You know, magnesium deficiency makes alot of sense...atleast in my case. First of all, when I was about 13 I developped a mild scoliosis of the spine which doctors attributed to me growing fast. It was corrected with physiotherapy. I also had teeth braces because my teeth were crooked. I also had some mild benign heart arrythmias which doctors told me were probably caused by anxiety since I also had anxiety. Now if you look in many different nutritional books to see what is recommended for anxiety, magnesium is usually at the top of the list. Also if you do a research under magnesium deficiency, crooked teeth, scoliosis and any other abnormal bone growth is linked to it. Same thing with heart arrythmias. About 2 years ago I decided to get a hair mineral analysis test which is still very controversial...some experts say it's worthless, others say it can tell alot of things. Anyways, I decided to order the one from BodyBalance which is supposedly one of the best. When I got it back, it showed that my calcium levels were very high with low magnesium levels. Since many experts didn't believe in hair analysis, I let it go and didn't think much about it...until now. Also, my grand-father ( my father's father) died of a heart attack when my father was young. My father had heart problems but not as severe as his father and my father also suffered from panic attacks a long time ago. So I find the link to magnesium quite interesting in my case...crooked teeth, mild scoliosis, mild heart arrythmias and now PCOS ( although I don't think I'm IR). I now believe that my father possibly passed on a magnesium deficiency. It's now becoming quite intriguing and I'll have to check this out...do more research and try magnesium on it's own. Remember the study that was done concerning vitamin D for women with PCOS? Well vitamin D is involved in calcium and magnesium metabolism which is why you always find vitamin D combined with cal/mag supplements. The study showed that the vitamin D restored ovulation in half of the women studied...so maybe all of this is linked to vitamin/calcium and magnesium metabolism. Quite interesting... |