The MRI Blog
How to Get Rid of a Charley Horse – 4 simple fixes
How to get rid of a charley horse: This problem plagues athletes and sedentary folks alike. If you’ve ever been jolted out of sleep by a searing pain in your leg that leaves you gasping for breath, you know all too well how painful a muscle cramp can be. If you’ve never experienced a charley horse (sometimes misspelled Charlie Horse), you can count yourself lucky. In this [...]
Magnesium Deficiency – Needs for Magnesium not Met in Most People
Magnesium deficiency is common since the the American diet is rich in proteins, carbohydrates and fats but it is generally poor in magnesium (Mg). Additionally, most supplements of vitamins and minerals, that are taken by many to assure adequate nutrition, provide magnesium in only minimal amounts, if at all. Magnesium is a mineral that is essential for health in optimal quantities, if we [...]
Significant Risks of Low Magnesium During Pregnancy
What are the effects of low magnesium during pregnancy? This article is from a talk by the late Dr. Mildred Seelig, who was perhaps the world’s most preeminent researcher on Magnesium. She makes the case that low magnesium during pregnancy is associated with low birth weight, gestational diabetes, stillbirth, and eclampsia. Not only that, but babies born with these problems have more heart problems later in life. On [...]
Trace Mineral Deficiency – 9 Facts You Need to Know
Unless you’re a health expert you might not know much about the mineral content of the foods you eat or effects of a trace minerals deficiency. After all, if you were to ask a server how much copper you would be getting from a meal, you would get a bewildered stare. Just because trace minerals are only needed in small quantities, doesn’t mean they aren’t critical for [...]
Natural Electrolytes are essential for life, health, and peak performance
What are natural electrolytes and why do you need them? Clinically speaking, death occurs when all electrical activity in the brain is gone. For instance, the central nervous system communicates with the body through electrical charges. Electrolytes are minerals that have either a positive or negative charge and are the conductors of the electrical energy in solution within the body. Without them, we cease to exist. In [...]
Mineral Resources International – 50 years of improving global health
The history of Mineral Resources International began in 1968, when Hartley Anderson read a series of newspaper articles written by Dr. George W. Crane Ph.D. M.D., who published the amazing results people received from drinking small amounts of sea water daily. Dr. Crane theorized that the abundant minerals and trace minerals contained in seawater, played an essential role in maintaining optimal health. These articles struck Hartley like [...]
Cómo deshacerse de un espasmo muscular- 4 soluciones simples
Cómo deshacerse de un espasmo muscular: este problema afecta a atletas y personas sedentarias por igual. Si alguna vez te han dejado de dormir por un dolor punzante en tu pierna que te deja sin aliento, sabes muy bien lo doloroso que puede ser un calambre muscular. Si nunca has experimentado un espasmo muscular, puedes considerarte afortunado. En este artículo, compartimos los cuatro métodos más probados para superar [...]
Deficiencia de magnesio: la mayoría de las personas no satisfacen las necesidades de magnesio
La deficiencia de magnesio es común ya que la dieta estadounidense es rica en proteínas, carbohidratos y grasas, pero generalmente es pobre en magnesio (Mg). Además, la mayoría de los suplementos de vitaminas y minerales, que son tomados por muchos para asegurar una nutrición adecuada, proporcionan magnesio en cantidades mínimas. El magnesio es un mineral que es esencial para la salud en cantidades óptimas, si queremos obtener [...]
Riesgos significativos de magnesio bajo durante el embarazo
¿Cuáles son los efectos del bajo nivel de magnesio durante el embarazo? Este artículo es de una charla del difunto Dr. Mildred Seelig, quien fue quizás el investigador más importante del mundo sobre el magnesio. Ella afirma que el bajo contenido de magnesio durante el embarazo se asocia con bajo peso al nacer, >, diabetes gestacional, muerte fetal y eclampsia. No solo eso, sino que los bebés que [...]
Los electrolitos son esenciales para la vida, la salud y el rendimiento máximo
Clínicamente hablando, la muerte ocurre cuando toda la actividad eléctrica en el cerebro desaparece. Por ejemplo, el sistema nervioso central se comunica con el cuerpo a través de cargas eléctricas. Los electrolitos son minerales que tienen una carga positiva o negativa y son los conductores de la energía eléctrica en solución dentro del cuerpo. Sin ellos, dejamos de existir. En situaciones extremas, las deficiencias en los electrolitos [...]
