The just released article below is kind of dryly written …. all scientifical, and stuff. But, that gives it more credibility. Right?
I only recently became aware of Magnesium … its extreme importance to the human body …. how virtually all Americans are magnesium-depleted and the dangers thereof …. and, like Heinz ketchup, magnesium oil cures at least 57 human ailments. Let me briefly tell you my story.
For about the past year and a half I have had a CONSTANT tingling in my left foot. It must be genetic. My mother had the same thing happen to her at the same age. Now, 20 years later both her feet are always swollen and give her pain. I have zero pain. Yet. But the tingling is there 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Extensive age spots also cover the foot … those same brown spots old people get.
About 10 days ago I started applying Magnesium oil, sprayed directly on Mr. Left Foot, and then massaged for about 5 minutes into the skin. I do this 3 times a day. The results? The tingling is almost totally gone. It’s there only in the morning, and it goes away later in the day once the magnesium oil is applied. The brown spots? 75% gone!! All in 10 days. Simply the most amazing thing my body has ever encountered. (Well, not counting the hooker I met while stationed in Greece.) Best purchase I ever made in my life.
A BETTER BOOK
For easier-to-read stuff, please check out this link TeresaE sent to me; “Transdermal Magnesium Therapy: … (Her story regarding magnesium is also amazing.)
MAGNESIUM SOURCES
My own extensive googling has narrowed my Magnesium Oil sources to the following two;
1)- HTTPS://WWW.SWANSONVITAMINS.COM/LIFE-FLO-PURE-MAGNESIUM-OIL-8-FL-OZ-LIQUID
Brands other than Swanson supply this. The important data point is that the actual source of the oil comes from the ancient Zechstein seabed in the Netherlands, several thousand feet underground. It is a concentrated solution …. 100% pure …. nothing added and nothing removed.
2)- http://www.magnesoothe.com/
They make the same claim as to purity as above. It comes from the Dead Sea. Where they may be different is that magnesoothe published lab analysis of their product contents, and it may contain more trace elements.
So, I bought both and alternate days.
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ASTRONAUT RESEARCH POINTS TO THE ANTI-AGING PROPERTIES OF MAGNESIUM
(NaturalNews) For decades, we have had empirical evidence of pathological conditions associated with accelerated aging: from vibroacoustic disorder in train engine drivers to ‘burn-out syndrome’ and radiation exposure in aviation pilots. Over the past 5 years, however, the space medicine community has elucidated vital implications for preventing diseases and enhancing quality of life and longevity in the community as a whole.
Numerous studies researching processes associated with accelerated aging in space have pointed to magnesium for controlling damage done to the kidneys and heart by increased sympathetic nervous system activity. Magnesium is required to synthesize and release kidney atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP); in the extremities of space, a reduction of ANP is seen following elevation of norepinephrine, angiotensin, and aldosterone.
Applying magnesium protects the kidneys from the sympathetic nervous system as well as the heart from the associated hypertension or high blood pressure. Researchers are suggesting that spaceflight and gravity-induced conditions are not just convergent with aging research for normal individuals on Earth, but entirely parallel.
Mitochondria stressed by magnesium deficiency
NASA and ISS laboratories have observed evidence that cellular senescence is linked with stress-induced changes in blood pressure. This potentially circumvents the relaxation response by causing the stress hormone, epinephrine, to induce mobilization of magnesium and subsequently deplete its available stores. Magnesium is also shown to be significantly depleted after space flights.
Magnesium is the second most abundant cation in cells besides potassium. Serum magnesium deficiency occurs when levels go below 1.7 mg per deciliter. While some 60% of Americans do not consume enough magnesium to reach measurably healthy blood serum levels, the same percent may have unmeasurable magnesium deficiency inside of red blood cells.
Magnesium is shown to regulate over 300 enzymes as well as directly stabilizing DNA. Additionally, magnesium promotes a person’s ability to relax. Paradoxically, however, it takes energy to manually relax; this is achieved by magnesium providing the building block for the energy currency, ATP, in mitochondria of the cells. The relaxation response (RR) relies on having the energy to shut down several brain regions, such as the amygdala, anterior cingulate cortex, and lateral habenula, which would be activated from the stress, and to manually shift the energy to a part of the brainstem called the globus pallidus that projects to the lateral habenula and determines whether it allows the reward center, the nucleus accumbens, to receive its dopamine reward.
