Posted by JLx on December 30, 2003, at 19:47:49
In reply to --Magnesium supplements, other questions--, posted by socialdeviantjeff on December 30, 2003, at 15:34:21
> 'lo, all. This is my first post on the alternative board.
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> I was wondering if anyone knows where to find unbiased information on links between magnesium deficiency and psychiatric disorders. I also have an overactive parathyroid. I've heard that calcium is an antagonist to magnesium. Is this true, and if so what would be a good calcium antagonist to counter it? Is there a good natural supplement or should I look at a prescribed calcium blocker like Verapamil?Though not specifically about magnesium and psychiatric disorders, I would recommend "The Magnesium FActor" by Mildred Seelig, M.D. for exhaustive info about magnesium (including ~75 pages of small print references from medical journals).
Page 71:
"Magnesium is a natural calcium-channel blocker; as long as there is adequate magnesium inside cells, damaging calcium influx does not occur. The need for calcium-channel blockers arises from the breakdown of cell membrane integrity, which is in turn caused by a magnesium deficiency."
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