The Magnesium Factor

by Ann Marie Work

Almost every person on our planet has some degree of magnesium deficiency, leading to a myriad of conditions including a weakened immune system, muscle spasms, pain, premature aging, the inability to release stress and overall degeneration.

Magnesium balances the body’s electrical charges. An electrical charge is created at the cell wall when sodium and calcium move from outside to inside the cell and potassium and magnesium move from inside to outside the cell. This action continues back and forth releasing the exact amount of electrical energy needed for the metabolic activities of the cell, plus vital nerve and muscle function. This pumping action also carries nutrients into the cell and metabolic waste materials out. Magnesium is normally found in large quantities in the mitochondria of the cell, where it is responsible for the storage and release of the chemicals in ATP, known as the universal energy in all living things.

When this electrical charge is diminished the body fails to function effectively, decreasing a person’s level of vitality and wellness. Due to soil depletion, the average person fails to receive sufficient magnesium from their foods. Due to external electro-magnetic disturbances from computers, microwaves and atmospheric radiation, reserves of magnesium in the body are quickly depleted. Scientists are discovering that once the reserve of magnesium in the body is depleted, the body’s ability to absorb magnesium through the intestinal track from food supplements is greatly compromised. At the cell level, intracellular magnesium is required to absorb more magnesium into the cell. Therefore, once the body is depleted, an absorbing factor is required to assist in moving magnesium across the intestinal wall into the blood stream and through the cell wall.

With this in mind, I looked at various conditions and how they relate to a magnesium deficiency:

For months, I have been searching for an answer to the dilemma of the magnesium deficiency I have witnessed in my students. As I researched the debilitating effects of magnesium deficiency in both minor and major health challenges, I realized most of my own personal symptoms since childhood may have been connected to this deficiency as well.

As I talked to health professionals around the country, I was informed this is one of the main topics of concern worldwide. Although many items and programs have been tried, the progress has been slow and the success questionable.

I tried many types of supplement programs with only minor success and then began looking for an absorbing factor to "prime the pump" and restore the natural magnesium transfer process. The result is a Harmonic Product called Balance.

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