Calming down is a reward for mitochondria, because inside of the nucleus accumbens neurons are mitochondria trying to keep the region intact, and the reward chemicals reduce the friction on their cellular life cycles. All the brain regions rely on mitochondria for energy to function, so the magnesium content in the calming regions determines response to kidney and adrenal secretions that affect the heart, breathing, oxidation, and magnesium stores during stress.
Meditation harnesses and saves magnesium before it’s wasted
A systems biology analysis approach has identified 39 genes that can be regulated by relaxation response practitioners, which may become key knowledge in addition to magnesium treatments for both terrestrial and astronaut regimens.
The authors state, “Systems biology analysis identified histone (HIST1H2BC), calcium channel (CACNA1C) and cytochrome C (CYC1) among top focus hubs of the Long-term Upregulated pathways. These genes have been linked to pathways responsible for energy metabolism, electron transport chain, biological oxidation and insulin secretion. These pathways play central roles in mitochondrial energy mechanics, oxidative phosphorylation and cell aging. …In essence these adaptive responses become markers of what might be called mitochondrial resiliency or mitochondrial reserve capacity. Long-term RR downregulated genes revealed associations with pathways involved in immune response (e.g. IL6, IL10, CCR3, antigen processing and presentation, TCR signaling), apoptosis (e.g. Apoptosis, Ceramide, PML) and stress response (e.g. stress pathway, MTOR). …thus linking psychological stress to deregulated immune function and DNA repair that could be impacted by RR”
Radiation, leaky electrons, DNA deletions. Unnecessarily exhausted engines?
Finally, mitochondrial requirements for magnesium, when met, are one of the most under-recognized aspects of our defense against radiation. The DNA deletions in mitochondria that occur with aging simply occur more rapidly when subjected to radiation, and the result is a similar reduction in efficiency of the mitochondrial electron transport chain, which results in i’s over-activation and excess generation of free radicals.
http://www.naturalnews.com/041989_astronaut_research_anti-aging_properties_magnesium.html#
dammit, NOT dropping pounds, I’ve stalled out at 130, but that is ok because my waist continues to shrink.
Oh yeah, forgot about my son, he started using the oil because of aching joints & hands, plus his lifelong shoulder problems (doctors recommended surgery going back to when he was still a teen) and I noticed last week that his gut (and moobs Stuck, you ain’t the only one and he is young and not really overweight!), are shrinking. He is down 3 belt holes without changing his diet or activity levels.
If it isn’t the mag directly, it seems to be something associated with it.
Admin,
I know you’re a very busy guy, but I highly recommend (again) this book:
The Magnesium Miracle by Dr. Carolyn Dean
You could probably read it in half a day (hope that’s not an insult ;)) WHILE you were doing your day job AND writing your next TBP essay AND yacking with the monkeys.
There are other great books on the subject; Dr. Dean’s is where I started.
It’s a fascinating subject with so many health implications.
Great Mg discussion. When I was an intern, working in the cardiac care unit, one of the fellows impressed upon me the importance of checking and maintaining the level of ionized Mg in these patients. I soon came to think of an intravenous blast of magnesium as a wonder drug in some instances.
Mysteriously, some patients with atrial fibrillation and other dysrhythmias of the heart, unresponsive to most other treatments, would suddenly be cured with just a little MgSO4 in their IV. Not all cases, and I didn’t have the time to systematically study this phenomenon, but it stuck with me.
When I worked in med-surg ICUs, even more mysteriously I saw patients get better from a variety of conditions, including angina, response to infection/antibiotics, altered consciousness/cognition, when given magnesium. Either empirically (the fancy term for ‘hey, maybe this shit will work’) or specifically to treat a low serum ionized magnesium level.
This did not work universally for every sick patient. Correcting a low Mg level often had no apparent effect. But it did work, often.
Nearly four years ago, I drastically improved my diet, eliminating 99% of processed foods (not counting ice cream, my greatest remaining vice). At the start of 2013, I further improved my diet, pushing the percentage of vegetables much higher than before. Since I eat a lot of foods high in magnesium (spinach, kale, almonds, chard), I have not given much thought to this little metal element. Until the last few days, reading this.
