Magnesium/Patassium

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I just wanted to thank all who responded to my question about Magnesium & Patassium...They were a great help...and to read about the asthma meds sucking magnesium from ones system might explain a lot for me, as I'm an asthmatic...these same asthma meds also gave me Cateracts...had my first eye surgery a year back at age 39...now the other eye is clouding, fast...drs never tell you all of this and then all this bodily chaos starts happening...oh! not to mention what it has done to my dental work...ugh...Thanks again for all the input...Blessings to you all, Robin

 

I think I'll try eating healthier, vs. taking any meds for a while...my body has been through so much lately that I just don't want to add another chemical in a pill form...Thanks again...

 

 

Message: 5 Fri, 04 Nov 2005 17:07:09 -0000 "Anne" <anne_white53Re: Magnesium/Patassium QuestionGood Post: Isn't it amazing how so few people know about Potassium?Wouldn't you think that people all over the USA would be saying, "Oh, how wonderful...I got my Potassium Prescription filled today so now I don't have to take so many of those other pills?"But have hope; when I had the flu last spring; my Dr. tested my blood for Potassium and when found to be low gave me "A Potassiun-drink" and Potassium Pills! And this was a Dr. I just met in a clinic! "So there is Hope". anne.-- In herbal remedies , Eric Holland <eholl2002> wrote:>> Just happen to be reading about this today.> > According to the book Healing With Vitamins:> > Magnesium> Daily Value: 400 milligrams> Good Food Sources: Brown rice, avocados, spinach, haddock, oatmeal, baked potatoes, navy beans, lima beans, broccoli, yogurt, bananas> > "Prescription asthma drugs, diuretics (water pills), digitalis and other cardiovascular medications, alcohol, and caffeine are notorious for removing magnesium from the body."> > Potassium> Daily Value: 3,500 milligrams> Good Food Sources: Dried apricots, baked potatoes, dried prunes, cantaloupe, bananas, spinach> > "Aside from its miraculous effect on blood pressure, potassium is also necessary for good muscle contraction, healthy electrical activity in the heart and rapid transmission of nerve impulses throughout the body. This is why heartbeat irregularities are considered a classic sign of potassium deficiency. Other symptons of deficiency can include muscle weakness, numbness and tingling in the lower extremities, nausea, vomiting, confusion and irritability."> > > Robin Bellows <strawberryvines@m...> wrote:> Hello Group...I have been a member for a while now...there's so many great posts...I have recently been diagnosed with a couple heart conditions...Premature Ventrical Contractions (PVC's) and Mitral Valve Prolapse (MVP) Neither are life threatening, but really bothersome at times...I have been reading a lot about the two conditions and the symptoms they can creat within a person's body...there are MANY, unfortunately...the meds they tried to get me to take about killed me, as they dropped my pulse down to 39...I'm no longer taking the meds, as they said I can learn to tolerate the discomfort if that is my choice...but what I'm seeing is that a lacking in Magnesium & Patassium can cause most of these symptoms...which at one point at the ER they said both were a tad low...I felt much better after the administered an IV drip containing the two...would someone please share with me their ideas on what I could use to level out these low levels...even if it's just a suggestion of a food> that contains these vitamins...I really donnot want to feel forced into taking these dreaded meds for the rest of my life...I'm only 40...Thank you so much for your time, Blessings, Robin> >