From the Desk of Carolyn Dean MD ND
When people ask me why I’m so passionate about educating people about magnesium, I share this quote from my bestselling book, The Magnesium Miracle:
“Magnesium therapy would absolutely have a profound effect on improving the health of the population; yet doctors won’t draw their own conclusions from thousands of papers proving that magnesium is essential to life. Instead, they treat magnesium as if it were a drug to be positioned in randomized clinical trials to make sure there is no placebo effect. Personally, I think we have actually reached the point of malpractice to withhold this vital information from the public.”
So, magnesium researchers make their living endlessly studying their money-making mineral – their cash cow and never draw any conclusions because that would curtail their funding.
In America, heart disease is consistently the number one cause of death and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) dumps approximately $2.5 billion annually into the black hole of cardiovascular research. In the US, shelling out money to doctors for medications and lost productivity to heart disease is more than $252 billion annually.
Let me break it down. In 2020, an individual being treated for heart disease spent $5,540 and probably more each year thereafter. Whether that money comes out-of-pocket or is covered by some form of insurance, that’s a lifetime of payments for people with heart disease who receive typical medical treatment.
Alternatively, a preventive approach could allow you to fortify your life and heart with picometer-stabilized magnesium ions, keeping your body magnesium sufficient and performing optimally.
Wouldn’t this possibility be worth exploring? The problem is that your medical doctor is not likely to explore that possibility with you or for you. They didn’t learn about magnesium deficiency in medical school, and in their practice, they don’t have an accurate blood test for magnesium. So, in this regard, a self-initiated approach to searching out appropriate strategies and then sharing them with your health care practitioner is recommended.
Heart Health
A bit more detail about supplementing with magnesium to support the structure and function of the entire cardiovascular system, including the heart.
The heart, specifically the left ventricle, stores and uses a very high amount of magnesium. Reams of research has shown that magnesium deficiency is common in people with heart disease, and taking magnesium can reduce that risk. IV magnesium can prevent myocardial infarction damage and cardiac arrhythmia if given at the onset of a heart attack. Unfortunately, most drugs used to treat heart disease can deplete magnesium levels in the body.
In my book, The Magnesium Miracle, I share three ways that magnesium supports your heart’s health:
- Magnesium prevents muscle spasms of the blood vessels in the heart, which can lead to heart attack.
- Magnesium prevents muscle spasms of the peripheral blood vessels, which can lead to high blood pressure.
- Magnesium prevents calcium buildup in cholesterol plaque in arteries, which leads to clogged arteries, atherosclerosis and stroke.
From my perspective, most people that I’ve worked with don’t have a heart problem; they have a magnesium deficiency.
What else you can do
Review your current list of supplemental nutrients and make sure that you have all the recommended vitamins and minerals that support heart health incorporated into your routine. Taking Omega-3, D3, K2, and Vitamin C will provide a solid foundation in cellular wellness and heart function.
Heart Health Diet
When it comes to a diet for heart disease, one size does not fit all; however, maintaining a healthy blood sugar level and avoiding insulin resistance are extremely important. A vegetarian diet may help in the initial stages of a lifestyle change to help “detox” the body, but it’s not necessarily going to lower your cholesterol. Cholesterol is not “the” or even “a” cause of heart disease, and has led to the inappropriate use of statin drugs that are causing more problems than they are supposed to cure.
Essentially, limit your sugar intake as much as possible and eliminate seed oils to help maintain your cell health.
What seed oils? Corn, canola, cottonseed, soy, sunflower, and safflower.
Exercise Your Heart
Exercise helps with weight loss, prevents insulin resistance, and offers a natural way to release stress. Walking is probably the best form of exercise. If an angina attack comes on while walking, stop and rest. As you take your picometer, a stabilized ionic form of magnesium, your endurance builds, circulation improves, and your health stabilizes.
Lifestyle for Your Heart
Smoking, of course, is contraindicated in heart disease. It dramatically decreases oxygen levels throughout the body, and the heart must work furiously to maintain oxygenation of the body.
Nutrients For Your Heart
If your heart is not supplied with the proper nutrients in the correct amounts, how can it possibly function properly? The most important nutrient is magnesium in a picometer, a stabilized ionic form of magnesium, and I’ve mentioned a few others above. The best way to proceed is to contact our Customer Experience Team to help establish a healthy protocol that you can rely on.
Carolyn Dean MD ND
The Doctor of the Future