Maybe somewhat related, yesterday I tried something new for me. The surgeon I work with (the few days a month I still see patients) uses something called arnica gel, a plant root extract, to reduce bruising and inflammation for his patients. He also rubs it on his own neck and shoulder for his pain and muscle stiffness.
I tried some yesterday on a problem area, I have chronic pain just below my knee involving an inflamed bursa and the peroneal nerve it has taken hostage, and squeezes when it feels like torturing me. Sure enough, I’ve been pain-free since. Sure enough, this particular arnica gel preparation has some magnesium thrown into the mix.
I’m headed to my health food guy, pending his recommendations (he has given me superb advice over the past five years) I’ll probably try some Mg-L threonate, and either the arnica + Mg or some other Mg oil/ointment/gel.
Shit, I’m becoming the kind of Mr. Natural I used to make fun of. This growing old ain’t for pussies.
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Hello Howard!
I’m so glad you dropped in.
Are you still doing ACV? I know I’m not doing it enough, have to make that happen, ah well, human and all.
Great info, you are fabulous, and, I miss seeing you around.
Good health and protected assets to you and yours Dr. Smarts. hugs
I’ve been reading up on this as well. I always include a set amount in my formulations for critters (microbia on up to cattle) but give it next to zero considerations in my own diet.
I’ve come to find out the stuff is the exact same as Epsom Salts. So here is my $10 question for TE:
Does an Epsom Salt bath work as well as your gels? Have you tried that alternative?
TPC
I’ve had much better results with Epsom salts (Magnesium Sulfate) on my nightshade vegetables than with snake oil. The package says it is a plant nutrient. I haven’t tried it on myself along with faith healers, pow wow doctors or chiropractors.
@Roy – I have achy hands (Renauds) and used to soak my hands in warm epsom salts occasionally after a hard day at work. It worked, but I chalked it up to the warm water.
Now I’m not so sure. As for nightshade veggies….meh. Not a huge fan.
@TPC, here are the differences as I’ve learned
1. Epsom salts are magnesium SULFATE, from wikipedia, Magnesium sulfate (or magnesium sulphate) is an inorganic salt (chemical compound) containing magnesium, sulfur and oxygen, with the formula MgSO4. It is often encountered as the heptahydrate sulfate mineral epsomite (MgSO4·7H2O), commonly called Epsom salt
2. Stuck and I have been using magnesium CHLORIDE brine/oil.
Epsom salts always worked for relieving achiness from work, or overexertion, but they require both the time and devotion to sitting still in a tub.
I’m not a chemist, nor a biologist, so I have limited knowledge of the difference on our body between sulfates and salt, but I know that most of the salt from the mag oil seems to remain on the skin and not be absorbed.
With the mag oil, I carry a roll on bottle of it in my purse, I have it in spray bottles and roll ons throughout the house, and whenever my joints ache, or I start feeling anxious/pissed, I apply some. This is in addition to taking 400-800 mg a day internally. I take a “triple formula” internally that contains 350 mg from magnesium oxide; 40 mg from magnesium citrate; 10 mg from magnesium aspartate in each capsule.
So TPC my understanding is that there is a big difference, and my nature leads me to the solution that provides the purest form of magnesium, at the least cost, that requires the least effort.
The oil (again, truly a brine) has won hands down.
Ooooh, so you saw that I ordered the mg oil huh? That means you saw that I ordered a new cute pair of boots too haha. 🙂
@ Maddie
Great. I hope you can see a difference!
Just in case you’re interested:There are other things that can help for brain function, like Phophatidyl choline and serine. Choline is as easy to get as eating eggs, especially raw, but they must be certified organic, bc heat damages fats and you don’t want contamination from e. coli. I put one in my daily smoothie with spinach and blue berries (organic, both good for the brain too). Phosphatidylserine you probably need to buy. Another nutrient, especially important as we age is sublingual B12 (methylcobalamine), bc we can only absorb it in the stomach with enough amounts of acid (decreases as we age). So any supplement is really as helpful as your ability to absorb it. If the person has gastritis or ulcers it’s very likely their absorption is compromised and it should be addressed first.
Hey Teresa~
You are too kind. I stopped the apple cider vinegar. Because it cured my gastric reflux. I haven’t taken an antacid or H2 blocker for over a year. I use the ACV every now and then in cooking cabbage or something else, I never liked the taste and still don’t.
