Natural Calm Magnesium

Question
I have just started taking Calm Magnesium + Calcium (1 tsp twice a day 5 hours apart). Within 20 minutes of taking it dissolved in water I have intense symptoms of what I can only describe as anxiety (heart racing, sweating, loss of equilibrium, a sense of panic). It eventually subsides.

Other medication I take is low dose of Effexor, Synthroid, hormone replacement (every 3 days), low dose aspirin, Lipitor.

Do you suggest I continue with the Calm?

Answer
When a person is magnesium deficient and consumes adequate calcium, the calcium will not be properly absorbed as our bones are 2 parts calcium and 1 part magnesium. Because the calcium needs the magnesium to get put into our bones and teeth, the excess calcium will often get stored as calcium deposits.

When we get excited, calcium enters our cells and when we relax, the calcium gets replaces by magnesium. When confronted with stress (e.g. a fire, or confronted by a wild animal) we go into a “fight or flight” mode. When we are deficient in magnesium, we lose our ability to relax after a stress. Sometimes, when we get extra magnesium, the calcium “comes out” of the stores to be combined with the magnesium. The extra calcium puts us in a “fight or flight” state causing our heart to race, adrenalin to pump (a stress chemical), and other “I am in danger” feelings and reactions. To build bones, you also need vitamin D. Maybe your reaction is because you are also vitamin D3 deficient. Along with the proper calcium and magnesium ratio, you need vitamin D3 to absorb the calcium and convert it into bone mass.

My suggestion is that you take a straight magnesium supplement, like Natural Calm, and not take any calcium supplements along with it. Also, supplement your diet with about 1,000 mg of D3. If you start slowly, with a low dose (slowly increasing it), you can eliminate the excess calcium by converting it into bone mass, and cause your overall health to improve. Starting at a low dose (1 level teaspoon of Natural Calm) along with vitamin D3, you may not experience the effects you are experiencing.

We also have transdermal magnesium which is a liquid you put on your skin. Your skin absorbs the magnesium and may help you better.

While it seems like your body is reacting negatively to the magnesium, it may be that your body really needs the magnesium along with some vitamin D3.

The prescription drugs you are taking also increase your magnesium requirements.
Natural Calm is available in North America, Europe, Holland and the UK

Question

Peter Gillham’s Natural Vitality® Natural Calm, a powder, was found to contain 0.295 mcg of lead per teaspoon. It suggested a daily dose ranging from 1/2 teaspoon to 3 teaspoons per day which, at the higher end of the range, would exceed the State of California’s limit of 0.5 mcg of lead – above which a warning label is required. Such lead exposure can be easily avoided when taking magnesium, as evidenced by the many other products that did not exceed this limit.
I have good results with this product, but since reading this article have refrained from taking this supplement. Will your company investigate how lead was found in this product? What is defective in the manufacturing process to allow lead in this supplement?

Answer

For an update on this issue please see the most recent post
Thanks for writing us. We expect this issue to be resolved shortly. We saw the ConsumerLabs information two days ago.

First of all, we are not the manufacturer and this post does not represent their views. We are an independant company that happens to sell their products along with other health supplements.

We believe that ConsumerLabs are being alarmist and that Natural Calm is within 100,000 times the FDA safe zone and is totally safe. The rest of this blog is to substantiate that claim.

About ConsumerLabs
ConsumerLabs is not an actual laboratory, but contracts out their test needs to other labs. We have some questions about their testing accuracy and are in communication with them about the results. We are actually in the process of reviewing the data with them. ConsumerLabs is a company who wants members to subscribe. They also solicit for manufacturers to become members. If you are a manufacturer member and have bad results they treat you differently than if you are a non-member. We don’t believe that they are as independent as they try to lead us to believe. We have experience with lab analysis. Hair analysis is one method to detect mineral content in a person’s body. We know from experience it is very hard to obtain a lab that has a consistent reliable reading. My nutritionist regularly checks out his prefered lab to make sure that the results are consistent. One thing he does is send half the sample under one person’s name, and then he will send the other half as a different person. It took him many labs before he trusted one to make decisions based on the results.

ConsumerLabs uses 3rd party labs and from our experience, it is very hard to trust a lab sample. We believe it is in ConsumersLabs best interest to have results that are high so they can have sensational reports to sell. They are in the business to sell reports, not to protect consumers.

