--- In CFS-FMS_FIRST-Aid@yahoogroups.com, surpriseshan2@... wrote:
>
> And even if one can get ones' magnesium levels up; there is the
> problems of keeping them up. According to one of Mark's posts, Dr
Myhill has tried
> getting her patients mag levels up by giving them an mag injection
every week --
> and this has worked. However, Dr Myhill says that after 2 (two)
weeks, the
> levels are back down again and the patient is again magnesium deficient.

According to information on one clinics site in the UK ( I used to
have links to the articles but they've redone their site and I've not
found them again. ) When magnesium is injected in persons w/ CFS/FMS
the magnesium binds with phospates at the cell, is blocked from
getting into the cell, and the person is magnesium deficient again the
next day.

The problem is not so much that the body is probably not getting the
magnesium but that it is using the magnesium up too fast.

I don't know if glutathione needs magnesium. But studies have shown
that when magnesium levels go low, glutathione levels go down. So the
body does apparently require magnesium to produce glutathione or it
may be that due to low magnesium levels, the rate of expenditure of
glutathione goes up. But what is probably the case is that magnesium
is neccessary for ATP production and ATP is required for glutathione
production so when magnesium goes low, so too does ATP production and
subsequently glutathione goes low.

The answer, in this case is to correct whatever is causing the
increased production of phosphates inside the cell so that magnesium
is not used up so rapidly. The 64 thousand dollar question is how
does one do that?

All the best,
Jim

> If one
> takes the transdermal magnesium chloride in baths 3 or 4 times a
week after
> getting the levels up, one can keep them up: at least this is my
understanding.
> Did you know that glutathione needs magnesium?
> I suggest that you ask Mark any questions if you need
more info.
> Blessings
> Shan
>