Dr. Carolyn Dean's book The Miracle of Magnesium is the bible on Magnesium supplementation. If you can get a hold of a copy I highly recommend it.
As far as magnesium supplementation goes, the absolute best way to supply your body with the magnesium it needs is transdermally. That is you need to soak your feet for 20 minutes in the evening in a mixture of distilled or prill water and magnesium oil in equal parts. Just enough to cover your toes. You need to start out doing this every day for at least 2 weeks and possibly even 1 month. Then you can drop back to 2-3 times per week after that. The results can be amazing. You will sleep like a baby. The magnesium oil you need to use must be pure and clear not slightly yellow. The best place I have found to purchase the magnesium oil is from Health and Wisdom I can't post the link, but it is the words "health and wisdom" seperated by hyphens. The lady who runs this is Joan and she is wonderful. She has a wealth of information. I also highly recommend the magnesium laundry prills. You will youse 1/4 of the laundry detergent and your clothes will smell so wonderful it is hard to describe. All I can tell you is my mother noticed and I had to get her some for Christmas.
When I keep up with the foot soaking I feel great, sleep well, and some of my PCOS symptoms seem to be less severe. I don't think it is a cure all by any means, but I think it is one of the many pieces in this puzzle of PCOS.
If the oil is not an option the next best product to take is something called Natural Calm. It is a powder that you mix with water to make a tea. Again, take this at night as it will make you feel relaxed and sleepy. Magnesium deficiency is a common problem to those with anxiety and panic disorders. Please be aware that if you take too much magnesium at one time you will experience intestinal upset. The foot soaks work best for me since I cannot tolerate taking magnesium orally for the reason just posted. The foot soaks will not cause the intestinal issues that oral magnesium can.
Also, on another note, one of the reasons the calcium to magnesium ratios in people or way off is due to the fact that the ratio in most over the counter calcium magnesium supplements today is wrong. There is usually way too much calcium. The ratio should be different. I can't remember what it is supposed to be, but I remember a trusted source telling me that the combined supplement with the ratios closest to the correct amout is called Nerve Osteo by Country Life. However, those are huge horse pills and I have found that I can get most of my calcium from other sources.
I hope this information is helpful.
Elizabeth |