About the Lead Content
To put this in context, lead is found almost everywhere on earth - in air, foods, rivers, seawater, soils and even drinking water. The amount of lead in question is significantly less than would be found in many common foods. Our magnesium is sourced from sea water and sea water has many trace elements in it, including lead. If you analyzed the broccoli you eat, you would be able to pick up some lead in it and be able to report that in a test too. Even testing the air you breathe has a trace amount of lead.

We believe that Natural Calm is well within Federal FDA regulations with regard to naturally occurring lead content and have been following generally accepted industry guidelines for natural products within the state of California.

This is from the United States Pharmacopeia website with a date stamp of April 22 2009: Click here to see the chart.

USP 10 mcg per day based on 50kg body weight
EU 210 mcg/day; JECFA 210 mcg/day; FDA 75-25-6 mcg/day;Health Canada: 17mcg/day; ANSI 20mcg/day; California 15 mcg/day(for carcinogen; 0.5 for reproduction).

California just recently came out with very low standards. The FDA levels are 75mcg, and California is .5mcg, so 150 times less. Both of those figures are also “safe harbor figures” meaning, if you took 1,000 times that amount, you would still be safe. The UK is nearly 15mcg while other parts of EU get up to 210mcg. Canada is 17mcg and the US varies from 75 to 17mcg. So the new ultra low California standard is a brand new challenge that we will face and meet.

Let’s puts it into perspective…
If you took a sugar cube and divided it into 1,000 tiny cubes, then took a tiny cube and divided that into 1,000 and then split that in HALF, you would have half a microgram. We’re over by varying tests from .16 of a mcg to .38 of a mcg…so it’s a speck on a speck on a speck. Not the easiest task to keep at compliant levels; truly it’s an art. Tests vary from batch to batch, and we will work towards ensuring that every batch will meet the new California standard.

The recommended serving size (3 teaspoons) is 50% more than the RDA because we believe that most people will benefit from a higher dose. If you took the RDA serving size, Natural Calm would be within the ultra low California only limit. ConsumerLabs could have pointed that out, but being an alarmist company, we believe that they like to instill fear to sell reports and they prefer to be sensational.

Apparently more 350 products were black-listed on their magnesium list. Most were up to 50 times the legal amount. We Natural Calm was over by just .16 and we are not sure that Natural Calm really is over by the .16.

So in conclusion, Natural Calm is very safe in regards to lead levels and the company is working on reducing the lead further to be consistently below the new ultra low California standard.

Here is the company’s official statement

We saw the ConsumerLabs information two days ago. ConsumerLabs is not an actual laboratory. They contract out with other labs. We have some questions about
their test and are in communication with them and we are reviewing the data.

To put this in context, lead is found almost everywhere on earth - in air, foods, rivers, seawater, soils and even drinking water. The amount of lead in question is significantly less than would be found in many common foods.

We are well within Federal FDA regulations with regard to naturally occurring lead content and have been following generally accepted industry guidelines for natural products within the state of California.

We expect this issue to be resolved shortly.

For an update on this issue please see the most recent post

Question
On your website, you mention natural calm and calm plus for insomnia and RLS, of which I suffer from both. . I also have osteopina and I am wondering if the Osteo Calm will also aid in the help for insomnia and RLS? What do you suggest that I take?
thanks.. I appreciate your help. I am just getting started with your products and am excited about the possibilities. thanks!

Answer
Osteo Calm will also help to combat insomnia and restless leg syndrome (RLS). The reason is because of the magnesium in the Osteo Calm. When you take calcium, it actually depletes your magnesium because it takes magnesium to absorb your calcium. Osteo Calm has extra magnesium so that it is not all used up in absorbing the calcium and is available in your body to help you combat insomnia and restless leg syndrome (RLS).

If you suffer from insomnia and restless leg syndrome (RLS), what you might want to do is buy one bottle of Natural calm and take that first to build up your magnesium levels before building up your calcium levels. Keep increasing your Natural calm level until your bowels are comfortably loose, then you are getting the maximum of magnesium your body can absorb. If you can afford it, buy both and take osteo calm in the morning and natural calm in the evening. Once you feel you are sleeping well and your restless legs syndrome is at bay, then only take the osteo calm on a regular basis and keep Natural Calm around for those extra stressful times.

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.

Please comment on your thoughts of this article
Natural Calm is available in North America
Natural Calm is called Magnesium Supreme in Europe

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’s what’s left over after digestion has taken place that counts. After passing through the stomach (and stomach acid) and being hit with enzymes, what’s left is an alkaline ash. Think of fire wood being burned up, what’s 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 don’t 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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