Magnesium and Sleep Disturbance

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With 25% of the U.S. Population Suffering Side Effects from Sleep

Medications, Effective Natural Remedies are Needed.

 

 

Over half the people in the U.S. have some form of insomnia. Most sleeping

pills, especially when taken over long periods of time, stay in the

bloodstream, giving a hangover the next day and beyond, and impair memory and

performance on the job and at home. From a nutritional perspective, several

research studies have shown certain minerals to be effective alternatives to

help people fall asleep and stay asleep through the night.

 

 

Glendale, CA (PRWEB) August 15, 2006 — Sleeplessness is a big problem in

America. According to the National Sleep Foundation (NSF), almost six out of

ten Americans report having insomnia at least a few nights weekly.

Insomnia is defined as “An inability to fall asleep or remain asleep long

enough

to feel rested, especially when the problem continues over time.†In an

effort to combat this, as many as 25 percent of the people in the United States

use medications to help them sleep.

 

 

The use of prescription sleeping drugs, such as Ambien, Lunesta and

Sonata, has been steadily increasing. Global sales for all sleeping pills,

called

hypnotics, will top $5 billion in the next several years. Most sleeping

pills, especially when taken over long periods of time, stay in the

bloodstream, giving a hangover the next day and beyond, and impair memory and

performance on the job and at home.

 

 

From a nutritional perspective, several research studies have shown

certain minerals to be effective alternatives to help people fall asleep and

stay

asleep through the night. James F. Balch, M.D., author of “Prescription

for Nutritional Healingâ€, writes: “A lack of the nutrients calcium and

magnesium will cause you to wake up after a few hours and not be able to return

to sleep.â€

 

 

The pioneering nutritionist Adelle Davis discusses natural sleep remedies

in her book “Let’s Get Well.†She says: “A calcium deficiency often

shows

itself by insomnia, another form of an inability to relax. The harm done

by sleeping tablets, to say nothing of the billions of dollars spent on

them, could largely be avoided if the calcium intake were adequate.â€

 

 

A relatively new form of calcium — calcium lactate gluconate — is

emerging as a popular choice for fortifying beverages (such as orange juice and

sports drinks), because of its ability to dissolve readily in any temperature

of liquid — cold or hot. Natural remedies for sleep, such as Sleep

Minerals from Nutrition Breakthroughs, have also begun to include this highly

absorbable form of calcium.

 

 

Calcium works best when it’s balanced with magnesium. According to Adelle

Davis, “The magnesium intake should be approximately half that of calcium.

Hundreds of recent studies indicate that almost everyone, especially ill

persons, is deficient in magnesium. Probably no other single deficiency is so

responsible for the widespread use of tranquilizers.†However, all the

forms of magnesium available on the market are not equally effective.

 

 

In one study from the journal “Magnesium Research,†four different forms

of magnesium were compared and they found a significantly higher

availability and absorption from magnesium chloride. In another research study

of

more than 200 patients, Dr. W. Davis used magnesium chloride as a possible

means of combating insomnia. He reported that sleep was induced rapidly, was

uninterrupted, and waking tiredness disappeared in 99 percent of the

patients. Another benefit was that anxiety and tension were diminished during

the

day. (W. Davis and F. Ziady, “The Role of Magnesium in Sleep,†Montreal

Symposium).

 

 

Jobee Knight, a nutritional researcher and founder of Nutrition

Breakthroughs in Glendale, CA., is someone who fought her own battle against

sleeplessness and insomnia. She decided to put her background to use by

searching

out effective natural ingredients for relaxation and deep sleep. The result

was Sleep Minerals, a unique blend of calcium lactate gluconate and

magnesium chloride.

 

 

Knight says: “Besides finding ingredients that actually worked, it was

also important to me that the product was easy to use and fast to absorb. For

these reasons, I selected magnesium chloride and calcium lactate gluconate

as they both instantly dissolve in cool water. With other mineral

supplements for sleep, it’s necessary to boil the water in order for the

ingredients

to dissolve.â€

 

 

Ron Hartwell of Los Angeles, CA. teaches at a private school and also owns

the Math Doctor Tutoring Service. Between getting up at 5:00 a.m. for

class and then tutoring late into the night, he was finding it hard to sleep.

After trying many different remedies, a friend gave him some Sleep Minerals.

Hartwell says: “Sleep Minerals improves the quality and soundness of my

sleep. My sleep is not as light or easily interrupted as it was before. It’s

deeper. I feel more rested with the same amount of hours of sleep — and

with my schedule, this is definitely a benefit.â€

 

 

Besides soothing you to sleep, it’s been discovered that a wide array of

health benefits also result from taking calcium. Recent studies have shown

calcium helps to lower blood pressure, alleviate symptoms of premenstrual

syndrome, strengthen bones, and protect against colon cancer. In addition,

magnesium chloride has been shown to provide improved digestion, a stronger

immune system, calmer nervous system, lower blood sugar levels, and stronger

nails and hair.

 

 

So get ready to receive many health benefits while you fight the battle

against insomnia and come out the winner.

 

 

For more information visit _http://www.NutritionBreakthroughs.com_

(http://www.NutritionBreakthroughs.com) , call 866-635-9539, or write to

Nutrition

Breakthroughs at 1413 Fifth St., Suite D, Glendale, CA. 91201.

 

For More Information Contact:

Jobee Knight, Nutrition Breakthroughs

Phone: 818-956-6612 or 866-635-9539

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Americans are popping sleeping pills at a rapid rate, thanks to heavy

marketing by the drug companies and a belief that a new generation of sleeping

pills is safer than its predecessors, which is not true.

