Re: Re: 1 st post (Jfb) & Xavierboy (MG)-correction

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CORRECTION: That 24 hr mag test is 24 hr. URINE collection. Stan.

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Re: 1 st post (Jfb) & Xavierboy (MG)

> > >Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2004 17:14:37 -0000

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> > >as we have a fairly healthy heart otherwise. Our mortality rate is

> > >no higher than people without A fib so, to them, 'What's the big

> > >deal'? They are so used to dealing with patients with other life and

> > >death related problems that I think, maybe subconsciously even, they

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> > >Question, Test, Probe and above all, Use Common Sense.

> > >

> > >As to the question about going to a doctor to have a magnesium test

> > >done. It is not that simple. Magnesium is normally found mostly in

> > >intracellular tissue, not floating around in the blood stream. A

> > >simple blood test WILL NOT always find a deficiency of that

> > >particular trace element. Unless a tissue biopsy is done, not an

> > >easy or practicle approach, the blood test will be unclear. The only

> > >easy way to test that specific supplement is to try it. If it will

> > >have any positive effect on you, you should notice the difference

> > >within a week or so.

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> > >Also, I don't agree that all supplements are harmless. Pick and

> > >choose wisely. Potassium for instance, can build up in your blood

> > >stream from an overdose easily. At least that element can readily be

> > >tested by a normal blood screening. I can tell you from experience

> > >that most doctors will tell you that, " As long as you are on healthy

> > >diet, you will get all the vitamins and minerals you need from normal

> > >food supplies. " In my opinion that statement is, to use a non

> > >medical term, B.S. But that is the what they learned in medical

> > >school and it would be hard for them to contradict a long standing

> > >medical precept.

> > >

> > >I'll get off my soapbox now and go out in my garden and pick some

> > >weeds. But first I'll take my usual 250 mg of Mg oxide that has kept

> > >me in NSR for over three months now.

> > >

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