Posts Tagged ‘asthma’
Magnesium Therapy Helps Asthmatics
January 29th, 2010 | 
Author: Dr John Briffa says:
“Magnesium therapy was tried in a study published recently in the Journal of Asthma [1]. In it, 55 adults with mild-moderate asthma were treated with magnesium (170 mg, twice a day) or placebo over a period of 6.5 months. Individuals had their lung function tested using peak expiratory flow (the maximum speed air can be expelled from the lungs) as well as something known as the methacholine challenge test. Metacholine causes constriction of airways. In this test, subjects breath in metacholine and the dose of this drug required to induce constriction in the airways. The higher the dose of metacholine required, the less ‘reactive’ the airways would be judged to be.
Compared to those taking placebo, those taking magnesium saw significant improvement in both their peak expiratory flow rate and metacholine challenge results”
Magnesium, Homoeostasis, and Ageing
| Author(s) : Mario Barbagallo, Mario Belvedere, Ligia J Dominguez | |
| Summary : Aging is very often associated with magnesium (Mg) deficit. Total plasma magnesium concentrations are remarkably constant in healthy subjects throughout life, while total body Mg and Mg in the intracellular compartment tend to decrease with age. Dietary Mg deficiencies are common in the elderly population. Other frequent causes of Mg deficits in the elderly include reduced Mg intestinal absorption, reduced Mg bone stores, and excess urinary loss. Secondary Mg deficit in aging may result from different conditions and diseases often observed in the elderly (i.e. insulin resistance and/or type 2 diabetes mellitus) and drugs (i.e. use of hypermagnesuric diuretics). Chronic Mg deficits have been linked to an increased risk of numerous preclinical and clinical outcomes, mostly observed in the elderly population, including hypertension, stroke, atherosclerosis, ischemic heart disease, cardiac arrhythmias, glucose intolerance, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes mellitus, endothelial dysfunction, vascular remodeling, alterations in lipid metabolism, platelet aggregation/thrombosis, inflammation, oxidative stress, cardiovascular mortality, asthma, chronic fatigue, as well as depression and other neuropsychiatric disorders. Both aging and Mg deficiency have been associated to excessive production of oxygen-derived free radicals and low-grade inflammation. Chronic inflammation and oxidative stress are also present in several age-related diseases, such as many vascular and metabolic conditions, as well as frailty, muscle loss and sarcopenia, and altered immune responses, among others. Mg deficit associated to aging may be at least one of the pathophysiological links that may help to explain the interactions between inflammation and oxidative stress with the aging process and many age-related diseases. | |
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Tags: Ageing, Aging, asthma, cardiac, depression, stroke, thrombosis | 
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Magnesium Saves Kittens from Shelter
Carolyn Dean has this to share on her excellent blog:
I have a new Magnesium Miracle Story to start your week off. It’s from Bill, an asthma sufferer, in Florida. The “boys” he refers to are two new kittens he adopted recently…
I was having so much allergy/asthma trouble I was sure I would have to give these boys back to the shelter. That was making me sad.
Since beginning the magnesium supplements I have had very little trouble. A bit sniffly some days, but no asthma troubles at all.
Among the worst things that happen when you experience allergic symptoms that develop into an asthma attack is the anticipation — moment to moment – of what will happen with the next breath. For me, my lungs can close up in a matter of a few breathes. Air passages shut off… Very scary stuff.
It gets to where your entire existence is all about each breath, literally. Nothing else matters then.
I am happy to say I won’t have to deal with that any more and I will be able to keep these kittens!
read more here: http://drcarolyndean.com/2009/09/07/magnesium-saves-kittens-from-shelter/