 

 

Drug makers spent $298 million in the first 11 months of 2005 to convince

consumers that the sleep aids are safe and effective. That was more than

four times such ad spending in all of 2004.

 

 

According to the National Sleep Foundation: Approximately 70 million

people in the United States are affected by a sleep problem. Approximately 12

million Americans have restless legs syndrome, a sleep and movement disorder

characterized by unpleasant (tingling, crawling, creeping and/or pulling)

feelings in the legs, which cause an urge to move in order to relieve the

symptoms.

 

 

Magnesium supplements may be helpful for relieving

restless leg syndrome (RLS) and for treating insomnia.

 

 

About 42 million sleeping pill prescriptions were filled in 2005,

according to the research company IMS Health, up nearly 60 percent since 2000.

Ten

percent of Americans report that they regularly struggle to fall asleep or

to stay asleep throughout the night.

 

 

As many as 47 million adults may be putting themselves at risk for injury,

health and behavior problems because they aren’t meeting their minimum

sleep need in order to be fully alert the next day. And, sleep deprivation and

sleep disorders are estimated to cost Americans over $100 billion

annually.[1]

 

 

The newest generation of sleep aids can sometimes cause strange

side effects including sleepwalking and short-term amnesia.

 

 

The Times reported that Steven Wells, a lawyer in Buffalo, said he started

using Ambien last year because his racing mind kept him awake at night. He

quit using the drug in one month, after becoming concerned about several

episodes in which he woke up to find he had messily raided the refrigerator

and, an incident in which he tore a towel rack out of a wall.

 

 

Magnesium is an essential mineral that plays a major role in the

functioning of the musculoskeletal system. Magnesium allows the muscles to

relax and

decreases the discomforts associated with muscle cramping. Magnesium

provides a calming effect that allows for deeper relaxation and better sleep.

Magnesium is considered the “antistress†mineral. It is a natural

tranquilizer which functions to relax skeletal muscles as well as the smooth

muscles

of blood vessels and the gastrointestinal tract.

 

 

Many dietary magnesium supplements are sold but

commonly large-scale manufacturers use “oxide†due

to its compactness and ease of use in manufacturing.

Unfortunately, magnesium oxide is not biologically available.[2],[3],[4]

 

 

Peter Gillham, a leading nutritional researcher states, “The simplicity of

the situation is that the modern American diet is not sufficient in the

nutrients that the body needs to function properly, and one of the most

fundamental of them, for muscle relaxation and sleep, is magnesium. I give my

clients a powdered magnesium citrate formula that dissolves in hot water. I

have found in my own trials that this formula assimilates into the body the

best, which has resulted in higher positive outcomes for my trial subjects

than other magnesium compounds and other forms such as pills or capsules.â€

 

 

Magnesium ion partially reverses sleep EEG and

nocturnal neuroendocrine changes occurring during aging.[5]

 

 

According to Dr. J. Durlach, the biological clock and magnesium status are

linked, and a balanced magnesium status is important for the function of

the mysterious pineal gland.

 

 

Conventional bright light therapy appears as a speedy and efficient

antidepressant medication useful for the treatment of various types of

depression

and of non migrainous headaches also, because of lights effect on the

pineal gland.

 

 

Dr. Durlach sees the psycholeptic sedative effects of darkness amplified

by magnesium. There probably is a strong relationship between melatonin and

magnesium; certainly relative amounts of light and darkness affect the

pineal gland and its production of melatonin.

 

 

Simply put, there is nothing like a hot soak in a magnesium chloride bath

before bed. Such soaks are heaven on earth for people who suffer from

insomnia and the feelings of restlessness in the limbs.

 

 

Instead of ingesting further chemical toxins in the form of pharmaceutical

sleeping pills, which further deteriorate health, one bathes in a deep

relaxing hot magnesium bath similar to what is available at some of the most

famous spas around the world. Not only will one sleep better but ones entire

health will be elevated. All one has to do is pour in some magnesium

chloride. Nothing could be simpler.

 

 

Magnesium is far too easy of an answer to be

welcomed by the corporate drug cartels.

 

 

Across the board of mental and emotional illness, the first line of

treatment clearly needs to include magnesium. Magnesium will not resolve all

problems obviously but it will certainly make dealing with more difficult

deeper issues easier.

 

 

The entire psychiatric and clinical psychological community has been

subverted into using these drugs by the pharmaceutical companies, which have

maliciously ignored the pharmacology of magnesium – ramming down billions of

dollars of dangerous and toxic drugs instead into both children and adults.

 

 

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[1] SOURCE: Peter Gillham’s Natural Vitality via PR Newswire

 

[2] Firoz M and Graber M. Bioavailability of US commercial magnesium

preparations. Magnes Res. 2001;14:257-62.

 

[3] Walker AF and Marakis G, Christie Byng M. Mg citrate found more

bioavailable than other Mg preparations in a randomised, double-blind study.

Magnes Res;16:183-91.

 

[4] Lindberg JS, Zobitz MM, Poindexter JR and Pak CY. Magnesium

bioavailability from magnesium citrate and magnesium oxide. J Am Coll Nutr.

1990;9:48-55.

 

[5] Held K, Antonijevic IA, Kunzel H, Uhr M, Wetter TC, Golly IC, Steiger

A and Murck H. Oral Mg(2+) supplementation reverses age-related

neuroendocrine and sleep EEG changes in humans. Pharmacopsychiatry.

2002;35:135-43.