A couple of weeks ago, a dietary indiscretion (3/4 a rack of ribs) brought back the heartburn. Took the apple cider vinegar with a little honey and water for two days–pain gone. That stuff is great; maybe I should take some every now and then as a preventative measure.
a big thanks to all, you made my niece’s day
TeresaE wrote:
“I_S, thank you, I’ve thought about it but the bullies at the FDA scare the shit out of me. Technically, telling you that it works for any illness/health reason is illegal and I can be shut up for it. So, I hesitate.”
I understand you apprehension but but what the hell? In for a penny, in for a pound right?
I’d seriously appreciate a site recommendation or two. A forum where rational people discuss these things would be helpful as well. I have not done much research on my own due mainly to time limitations but when I have poked around on the net for info, most of the writers come off as having a screw or two loose.
I_S
“Does an Epsom Salt bath work as well as your gels? ” ——– TPC
Teresa already gave a fine answer. Here is a copy and paste from the magnesoothe website;
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Magnesium Oil vs Epsom Salt (aka Magnesium Chloride vs Magnesium Sulphate)
Do epsom salts work? THE CHOICE IS CLEAR.
America is awakening to the many needs that the human body has for magnesium. It has been estimated that 70-80 % of Americans are deficient in this vital mineral. Nature intended that we receive magnesium and other minerals from our food. This plan has been compromised by the decreasing mineral levels found in our food due to chemical fertilizers disrupting the natural regeneration of the soil by microbial action. What little we do ingest is further depleted by chemicals in both food and water, and also by medications that often directly reduce cellular magnesium levels. Supplementation, therefore, is essential for good health.
Two Ways of Supplementation
We have two avenues to supplement our weakened diet with minerals; oral or topically. There are many forms of oral magnesium supplements on the market, but this means of supplementation can take from 6 months to a year to really get cellular levels into the healthy range, depending on how absorbable a given form is and the degree of deficiency.
Topical supplementation is the fastest means to increase total body magnesium levels to the needed levels for good health, sometimes taking only a month, depending on how low previous levels were and how much is assimilated. Topical supplementation can be done by soaking the body in a magnesium solution, or by simply rubbing, or spraying, a solution directly on the skin. More and more people are using “magnesium oil” as a very easy way to apply magnesium quickly to the skin.
Epsom Salt Issues
The form most used in topical applications (especially in bathtub soaking) over the years, has been magnesium sulphate (MgSO4), commonly known as Epsom salts. This form of magnesium is in many ways inferior to magnesium chloride (MgCl2). Magnesium sulfate is rapidly excreted through the kidneys and therefore difficult to assimilate, thus the need for much more magnesium sulfate in a bath than magnesium chloride to get similar results. Magnesium chloride is very easily assimilated and metabolized by the body; therefore lesser amounts produce greater results.
Toxicity
There is also the issue of toxicity. While no serious negative effects have been observed at lower dosage levels of magnesium sulfate, very high dosages (50 grams or more) have been shown to be toxic. Dr. Jean Durlach et al, at the Université P. et M. Curie, Paris, wrote a paper about the relative toxicities between magnesium sulfate and magnesium chloride. The toxicity of MgSO4 has to do with its unique molecular structure on the sulphate side. Though sulphate is needed for essential cellular and other body functions, too much can be bad. Their conclusion was that magnesium chloride was better suited for addressing magnesium deficiency associated issues.
SULPHATE VS CHLORIDE
Therefore, the toxicity of MgSO4 is not related to the magnesium, but the sulphate part of the molecule. On the other hand, the chloride part of the MgCl2 is not only not toxic, but very beneficial to the body. Chloride is essential to the production of gastric acid needed each day for digestion and also to stimulate starch-digesting enzymes.
OTHER FORMS OF MAGNESIUM
Furthermore, if we supplement using magnesium as oxide or carbonate we then need to produce additional hydrochloric acid to absorb them. These forms of magnesium put a further drain on chloride reserves essential for good digestion of food. Many aging individuals, especially with chronic diseases who desperately need more magnesium cannot produce sufficient hydrochloric acid and then cannot absorb the oxide or carbonate.
CONCLUSION
Magnesium Chloride is therefore the clear choice for supplementation and the best delivery system for this is magnesium oil through the skin. Magnesoothe is the purest magnesium oil product coming from the ancient waters of the Dead Sea, the richest depository of ionic minerals on planet Earth.
