Archive for April, 2009

Hello everyone!

Just wanted to let you know that for the past month I have been sharing my lemon-flavored Natural Calm with my best friend (age 59) who has Stage 4 Parkinson’s Disease and to both of our utter amazement, the Natural Calm has helped her tremors TREMENDOUSLY!!! She was taking 5 or more prescriptions daily which were literally killing her. Now she is only taking 1 or 2!! She was literally bed-ridden and couldn’t hardly do anything for herself. Her family just got her a wheelchair and a power scooter.

The Natural Calm not only significantly stops the outward shakings but the internal tremors as well. Natural Calm also helps her relax from the anxiety, irritability, agitation, depression, panic attacks and fear that’s inherent with Parkinson’s Disease. (I also have her drinking 2 tsps of organic apple cider vinegar mixed in 8 oz of water which has helped decrease the nausea and dizziness she would frequently suffer from.) Needless to say, she is now up and about doing minor things, including light house cleaning, laundry, and enjoying her grandchildren again.

Natural Calm is working so well for her that I don’t have the heart to ask for it back (smile). I guess I will order some more soon for myself. I can’t imagine why Natural Calm is not lauded or commended more for helping Parkinson’s Disease patients (does Michael J. Fox and others know about your product???)

NATURAL CALM ROCKS…AND WORKS!!!

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Question
The RDA of magnesium for woman is 320 mg. I have been using 3tsp (615 mg of Natural Calm) is this dangerous? What about too much magnesium and toxicity to the kidneys.

This is a good question. First of all, think about the RDA. They come up with one number for all women. A 100 lb woman gets the same RDA as a 200 lb woman. Understandably, then the government always wants to quote the lower numbers if they can only recommend one number across the board. I have talked to a few doctors too about magnesium and some of them just give a party line “be careful about your kidneys”. There are also lots of doctors who would disagree. Dr. Carolyn Dean, for example, believes that the RDA is the bare minimum and that we need more like twice as much.

  • Here are some things to consider about your magnesium intake
  • If you are 200 lbs you need more magnesium than a person who is 100 lbs.
  • If you are athletic or very active, your body requires more magnesium than a non active person
  • If you use your brain a lot, you use more magnesium than people who coast with their brains.
  • If you are under a lot of stress, you use more magnesium than someone whose life is stress free.
  • If you are on prescription drugs (or illegal street drugs or alcohol) you need more magnesium.

RDA is more like a guideline to give people an idea, not a maximum. With an RDA of 300-400, you at least know not to take 3,000 mg. It also is just enough to ward off outright deficiency.

The great thing about magnesium is if you take too much the excess gets eliminated through your colon. I.e. you will get the runs. So the optimum level is keep increasing your dose until your stools are comfortably loose (i.e. just slightly loose)

Too much magnesium being hard on the kidneys is more of a problem with hard to digest forms of magnesium like magnesium oxide (4% bioavailability). Most laxative medications are made from magnesium and they use forms like magnesium oxide. Many people depend on laxatives for a bowel movement and are constantly overloading their system with magnesium and that situation is more likely to be hard on your kidneys than taking a higher dose of a supplement. If your kidneys are relatively healthy, then you need not worry. If you have a kidney disease, then you need to have your doctor help you monitor your magnesium intake.

Ultimately, we need to get as much information as we can and then trust our bodies as to what we need.

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Apr 2

Osteo Calm

Author : George

Osteo Calm

Osteo Calm - Calcium Supplement. A liquid solution to optimal bone health.

Osteo Calm calcium magnesium supplement is designed to combat the effects of osteoporosis and other calcium magnesium deficiencies. Check out this article about why it is a amazing calcium supplement for optimal bone health. Click here for article.

We received this question.
Can you please tell me if Natural Calm (magnesium citrate) creates an acid or alkaline state in the body as a result of consumption?

Lemons are acidic but alkalizing to the body. I drink a lemon every morning to help alkalize my body. I know it seems illogical but I know from all the research that it does.

It is what is left over after digestion has taken place that counts. After passing through the stomach (and stomach acid) and being hit with enzymes, what is left is an alkaline ash. Think of fire wood being burned up, what is left after the digestive fire?

Minerals have to be in an acidic state to get absorbed into your body. Natural Calm is a proprietary blend of Magnesium carbonate and citric acid and the pH of the Natural Calm drink is acidic. The actual pH took a number of years to figure out the optimal amount to maximum bioavailability. After the magnesium is absorbed it is put in a form that allows your body to utilize it.

Citric Acid is a weak acid that is easily eliminated via sweat and respiration. It is alkaline forming in that it stimulates the formation of magnesium carbonate in the body. Magnesium carbonate then neutralizes the Strong acids in the body, acids that can only be gotten rid of through urination, including uric acid which is the end result of protein metabolism. If you do not have enough carbonate to neutralize the acid in your body, your body will pull magnesium from your muscles or calcium from your bones to create what it needs.

In citrus fruits such as oranges and lemons, the mineral content also has to be taken into consideration. Lemons have many alkaline minerals including calcium, magnesium, potassium, and Selenium. After the citric acid has done its job to transport the minerals, it is easily eliminated and one is left with a very alkaline ash to alkalize the body.

So Natural Calm is a very alkalizing drink.

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