Re: Mg // Re: beyondhom Re: rubric help & thoughts needed

Hi Jane,

My problem with the aspartate and malate forms of magnesium (very cheap to make) is that there is no research - real research - not company claims - to show it has any benefits other than providing magnesium in general somehow - but there is information on adverse effects, drug and supplement interactions, and there is also a potential problem regarding the aspartate-malate pathway where too much of either can be a big deal such as in heart attack situations, where that pathway MUST be suppressed. 
Personally I'll pass thanks, and use the more expensive but proven good magnesium chloride:-) 

I also have no companies I consider "meant to be among the best".

They can only do what they know - and there is nobody in any one of them who is a veteran of in depth scientific research. Being well meant is sometimes not enough:-)  As we get greater and greater internet hype, I fall back more and more on good research with science behind it. It takes some special training to know how to read the scientific reports and interpret them wisely (as opposed to accepting a conclusion that may be in the interests of the researcher). I do not trust any supplement maker to have that expertise either.

Namaste,
    Irene


On Apr 13, 2012, at 3:13 AM, Jane MacRoss wrote:

> Thanks for the very healpful info Irene - Dr Betty Martini in her work 
> against Aspartane brought this to my attention together with great Aspartane 
> detox info (is it a homeopathic remedy - amazing what that might cure) she 
> is recommending the Jigsaw Magnesium product as a good option.  Meantime I 
> went & bought a bottle of Mg supplement from the supermarket as a healthier 
> option hopefully and without the Aspartate ingredient as the Jigsaw products 
> are only availble in US and will take a while to get here.
> 
> I checked the other supplement company I have a practitioner account with 
> and they too have Mg Aspartate in their Mg product - so they received a 
> questioning email from me too! I am surprised on this - they are meant to be 
> among the best - Prof Ian Brighthope's Nutrition Care Pharmaceutical 
> company.
> 
> However I quote this from another practitioner in another group where I also 
> expressed my concern:
> 
>>> Magnesium aspartate is in many supplements, especially the popular sports 
>>> supplement, ZMA.  Although aspartic acid does perform as an excitotoxin in 
>>> some forms, such as aspartame, it has many benefits when attached to 
>>> minerals such as magnesium and potassium.  I continue to prescribe a 
>>> mineral supplement that has a magnesium aspartate component in it with 
>>> great success.
> 
> I nave not seen negative studies on this product except for cautions for 
> those with brain malfunctions such as epilepsy, Alzheimer's, and 
> Parkinson's.  On the other hand, there are many natural supplement suppliers 
> that feature magnesium aspartate and its base amino acid, asparagine. 
> SpectraCell actually analyzes blood for asparagine and recommends that some 
> level of it be maintained in the blood through diet or supplements. 
> Asparagine is found in asparagus (of course), orange, grapefruit, tomato, 
> pineapple and more.<<
> 
> Jane

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Irene de Villiers, B.Sc AASCA MCSSA D.I.Hom/D.Vet.Hom.
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