I’m very pleased so many folks have found my snake-oil (according to AWD) thread helpful.
Next week I will be doing a post on my latest miracle cure: Mountain Lion Cum Oil
Stucky- Next week I will be doing a post on my latest miracle cure: Mountain Lion Cum Oil.
Is the phone booth included in the application or must one purchase it separately?
@Stucky – Thanks for the link, but the sort of claims the article made are what I’ve grown to expect from the holistic medicines of the world.
I think I’ll try epsom salt baths a couple times a week after I work out, and buy some MgCl2 oil to apply directly to my shoulder.
@flash – Don’t forget the barbed wire.
Yep…the barbed wire is essential .No pain no gain.
FWIW…don’t forget you gut fauna.If your gut ain’t happy , you ain’t going to be either.
Welcome to the Wild Fermentation Portal
Art of Fermentation
Fermentation makes foods more nutritious, as well as delicious. Microscopic organisms – our ancestors and allies – transform food and extend its usefulness. Fermentation is found throughout human cultures. Hundreds of medical and scientific studies confirm what folklore has always known: Fermented foods help people stay healthy.
Many of your favorite foods and drinks are probably fermented. For instance: Bread, Cheese, Wine, Beer, Mead, Cider, Chocolate, Coffee, Tea, Pickles, Sauerkraut, Kimchi, Salami, Miso, Tempeh, Soy Sauce, Vinegar, Yogurt, Kefir, Kombucha.
TPC
I have nothing against Epsom Salts. In fact, I love it. I used to play a lot of basketball and soccer in my ute. Lots of sprains and aches. Nothing quite like an Epsom Salt bath to relieve the pain.
I found an article (excerpt) and the study (link)
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Scientific Proof that Epsom Salt Raises Magnesium and Sulfur levels
As I started to write this, I wanted scientific proof on Epsom Salt Baths to share with you. I scoured the web for tangible proof that Epsom salt does as described. That it raises Magnesium levels Sulfate levels in the body. This appears to be un-published study that does in fact, actually test whether or not serum levels of magnesium and sulfate rise after bathing in Epsom salts. Here’s what happened:
The researchers took 19 subjects (10M, 9F) in good health and tested both blood and urine magnesium and sulfate levels to get a baseline. Then they had the volunteers take 12 minute baths between 50-55 degrees Celsius. They did this at the same time each day for 7 days. They tested their blood and urine markers 2hrs after the 1st bath and the 7th bath. Then they tested their markers 24hs after the 7th bath.
Here’s their Magnesium conclusion: Magnesium levels in blood are very tightly controlled. Of 19 subjects, all except 3 showed a rise in magnesium concentrations in plasma, though this was small in some cases.
Here’s their Sulfate conclusion: Free inorganic sulfate levels in plasma rose in all subjects after bathing in Epsom salts
If we want to break down the study and look at the specific numbers you’ll find a few issues to chew on. In my opinion, the only conclusion we can really draw is that Magnesium and Sulfate from Epsom Salt baths are absorbed by the body. While this isn’t the definitive proof I’d had hoped to find. It’s the only thing out there as I’m not aware of any other study that tested the concept and had negative results. So as Chris Kresser L.A.c likes to say remember “Lack of proof is not proof against.”
Here is the referenced study —– http://www.epsomsaltcouncil.org/articles/report_on_absorption_of_magnesium_sulfate.pdf
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Bottom line: Do both!!
flash
My son loves carrots. So, I tried my hand at fermented carrots. He LOVED them, as did I and Ms Freud. Incredibly easy. Works with any vegetable.
Fermented Pickled Carrots
1) Put carrots in a quart size mason jar (cut carrots in 5″ inch strips, quartered)
2) Add a few peeled cloves of garlic and 1 tsp of sea salt. Add other herbs / spices to your liking. I added 1 tablespoon dill seeds.
3) Add starter of your choice (1/4 cup whey OR 1/2 tsp culture starter)
4) Fill with room temperature filtered water. Leave one inch headspace.
5) Tighten lid and leave at room temperature 4-7 days. You will know they are done when the water gets cloudy and you may see some bubbling action. The mason jar lid may also be firm from the gases that are building up.
6) Enjoy your carrots!
