If adrenal function is the key to healing... magnesium is the other key

Out of hundreds of herbs and supplements that I've tried, one of the few that I think is NECESSARY for the vast majority of us, is magnesium. If you aren't taking magnesium, you should try it. There's a good chance you will feel a lot better. Personally, it helps with many symptoms, from soreness and weakness, to fatigue, to skin problems, sleep problems, metabolism and digestion, and so on. I know many many things claim to "cure" a lot of these symptoms, but, while I will not claim magnesium is a golden cure for us, it is well-known that lyme feeds on magnesium, so we are all depleted to some degree. And it is such a crucial mineral for mind and body function. Especially if you've had an infection for a long time, you've probably been depleted of magnesium for a long time.

The best way for me to get magnesium has been oil of magnesium (find it on amazon). Epsom salt baths also work pretty well. Both these methods seem to work better than magnesium pill supplements, at least for me. Especially if you have had digestion and stomache issues, it's easier to supplement thru the skin.

If you've been feeling bad, and haven't been supplementing magnesium, I highly suggest you try it.

^I have not heard anything about that. All I know is that I feel so much better when I supplement with mag oil a few times per week.

I thought my wife read to me the other day...don't know where...but that abx were weakened in potency by magnesium. Also... if lyme feeds on magnesium...why would we want to feed them. If there was ever such a thing ....if we could somehow poison the thing that they feed on and not have it poison us...that would be outstanding.

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Also... if lyme feeds on magnesium...why would we want to feed them. If there was ever such a thing ....if we could somehow poison the thing that they feed on and not have it poison us...that would be outstanding.

That's a good question. Basically, lyme will get magnesium (and other nutrients) no matter what. If we stop supplementing, the bacteria will still take what little magnesium we have, and then we will be left with none. If we supplement, then yes, lyme will get magnesium -- but now our body will have enough magnesium to function properly and fight the disease. For what it's worth, this is Stephen Buhner's point of view. Makes sense yeah?

Post Edited (skBM) : 3/11/2014 11:14:53 AM (GMT-6)

Magnesium has helped me tremendously.  I take 2 capsules in the morning and 2 at night but I still don't think it's enough (it's about 400mg).  I also am trying to get my daughter to take them for her headaches, since I have heard that some doctors even prescribe magnesium for migraines! 

I am curious....can I get a higher dosage with the oil of magnesium?  And maybe this would be good for my daughter too, who doesn't like taking lots of capsules.

Thanks.

Does anyone know what the results are if you keep a high dosage of mg if the bacteria tend to cyst less than if you didnt keep their food supply up?

I came across this today and thought it would be a good addition to this post.

"Most chronically ill patients are magnesium deficient. The Magnesium Malate is the most highly absorbable and highly utilizable form of magnesium. Approximately fifty percent of metabolic enzymes, that ultimately cause ATP energy production for the cells, require magnesium as a co-factor. And magnesium is necessary for normal heart rhythm, normal blood pressure, normal nerve and brain function, normal contraction and relaxation of skeletal muscles as well as smooth muscles in the gut, bile ducts, pancreatic ducts, etc."

It's from here, www.nutramedix.ec/ns/lyme-protocol

Hmmm, I don't think my daughter is getting any medical training from her chemical engineering courses.

I've heard they get it from anywhere in the body and that people don't absorb it very well if their digestive system is compromised from the infection.

It'a give and take I guess. Your gonna feed them regardless...so might as well feel better doing it. So in total they just feed on magnesium and sugar? I'm surprised some scientist can't develop something our system can handle that would infuse magnesium/ sugar, with something that is lethal to them. But I'm a Joe blow and don't know a thing about science

I don't know about Lyme liking sugar, I thought that was just me. I do know they are Manganese dependant. The stuff I saw was going on about it NOT being iron linked, which is quite unusual. I used to watch Star Trek so the idea of life forms based on other than our standards isn't so shocking to me.  If we as a species would just get over the idea that we know most everything it would be so much easier to learn more!

 

 I probably get 150% just from my bath alone :)

Probably enough for me, unless I start twitching...then I'll suppliment a little more.

Hey Roots, could you post the serving sizes to get those RDA's? I'd like to go a natural route whenever I can. Thanks!