Dean Carolyn L - The Magnesium Miracle

Praise for The Magnesium Miracle

Every doctor and patient should read this comprehensive book on the many roles of magnesium.I loved this book. Clearly written and packed with information, it offers a compendium on natural medicine and is an invaluable resource for both practitioner and public alike. It is the most comprehensive and well-referenced guide to the myriad benefits of magnesium published to date.

C AROLYN D EMARCO , M.D.,

author of Take Charge of Your Body: Womens Health Advisor

Throughout this volume and with utmost clarity, Carolyn Dean presents invaluable recommendationsbased on the latest magnesium research. Virtually every American can benefit.

P AUL P ITCHFORD ,

author of Healing with Whole Foods: Asian Traditions and Modern Nutrition

Physicians and therapists have paid scant attention to this very important element, which is also involved in maintaining our good health. The massive evidence is here in this important book on magnesium. I am pleased to have been taking magnesium for so many years.

A BRAM H OFFER , M.D.,

author of Putting It All Together: The New Orthomolecular Nutrition

Excellent research together with valuable inspiration to empower the doctor within each of us.

J OSHUA R OSENTHAL ,

director of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, author of The Energy Balance Diet

An enlightening and practical book. Dr. Dean supplies powerful information for people while trumpeting a reminder to doctors about this essential and often overlooked mineral elixir. The Magnesium Miracle should be required reading for living a rich, healthy life.

E UGENE C HARLES , D.C., DIBAK,

author of Physician Heal Thy Patient and Becoming Healthy, Wealthy and Wise

I have been in complementary medicine for thirty years and I believed I knew all there was to know about magnesiumuntil I [read] the latest book by Dr. Carolyn Dean. This book is the most comprehensive review on the subject I have ever read. As one can expect from a physician with such vast and diversified knowledge, The Magnesium Miracle contains information on allied fields of medicine that makes this book an incredible resource for doctors and patients alike. The Magnesium Miracle is a book that is going to be of great service to humanity since, as the author points out, there is so much information on magnesium that has failed to be included in the medical curriculum.

S ERAFINA C ORSELLO , M.D.,

Wellness Medical Center for Integrative Medicine, author of Ageless Healing

The material in this book is for informational purposes only. It is not intended to serve as a diagnostic tool or prescription manual, or to replace the advice and care of your medical doctor. Although every effort has been made to provide the most up-to-date information, the medical science in this field and the information about magnesium and other breakthrough medications is rapidly changing. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you consult with your doctor before attempting any of the treatments or programs discussed in this book. The author and publisher expressly disclaim responsibility for any adverse effects that may result from the use or application of the information contained in this book.

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Copyright 2003, 2007, 2014 by Carolyn Dean, M.D., N.D.

Foreword copyright 2003 by Dr. Bella Altura and Dr. Burton Altura

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Originally published in hardcover and trade paperback in different form as The Miracle of Magnesium by Ballantine Books, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, in 2003 and 2007 respectively.

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Foreword

Clearly there is more to life than magnesium is one of the remarks from Dr. Deans remarkable, almost encyclopedic, but very readable book. Her book is long overdue, for it gives the lay reader a chance to discover for him- or herself the many needs for this mineral in a healthy diet, and the reasons why this has not been emphasized in the everyday literature.

The requirement for magnesium in our diet is indeed a much-neglected topic, and this book by Dr. Dean brings the message home by her carefully written repetitive emphasis on the subject. That does not mean that there are not many other nutrients necessary in our daily food intake, as stated above, but the point she so clearly makes is that the public in general has not been notified to look for the proper amount of this mineral in the daily diet and the many reasons magnesium is needed in our bodies.

After a cursory overview of the material, the book should be read as one would read an encyclopedia, that is, pick out the parts one is particularly interested in, and then go back and try to read it all. This way the reader will get the gist of how important magnesium really is and how little he or she has been informed, be it from newspapers, magazines, or the rest of the news media. As the old adage says, An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, and so it is with balanced nutrition, which includes this all-important mineral in adequate amounts. (As to the other interesting parts of the book, our qualifications allow us to comment only on the material pertaining to the scientific basis for the need of magnesium.)

D R . B ELLA T. A LTURA

Research Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology

SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Brooklyn, New York

D R . B URTON M. A LTURA

Professor of Physiology, Pharmacology, and Medicine

SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Brooklyn, New York