@Stucky – By “the sort of claims the article made are what I’ve grown to expect from the holistic medicines of the world,” in my above comment I meant that it was touting its superiority to MgSO4 without actually substantiating any claims.
Thanks for the evidence supporting Epsom Salts, I’ll pick some up on the way home. I’ve got a few kilo’s here in the lab…but I have a weird thing about using company resources for personal use lol, even if we do get the stuff in by the ton.
Stuck , I never tried pickling carrots( but will ..thanks ) via fermentation , but have pickled many a cucumber via a somewhat similar , but alternative method.
I use a crock and instead of a lid or adding a starter, I merely use a weighted circle of maple to keep the pickles or kraut under liquid until it ferments naturally. I usually let it go two -three weeks.
I never use a starter…not even for wine and as of yet have had no problem….yeast is everywhere.You can’t fling a cat without stirring up yeast….or so they say.
Food preserved via fermentation has been around for thousands of years, long before commercial starters.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacto-fermentation
I just bought the Swanson and the Ancient Minerals magnesium oil sprays. Thought we’d try both. Thank you, Stucky and TeresaE (and also Jim for a great blog)! I bought it to use on my shoulder and carpal tunnel syndrome, and for my DH’s Morton’s neuroma. I’ll report our results here when we see them.
Screw the Medical Industrial Complex.
100 Years of US Medical Fascism
http://mises.org/daily/4276
Best wishes MacGhil. Bookmark this page and PLEASE DO give us updates. I love happy stories.
DO give it time. I think my own story of tingling/brown spots gone after 10 days is beyond the norm. If your mg levels are depleted it will take some time to restore them. But from what I’ve read, most testimonials seem to produce at least some results by 60 days, although some take longer. Be patient. Someone said one can’t “fix” in a month what took a lifetime to “break”.
@flash …. fermentation without starter culture. Interesting. BTW … I just used the whey (skimmed it off the top of my yogurt).
Oh …. one thing about the carrots … for those who want to give it a try.
It is EXTREMELY important to use filtered water. (I go to my parent’s house and use their well water). Tap water, especially if fluorinated, will HALT fermentation, according to my experience.
Stucky wrote:
“You will know they are done when the water gets cloudy and you may see some bubbling action.”
Are you sure that’s not botulism???
lol
(jk 😉
@flash – One of the reasons starter is used is to help avoid any other microbes growing. Mostly through competitive exclusion.
I use a similar trick to maintain purity of our cultures in challenging situations.
Spin,
Thanks for the suggestions. I love eggs and have at least one almost every day. I also take a choline/inositol supplement. I believe it was Dr. Dean that recommended it for gall bladder issues. I’ve been taking the sublingual B-12 for several years and I’ll look into the serine…i’m not familiar with that.
I’m understanding more and more the absorption issue and how it changes with age.
howard,
I read somewhere recently that we should mix our acv with (whatever makes it palatable), and sip it _with_ our meals. Like a fine wine I guess..ha!
I actually enjoy it mixed with equal parts cranberry and orange juice and 2-3 tsp. acv. My daughter says she has discovered it is quite good mixed with unsweetened apple juice and honey.
BTW, I fermented ten pounds of pepper in an air-locked jug and after it had turned to wine, I exposed it to air to let in turn to vinegar…very popualr amongst the hot sauce heads….
Stucky- It is EXTREMELY important to use filtered water. (I go to my parent’s house and use their well water). Tap water, especially if fluorinated, will HALT fermentation, according to my experience.
Absolutely…I use well water as well. To take it one step farther.Chlorinated/fluoridated water not only kills the yeast in your fermentation process, but will kill the microbes in your gut fauna…never drink chlorinated/fluoridated water.
Maybe TPC can tell us what demon chemical is created once the Chlorine and Fluoride molecules bind together? You know it can’t be a good one.
FWIW, I’m not a health food nut.I just hate crappy ass food, so to get good quality I make my own.
I passed an after school day care center today and damn near every kid on the playground was fat as mud..old southern expression. More evidence of fast food at work. sheeshhhh.
Maybe processed food is the new population control bomb, because it’s doubtful most of the pre-diabetic kids will make very far into middle age.
@AWD
Bull bollocks
flash wins the prize.
Bull testicles are high in protein, and rich in magnesium. They make that tingling in your leg go away.
