can creat such problems like protein

deficiencies. Magnesium also activates vitamins C and E. Therefore, if you don't

get enough magnesium, the vitamin C and E that you eat cannot be used. If you

don't have enough magnesium DMPS and DMSA will hurt more than they will help.

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and toxic metals: the effect of prolonged cadmium intoxication on magnesium

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