Super immunity for Children

The magnesium connection in colic and behavioral problems in babies:

If colic or temperamental behavior become chronic, your baby might need magnesium supplementation, especially if it is over 6 months old. It might have trouble absorbing the mineral. This creates a deficiency that, in turn, affects calcium-regulating hormones. The result is a calcium deficiency. This can cause intestinal spasms and irritablility.

Babies with behavioral problem generally require more magnesium than do other infants – perhaps because the  hormones secreted during  their chronic high level of stress trigger greater than normal excretion of magnesium in their urine.

In either case, 100 to 200 milligram do magnesium a day should help. You will soon know if the dose is too high because excess magnesium causes diarrhea. If that happens, simply cut back on the amount of magnesium, 50 milligram at a time, until the stools are normal again.

Magnesium generally has a calming effect and enhances sleep, a bonus in both colic and behavioral problems.

If magnesium supplements help with colic, sleep, or reduce irritablility, I would continue them. The purest source for longterm use is magnesium citrate capsules. You can find Magnesium Citrate in you Health Food Store.

(Super Immunity for kids by  Leo Gallad MD and Dian Dincin Buchman, PHD)

Magnesium deficiency may be an independent predictor of diabetes.

Magnesium is necessary for the production, function, and transport of insulin.

Cancer and Chemotherapy

The rational for chemotherapy and radiation is that cancer is an enemy that must be killed or destroyed, even when the treatment causes the person great discomfort, perhaps even death.

Chemotherapy drugs originated out of mustard gas, designed as a poison for use in warfare.

No wonder chemotherapy is feared almost as much as cancer itself.

One of the ironic ” side effects” of chemotherapy or radiation is an increased likelihood that cancer will re-appear later on as secondary tumors or that it will eventually spread to other parts of the body (metastasis).

The  attitude oncologists have toward these second malignancies seems to be that they are of minimal importance…. It is important to try to cure the patient, and certainly you cannot worry about second malignancy if the patient does not survive the first. ” In other words, cancer recurrence is considered an acceptable side effect of chemotherapy treatment for cancer

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