If you eat bull testicles, you won’t need viagra.
I’ve posted this before, but for those who missed it ..a very important read here:
Ketogenic Diet May Be Key to Cancer Recovery
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/03/10/ketogenic-diet.aspx
Mercola be da’ man.
AWD, send my prize to Chris Matthews…might help his tingling leg syndrome/.
AWD, send my prize to Chris Matthews…might help his tingling leg syndrome.
@flash – The Cl and F aren’t combining together, but exist in their ionized form in the water, which is harmful to microbia.
Thats another reason to use starter culture. Higher quality water lets you get away with lower “natural” numbers of innoculant, but high enough starter counts easily overcome the inhibitory effects of the halide ions.
Stuck,
I ordered some magnesium oil off Amazon. The shit ain’t cheap, it better fucking work.
AWD
Good for you!! Apply LIBERAL amounts to your testicles. You’ll have the softest, largest, most virile nuts in America. Lemme know how it works out.
TPC, @flash – The Cl and F aren’t combining together, but exist in their ionized form in the water, which is harmful to microbia.
In the gut as well, I assume?
I’ve made sauerkraut aplenty and that stuff is usually foaming over within a few hours of putting it in the crock.I always put a catch pan under the crock to catch the overflow.
I have read that 3 tablespoons of naturally fermented sauerkraut equal 100 commercially produced probiotics capsules and +++ at fraction of the cost.
This thread is making me so happy.
I’m with you Howard, I only use it when I think about it, and I too have not had any issues with heartburn, athlete’s foot, severely cracked feet, dandruff (getting old isn’t for sissies) nor my allergies since drinking the ACV and a raw, local, honey over four years ago.
Now I only drink it when I notice something going on, I tend to use baking soda (certified non-aluminum) for heartburn, which I only get if I am a moron and do something stupid like eat eggs and drink orange juice together, kills me every time.
I_S, my life is getting crazy, but I’m going completely off line this weekend, well nearly. Sis moved and she has no internet and my damn phone doesn’t work in my home town. TMES. I will see if I can throw together an article (or 12, I’ve learned so much in the past 4 years).
One new development on using it. My son is a machinist, he smashed his thumb with a hammer yesterday morning. It hurt so bad that after he went and washed it out with cold water, he decided to give magnesium oil a try (keeps it in his toolbox). By last night it was still cut, but barely sore, and he had little pain and no swelling nor bruising today. He said that it was the hardest he had ever nailed it, was actually worried it might have been hard enough to chip bone. Thankfully it wasn’t and it looks like mag oil wins again.
“Ooooh, so you saw that I ordered the mg oil huh? That means you saw that I ordered a new cute pair of boots too haha.:)”
—-Avalon @ hubby Admin
Neiman Marcus (Needless Markup) has a $350,000 Aston Martin (handmade; production of 24) in its Christmas catalogue. Get one for Jim, and I’ll bet he’ll have some REALLY interesting stories to tell when he drives it through the 30 Blocks of Squalor.
Comment 100. I win. I’ll take what’s behind Door #5. What’s my prize, Stucky?
“This thread is making me so happy.”
—-TeresaE
Stand by, cupcake. I’m typing up an article on the wonders of GMO foods. That ought to fix your euphoria.
SSS
The miracle of GMO food is no one starves to death before they can be poisoned.
“In the gut as well, I assume?”
Probably no effect in a healthy human, we have a LOT of flora down there, but for a stressed person (stress = diarrhea or other major complicating factor) it wouldn’t surprise me if there was some negative effect.
I’ll have to dig for research on the question, I’ve never thought of it. It may be that we picked the lesser of evils. Modern society needs large amounts of potable water, and halogenating the water source is the best way to accomplish that.
Will reply back with articles tonight.
Does this look like something that would be good for you?
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Magnesium
SSS
What do you win? I’ve got half a bag of Sweet Mary Jane stocked away for ya … the same kind that Selma smokes. Please post your address for prompt shipment.
Sorry about that,
GMO pictures
Next week Stucky will have an article about Magnesium toxicity
TPC -I’ll have to dig for research on the question, I’ve never thought of it.
I’d be most interested in you findings.
Maybe if you have the time, you could do a post?
Good place as any to start…
How Your Gut Flora Influences Your Health
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/06/27/probiotics-gut-health-impact.aspx