Magnesium: The Miracle Mineral ( Dr Sandra Cabot MD author of Liver Cleansing Diet )

100 Pages·2007·4.786 MB·English

by  Sandra Cabot M.D.

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Magnesium: The Miracle Mineral
Copyright © 2004 Dr Sandra Cabot
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1) Magnesium 2) Stress and Depression 3) Heart Disease
4) High Blood Pressure 5) Magnesium the great relaxer
Disclaimer - The suggestions, ideas and treatments described in this book
must not replace the care and direct supervision of a trained health care
professional. All problems and concerns regarding your health require
medical supervision by a medical doctor. If you have any pre-existing
medical disorders, you must consult your own doctor before following the
suggestions in this book. If you are taking any prescribed medications, you
should check with your own doctor before using the recommendations in
this book.
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Magnesium - The Miracle Mineral
About the Author
Dr Sandra Cabot MBBS, DRCOG, is a medical doctor who has extensive
clinical experience in holistic medicine. Her Clinics are situated in NSW
- Camden (ph: 02 4655 4666) and Broadway (ph: 02 9211 8624).
Dr Sandra Cabot began studying nutritional medicine while she was
a medical student and has been a pioneer in the area of holistic
healing. She graduated in medicine with honours from the University
of Adelaide, South Australia in 1975. During the 1980s Dr Cabot
worked as a volunteer in the largest missionary Christian hospital in
India, tending to the poor indigenous women. Dr Cabot pilots herself
to cities and country towns in Australia where she is invited to speak at
seminars and exhibitions.
Other Books by Dr Cabot
¢ Cholesterol - The Real Truth
¢ Tired of Not Sleeping? - a holistic guide to a good night's sleep
e The Body Shaping Diet
e Alzheimer’s - How to Protect Your Brain & Improve Your Memory
¢ The Ultimate Detox
¢ Hormones - Don’t Let Them Ruin Your Life
e Raw Juices Can Save Your Life
¢ Bird Flu Virus - You Personal Survival Guide
¢ Boost Your Energy - A Plan to Overcome Chronic Fatigue
e Can't Lose Weight? - You could have Syndrome X
e The Healthy Liver & Bowel
¢ Hormone Replacement - The Real Truth
e The Sandra Cabot Recipe Collection
e Your Thyroid Problems Solved
¢ The Liver Cleansing Diet
¢ Diabetes Type 2 - You can reverse it naturally
e The Breast Cancer Prevention Guide
¢ Help for Depression and Anxiety
e Want to Lose Weight but Hooked on Food?
Her free health magazines are available through health food stores and
online at www.weightcontroldoctor.com.au and www.liverdoctor.com
Dr Cabot founded the Womens Health Advisory Service in 1981, as a
non-government funded service. This service has provided telephone
and internet advice for people of all ages and has been helping people
to find holistic solutions to their health problems for over 25 years. The
Womens Health Advisory Service (also known as WHAS) helps to raise
money for women’s refuges and fire fighters in New South Wales.
For more information, phone Dr Cabot'’s Health Line on 02 4655 8855,
email [email protected] or visit www.sandracabot.com
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‘Magnesium - The Miracle Mineral
| will let you in on a little secret
| have been recommending magnesium supplements for many years to
help reduce a wide range of symptoms, which you will learn about in the
following pages of this book. | have been recommending it to quite a few
male patients to help them with high blood pressure, tremor, racing heart
beat, stress and much more.
It was not until 2004 that | learnt of a surprising benefit, or you could even
say, side effect of magnesium in males!
My male patients kept on thanking me for prescribing magnesium to them
telling me it was absolutely terrific in every way and they could not believe
the difference it had made in their lives. | mean | knew magnesium was a
miracle for health, but | had not realised it was this good!
Finally |a sked a couple of the guys | also knew as friends as well as patients,
why they were so “over the moon” about the magnesium supplement that
| had prescribed for them. They said “Well Sandra, | am a new man in the
bedroom” and “lam 21 again” and | got it!
Magnesium was acting as a natural form of “Viagra” and they were trying
to let me know!
Well it’s not really surprising that magnesium can improve sexual
performance in men because it acts as a “vasodilator” which means it
dilates blood vessels and thus increases the circulation of blood through
the blood vessles. Thus the function of the organs supplied by the blood
vessels is enhanced.
Magnesium acts as a vasodilator because it relaxes the muscles in the arteries
and this produces other beneficial effects such as improved circulation to
the limbs (no more cold feet and hands!) and improved circulation to the
brain (less migraines and better memory)
To gain the benefits of magnesium as a vasodilator, you need to take it
regularly at least once a day.
So here's to your health and your love life!
Dr Sandra Cabot
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Contents
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Magnesium:
The Miracle Mineral
Introduction
When it comes to improving health and living a healthy lifestyle,
there are many people in today’s world who expend their energy
hoping for an effortless shortcut... a magic potion, so to speak, or
more accurately, a magic pill. For reasons of their own they’d rather
not invest the effort it takes to exercise or diet or pursue any of the
other positive lifestyle changes that can prevent a lot of the most
common medical conditions — and on one level | can understand
why. Exercise is time consuming. Sacrifice is definitely no fun.
Instead, if given the choice, many people would undoubtedly opt
for a pill to counteract the heart-damaging effects of poor eating
habits, or to replace physical activity as a way of reducing diabetic
complications, or to stave off irritability, do away with tension
headaches or eliminate a host of other unpleasant conditions.
As anyone who has read any of my books knows, | am a very strong
proponent of a healthy lifestyle that includes proper diet, exercise
and a holistic approach to life. | will personally follow this lifestyle
no matter what, and would under any and all circumstances
recommend that everyone else do the same.
But if there were a mineral — a mineral found in your body and one
that your health requires — that came in a pill/supplement form
and provided all of the health benefits | previously mentioned, plus
many more to boot, | would certainly take it. Wouldn't you?
Well, guess what? There is such a mineral and it is available over
the counter — no prescription needed — in practically every health
food store and pharmacy in the world.
As a medical doctor, I’m very much aware that prescription
medications can treat, and even prevent, many of our most common
health problems. I’m also aware that a lot of these medications
are expensive, are often effective for just a single condition, can
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sometimes cause side effects that are worse than the health
problems they control, and may require repeat visits to the doctor
to ensure the dosage Is correct.
Not that I’m against prescription medications — nothing could
be further from the truth. Some man-made drugs, such as anti-
hypertensive drugs and anti-depressant drugs for example, can
truly work miracles, and have made the world a much healthier
place. Still, there is always the cost and the side effects to consider,
along with the fact that a prescription drug that works well for
one person may not work quite as well for the next. And let's not
forget the holistic approach. Given the choice between a man-
made remedy and one found in nature, I'll always choose to follow
the natural path — as long as the end result is the same or better.
To have a mineral found in nature, a mineral your body needs, a
mineral that is easily and cheaply available (in pill or powder form)
and known to be useful in treating or preventing dozens of medical
conditions — to me, that sounds like a dream come true.
In this case, the dream has a name: magnesium.
Magnesium is a white mineral element found in the body’s soft
tissues, muscles and bones and, to some extent, in the body
fluids. It is a naturally occurring element on earth, being extracted
from ground water and seawater. The human body contains
approximately 25 grams (just under 1 ounce) of magnesium, most
of which is stored in the bones.
Magnesium is essential for hundreds of chemical reactions
that take place in the body every second, with recent findings
also indicating that it offers a wide range of important
health-promoting benefits, including:
¢ Preventing heart disease
e Helping the body produce and use insulin
e Promoting strong bones and teeth
e Regulating heart rhythm
e Reducing high blood pressure
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