sleeep is gooood
when i was a kid i used to be frightened of the dark and i would tos and turn all night scared to cross the hall to the toilet
so as a parent i would pick my kids up in the middle of the night when they started to toss and turn ane put them on the loo
easy
sometimes i didn't but would regret in the morning - not because they would wet the bed - they never did that but i would see the rings around their eyes and know that their sleep hadn't been sound
i did this until they were around nine years old and never had a wet bed ever
they stopped using pads when they were 2 years old
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A word on Adelle Davis
Personally while I don't agree with everything she says, she has given me a starting point to begin investigations instead of just meekly accepting symptoms
I should like to say that when necessary I was quite prepared to take the medications or provide them - it's just that you can't always get them or afford them
anyway quite a lot of biology students snigger when they read her books - why I don't know
this is a note from the guy who revised her books -
‘Adelle Davis’s name has been associated with nutrition for 3 decades. Her deep concern for poor health due to nutritional ignorance and her hopes for a better future through good nutrition are the core of the passionate message she has brought us
‘She spoke out at a time when there were few voices to be heard for the cause of good health by the comprehensive application of important discoveries in the field of nutrition..’ (Mandell Marshall - Davis A 1981 Introduction : vii)
‘‘Let’s Have Healthy Children (LHHC 1968) has been revised and brought up to date …an extensive undertaking because many highly qualified investigators have published important papers … in the field of nutrition since Let’s Have Healthy Children first appeared in print……….
‘She made some suggestions that seemed perfectly reasonable to her before the overworked medical practitioners of her day had an opportunity to conduct the time-consuming investigations necessary …The revision and updating performed for this edition have taken into account the medical studies that have been conducted since the book was written’ (Mandell Marshall - Davis A 1981 Introduction : viii)
‘The reader must keep in mind that this book was written to emphasize the importance of nutrition, to stimulate the interest of the medical profession in this neglected subject and to enlarge the general public’s knowledge’ (Mandell Marshall - Davis A 1981 Introduction : ix)
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just how important is magnesium?
When my 8 year old daughter’s hair began falling out. I looked to the doctor for help. When he named it as alopecia I was relieved - until Ithat is I realised that the name alopecia simply means - hair is falling out - well I knew that and so turned to Adelle Davies for help. I found something about magnesium, increased our family magnesium levels diet wise as best I could, especially with regard to milk and her hair began to grow back
8 years later, she had a couple of big ops and got an excruciating pain in her hands which pain killers barely relieved. Again we went to the doc who said keep taking the pain killers – I noticed her hair was also starting to fall out again, so took her down to the chemists, secured a bottle of magnesium tablets and within half an hour of taking two tablets of 250mg magnesium, her pain – which had been apparently consistent for 48 hours, ceased
Birth control implants also seems to cause this hair loss
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Here are some references as I try to understand why these things happen
- While calcium affects muscle contractions, magnesium balances that effect and relaxes muscles.
- Someone possibly Michael Murray ND in his Encyclopaedia for Nutritional Supplements said that cramps in hands after surgery may be due to due to magnesium loss - well whoever it was I agree
- Doctors ‘tend to assume that convulsions are caused by brain damage and anticonvulsive drugs are given for years without the slightest attempt to improve the diet’ - Adelle Davis Let's Have Healthy Children- revised edition p 298
- ‘’Irritability, nervousness, jumpiness, trembling and especially sensitivity to noise should immediately be recognised as indicating a probable need for more magnesium…. The deficiency can become so sever that mental depression, muscle weakness and convulsions may occur’ Also Adelle Davis Let's Have Healthy Children - re tranquilisers being prescribed to pregnant women
- Magnesium is essential for the muscles to function correctly, and for proper communication between nerve cells vital for cell division and all reactions with phosphates, if cells become deficient in magnesium, the permeability of their walls changes, potassium and magnesium are lost and replaced by sodium and calcium. .....In deficiency, muscles become weak, the person feels fatigued and may develop an irregular heartbeat. Deficiency of magnesium can lead to the development of kidney stones (due to excess calcium in the body). It also seems to be a factor in myocardial infarction, the heart attacks where a coronary artery becomes blocked: 100 years' ago, the average daily intake of magnesium was three to four times higher than today's RDA, and a study of 1000 post mortems carried out at that time showed that not one individual died from a heart infarction.
- ‘Many dietary factors reduce calcium uptake, such as foods high
in oxalic acid (spinach, rhubarb, chocolate), which can interfere with calcium absorption by forming insoluble salts in the gut. Phytic acid, or phytates found in whole grain products, foods rich in fibre, excess caffeine from coffee, colas, tea..., as well as certain medications may all reduce the absorption of calcium and other minerals, or leach calcium from bone. Normal intake of protein, fats, and acidic foods help calcium absorption, however high levels of these same sources increase calcium loss.’
Finally according to Griffith H Winter MD 1988 - Vitamins HERBS Minerals & Supplements The Complete Guide Revised edition 1999 ISBN – 1-55561-263-6
Benefits (of magnesium)
- · Aids bone growth
- · Aids function of nerves and muscles including regulation of normal heart rhythm
- · Conducts nerve impulses
- · Works as laxative in large doses
- · Acts as antacid in small doses
- · Strengthens tooth enamel
Possible benefits
- · May help reduce effects of lead poisoning
- · May reduce kidney stones
- · May be used to treat heart disease
Who may benefit from Additional Amounts (of magnesium)
- · Anyone with inadequate calorie or dietary intake or increased nutritional requirements
- · Those who abuse alcohol or other drugs
- · People with a chronic wasting illness
- · Anyone who has recently undergone surgery
- · Vomiting and diarrhoea may increase need
- · With medical supervision may supplement treatment of acute myocardial infarction, cardiac surgery, digitalis toxicity and congestive heart failure
Deficiency symptoms
- · Muscle contractions
- · Convulsions
- · Confusion, delirium, memory and concentration difficulties
- · Irritability
- · Nervousness
- · Skin problems
- · Hardening of soft tissues
- · Hypertension
- · Arrhythmia
What this mineral does
- · Activates essential enzymes
- · Affects metabolism of proteins and nucleic acids
- · Helps transport sodium and potassium across cell membranes
- · Influences calcium levels inside cells
- · Aids muscle contractions
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Independant Living - Mineral and Vitamins & a whole lot more
Guide to vitamins and minerals on Independant Living websiteIf you are caring for someone or beginning to find life a little tricky this is a great site for ideas on what is happening and products available
bit hard to get them to come clean about a price and some of the prices when you get there scandously high but gives you a general idea then you can contact your local diy specialists and create something of your own - but when it comes to bath time, you can't beat a
wet room - how hard can it be?
