July 18, 2017
5.0 out of 5 stars The Magnesium Miracle mmBy G. Breault on January 13, 2008
This was an easy to read nutrition book about an important nutrient in the body, which often gets overlooked. The book is written by a woman who is a naturopathic doctor and medical doctor (seems very “well-rounded” for a doctor). This book provides an expert guide into the importance of magnesium in the body…how it works, how magnesium is necessary for calcium absorption, how magnesium can smooth muscles, such as in the chest/lungs for those with asthma (like my son). My son is prone to asthma each time he catches a viral infection. We hate giving him the typical albuterol, which speeds up a person’s heart rate and causes hyperactivity (hmmm…I wonder how many kids using albuterol are also diagnosed with ADHD?)and worth mentioning, I’ve heard that there are no studies to show how albuterol affects lung development. We also were told to give our son pulmicort, a steriod, which also has side effects, such as, causing cataracts (et. al.). I started giving my son liquid magnesium to help with the tighteness in his chest that he gets from asthma. Magnesium does help and my child’s doctor agrees.
I would recommend this book to everyone because it covers many different illnesses and discusses how several illnesses/problems can be improved with magnesium. I believe that good nutrition (and naturopathic approaches) can help keep a person healthy, and help those with genetic disorders, much more than pharmaceuticals (many of which are man-made chemicals), which typically have side-effects that lead you to buy more drugs to help with each side effect’s side effect, etc., etc… Check this book out for yourself. Even people who don’t like to read about nutrition will find this book easy to read and easy to understand.