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MAGNESIUM

9 August, 2005

J. I. Rodale - The Miracle Mineral

Our initial interest in magnesium as an aid to bodily health

was aroused in 1939 by the work of Dr. P. Schrumpf-Pierron in

the field of cancer research. The researches of Professor P.

Schrumpf-Pierron

are written up in the Bulletin de L'Institut

D'Egypte (Vol. XIV, February 15, 1932) and

others. He talks about the rarity of cancer in Egypt where the

rate of malignant cases is only about one-tenth that of Europe.

What is the cause? After exhaustive studies and research the

doctor

came to the conclusion that it was due to too much potassium and

too little magnesium in the foods of Europeans. On the other

hand,

in the soils of Egypt the conditions are reversed; that is, more

magnesium in relation to the potassium.

There seems to be a definite relationship between magnesium and

potash wherever it is found, whether in the soils, rocks, or

other

places. Where there is an oversupply of potash, there is always

an undersupply of magnesium and vice versa. Schrumpf-Pierron

studied

the cancer statistics for France in relation to the rock

structure

underlying its soils. It worked most uncannily. Wherever he

found

an excess of potash, there he discovered less magnesium and more

human cancer cases. Wherever he observed a minimum of potash,

he found a maximum of magnesium and less cancer cases. This

means

that people who eat food raised in certain soils that obtain

their

nutriments from the rocks that underlie them get certain

elements

into their foods because of this. Such a condition would apply

more to France than to the United States, because in a country

like France there would be more of a tendency to consume food

near the point at which it is raised. But in the United States,

with our more advanced industrial condition, where even the

poorer

people are able to buy winter vegetables raised in California,

Florida, and elsewhere, a great deal of citrus foods, etc., and

meats that are shipped long distances, local deficiencies and

unbalancings of nutritional elements may tend to be corrected

to a certain extent.

When Schrumpf-Pierron found that an excess of potassium in the

rocks of a region tied in with an excess of cancer cases in that

section, we should note that excess of potassium means excess

of carbohydrates in plants grown there and, therefore, reduced

protein in the foods. Farmers should know that it is best,

therefore,

to use dolomitic limestone when they apply lime, because it is

rich in magnesium and acts as a safety factor in relation to the

potash in the soil.

In an article, " The Importance of Magnesium in Human Nutrition, "

by S. Marcovitch, Ph.D., printed in The

Science Counselor (December, 1954, Duquesne University

Press), appears the following: " It is now generally known

that the liberal use of potassium fertilizers tends to cause

deficiency

of magnesium in plants, and even lowers the calcium and soda

content.

Cattle fed on such high potassium forage develop grass tetany. "

The evidence of a dietary need for much magnesium is

mountainous-our

files are bulging with scientific papers on the subject.

At this point you may be saying, " Am I getting enough magnesium? "

So may we tell you that if you eat sunflower and pumpkin seeds,

if you take at least four bone meal tablets of standard size a

day, if you eat wheat germ, peanuts, peas, beans, soybeans, and

plenty of meat, you are assured of getting enough magnesium.

At this time we would like to discuss our bête noire--milk

drinking. Dr. S. Marcovitch, quoted above, says in the same

article:

" Milk with a low magnesium ratio, while an excellent food

for the young, may be detrimental for adults. "

Here is another reference: " Some component of milk interferes

with the utilization of magnesium. R. H. [in the

BioClinical

Journal, 67, 472, 19571 ... recently undertook the

elucidation of this phenomenon, " Nutrition Reviews

(June, 1958).

In the March 31, 1958, issue of Newsweek, we were thrilled when

we read of a discovery to help heart patients made by the famous

Dr. Hans Selye of McGill University at Montreal. Selye took

groups

of albino rats and, by making them undergo certain stresses that

damaged their heart muscles, caused them to die. But when he

gave

them injections of magnesium and potassium, they always

continued

to live.

We are sorry that we have to disagree with Dr. Selye, but we

are of the opinion that he would have gotten the same results

with the magnesium alone, and without the potassium, and there

is much medical work that backs us up! In The

Journal of the American Medical Association (October

19, 1963), Fisch, M.D., stated that medical science may

have been wrong in prescribing potassium for patients with

coronary

disease. Research shows that potassium may make digitalis

intoxication

worse, " even to the point of cardioactive standstill. "

He says that " potassium has been too enthusiastically received,

and some say too enthusiastically given. Recent observations,

though, have pointed out to contrindications, and certain

cardiologists

have suggested caution in the use of potassium. "

Fisch is chief of the cardiovascular division at Indiana

University

School of Medicine. He gives a lot of evidence to prove his

point.

