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An appreciative reader wrote recently about my very favorite mineral, magnesium.

“Dr. Dean, I just wanted to say thanks for bringing the value of magnesium supplementation to light. It has really changed my life.

I think that for years I had magnesium deficiency and was always having muscle cramps and twitches in my feet. I was also super keyed up (with an anxious nervous system) and at one point developed “hyperventilation syndrome”. When I saw that that is linked to magnesium deficiency I knew I was on the right track with supplementation.

I feel 1000% better than I have ever felt in my life due to magnesium. I am calm and clear for the first time in my life, and finish things I start. My muscle twitching and cramping episodes are almost all gone, and I no longer have agonizing menstrual cramps.

Thanks again Dr. Dean, you are brilliant for recognizing the holistic benefits of magnesium.”

Here’s how I did it. A dear friend of mine arranged a meeting with a Random House editor in 1999 so I could pitch a book I was writing with my Chinese Medicine teacher. The editor had just signed a similar book so my offer was rejected. However, she had just had a beneficial experience with magnesium and asked me if I would write a book on magnesium.

I thought, how bizarre, a whole book on one mineral. But I did some research and realized that the meager amount of magnesium I was taking was not enough because I had several symptoms of magnesium deficiency myself. Heart palpitations, crippling Charlie horse cramps at night and trouble sleeping.

My learning curve continued but it wasn’t until the second edition of The Magnesium Miracle that I found non-laxative forms of magnesium. I found that I required so much magnesium that I would get a laxative effect when I took too much by mouth. What I do instead is spray myself all over with magnesium after my morning walk and air dry. Then after about a half hour, I take my shower. And for oral magnesium, I use the angstrom form.

See my resources page for the several forms of magnesium I recommend and why. Click on my Magnesium Miracle book and purchase it from Amazon.com. And if you want a quick and inexpensive primer on magnesium – pick up my eBook, How to Change Your Life with Magnesium.

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