In our own files we find several proofs that good results in

coronary cases can be obtained by the use of magnesium without

potassium. Here is S. E. Browne, M.D., writing to The

Lancet (London, December, 1961), who says that for

the past nine months he has injected a magnesium sulfate

solution

into patients with severe angina or a history of coronary

thrombosis

with excellent results on five patients with really severe

angina.

Another piece of evidence is in an article in The

Lancet (November 1, 1958) which says, " Recent

work has suggested that magnesium may be related to

atherosclerosis

and ischaemic heart disease. It has been claimed that magnesium

sulphate is of therapeutic value in myocardial infarction, while

a high magnesium diet has prevented the development of

atherosclerosis

in rats. " Not a word about potassium.

In The British Medical Journal (January

23, 1960), an item contains the following: " Over 100 patients

suffering from coronary heart disease . . . were treated with

intramuscular [injected] magnesium sulphate with only one death,

compared to their findings in the previous year when, of 196

cases

admitted and treated with routine anticoagulants, 60 died. "

In the American Heart Journal (February,

1959) cases are described of damage to the heart by certain

medication.

Then in the summary appears the following: " The damage to

the heart and the blood vessels, caused by the bacterial

polysaccharide,

was considered as a common phenomenon induced by some of the

high

molecular substances . . . Such damage was reduced effectively

by the concurrent oral administration of magnesium chloride. "

Another in The South African Medical

Journal (December 20, 1958): . . . " The value

of parenteral [not oral] magnesium-sulphate therapy in acute and

chronic heart disease has once again been affirmed. M cases of

angina have been treated by 5 workers with 66 per cent remission

of pain. 64 cases of acute coronary thrombosis or acute coronary

insufficiency have been treated. Of these only one died in an

acute attack. The great importance of early parenteral magnesium

sulphate therapy in these cases has been stressed . . . It is

suggested that in cases who have recovered from an attack of

coronary

thrombosis, life expectancy can be improved by combined hepatin

and magnesium- sulphate by long-term therapy. "

Finally, here is an interesting item from The

South African Medical Journal (October 18, 1958):

" In a personal communication to us Dr. Parsons

writes as follows:

" 'We have completed 50 cases of patients treated

with magnesium sulphate and have reported our findings in a

paper

to the British Medical Journal. We feel that this form of

treatment

has surpassed other forms especially in cases suffering from

angina.

Medicine is a progressive science and in its multiple branches

new forms of therapy are constantly appearing.

" 'To physicians who are students not alone

of the manifestations of disease, but also of the working of

human

nature, there are few chapters in the field of therapeutics more

interesting than those which record the response of medical men

to the Supposed advances in the treatment of disease. This can

roughly be divided into 4 stages:

" 'The first reaction is that of scepticism

and outright rejection by the few whose verdict matters most.

This is understandable in the light of past experience. Many

medical

men have announced their cure of disease, provided remedies to

relieve symptoms, and invented methods of treatment that seemed

to put off the inevitable tendency to dissolution. Yet few of

these inventions and discoveries have maintained their early

reputation.

Another initial difficulty is that our views about a new and

unorthodox

method of treatment are already prejudiced by various

influences,

both emotional and intellectual, and particularly by theories

which pervade our own thought, sometimes without our being aware

of them. To be ruthlessly critical of another man's theories is

one of the easiest tasks to accomplish. The 2nd stage in the

life

history of a new drug is one of unbridled enthusiasm and

acceptance

by the many. Wild and exaggerated claims are made in support of

a new drug, impossible hopes are entertained or the drug may be

used in the wrong dose and in the wrong way. This inevitably

brings

a useful remedy into disrepute (3rd stage) and it may take years

before the 4th stage is reached and the drug makes its final

reappearance

in the field of therapeutics. The history of tuberculin is a

glaring

example of this. "

So . . . we'll stake our money on magnesium without potassium.

for continuation see Part 2 " Magnesiun

and Cancer "

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