How to make calcium from egg shells and help your bones and joints

Posted on May 28, 2015 by Mimi Castellanos

Many people are talking about a very valuable remedy with is making an impact on ligaments.  It is something that you can make simply yourself. It has to do with the tiny film inside the chicken egg.  Turn these treasures into bio available calcium on the cheap in your own kitchen. (see directions below)

You can extract the calcium with lemon juice, add to oil and have a lovely  salad dressing to be used on salads and vegetables which helps to give your brain the levels of oils needed to sustain energy and healthy memory.  It will include your own bioavailable calcium!  You did it yourself!

Make sure to add healthy fresh ingredients like parsley, cilantro,  cayenne pepper and Himalayan pink or celtic salt.

Your body thanks you!  Your ligaments do too.

How to Make Powdered Eggshells:

  1. Wash empty eggshells in warm water until all of the egg white is removed, but do not remove the membrane because it contains important nutrients for the joints which helps arthritis.
  2. Lay broken pieces out on paper towels and allow them to air dry thoroughly.
  3. Break the eggshells up into small pieces, and grind them to into a fine powder in a food processor, blender, coffee grinder, or a nut mill, or put them in a plastic bag and use a rolling pin to grind them. Please note that some blenders will not grind the eggshell into a fine enough powder. A coffee grinder works the best.
  4. Store powdered eggshells in a covered glass jar or container. Keep it in a dry place, like the kitchen cupboard.

How to take eggshell calcium (this forms calcium citrate) takes 3 hours:

  1. Put 1/2 teaspoon of powdered eggshell into a small dish (approximately 4 1/2 to 5 1/2 inches across) 1/2 teaspoon equals approximately 400 mgs of elemental calcium.
  2. Add the juice of 1/2 a lemon (freshly squeezed), and mix well it will start to bubble and foam, which is what is supposed to happen.
  3. Leave it at room temperature for 6 hours the longer you leave it the less gritty it will be, but do not leave it longer than 12 hours.
  4. It can be taken by the spoonfuls, followed by mouthfuls of water to wash it down. It is not sour tasting. In fact the taste is quite pleasant.
  5. Also take 400 mgs of magnesium citrate at the same time.

Other Eggshell Recipes here are some other ways to make eggshell calcium citrate:

# 1 Lemon Eggshell:

  1. Place one whole, clean, uncooked egg into a clean, wide-mouth jar and cover it with freshly squeezed lemon juice.
  2. Cover the jar loosely and place it in the refrigerator.
  3. A few times a day, gently agitate the jar the mixture will bubble.
  4. After 48 hours, when the bubbling stops, carefully remove the egg.
  5. The recipe says to take 1/2 teaspoon of this mixture daily, but with the added lemon 1/2 teaspoon would not equal 400 mgs of calcium, so it is hard to judge how much of the mixture to take in order to get enough calcium.

# 2 Lemon Eggshell:

  1. Fill a wide mouth jar with 3 clean, whole, uncracked eggs.
  2. Cover the eggs with freshly squeezed lemon juice it important that the lemons are very fresh or this mixture will not work right.
  3. Clove the jar tightly and place it in the refrigerator. You should start to see bubbles forming on the eggshells. That means the eggshells are being dissolved into the lemon juice. The mixture will gradually turn white.
  4. Gently agitate the jar a few minutes about 3 times a day.
  5. As soon as the bubbling stops it is ready to take. It should not take any longer than 36-48 hours. If you leave the mixture longer it will tend to get thick and the eggs will begin to absorb more of the lemon juice, or the eggs may split and leak into the mixture. Occasionally this mixture doesn’t work when the lemons are not fresh enough.
  6. Carefully remove the eggs without breaking the membrane, and use them as you would normally, i.e. in your raw egg drink. There will not be any shell left on the egg because it has been totally dissolved into the lemon juice, which is calcium citrate.
  7. Place a tight lid on the mixture that remains after the eggs have been removed, and shake it well.
  8. Take no more than one teaspoon per day initially because it can be very powerful. Start slowly. The amount may be gradually increased over time.

Bee’s note: The amount of this mixture to take is not easy to figure out. One eggshell (size is not stated) yields approximately 1,800 mgs of elemental calcium (amount that will be absorbed). Therefore 3 eggs would contain 5,400 mgs, divided by 400 mgs = approximately 13.5 doses.

Instructions came from: Healing Naturally by Bee

 

here is the name of the patented eggshell membrane and eggshell calcium products (JOINTHealth and BONEHealth from Membrell). The patented natural eggshell membrane ingredient is composed of naturally occurring glycosaminoglycans including chondroitin and hyaluronic acid, plus collagen and other proteins for proper joint health and flexibility. Two clinical trials on the effects of eggshell membrane show that a single 500-mg dose per day can reduce pain and increase flexibility in just 10 days (5, 6).

Posted in Most Recent | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Finding your soul’s song

Posted on May 13, 2015 by Mimi Castellanos

“When a woman in one African tribe knows she is pregnant, she goes out into the wilderness with a few friends and together they pray and meditate until they hear the song of the child.

They recognize that every soul has its own vibration that expresses its unique flavor and purpose.

When the women attune to the song, they sing it out loud. Then they return to the tribe and teach it to everyone else.

And when children are born into the village, the community gathers and sings their song, one unique melody for each unique child.

Later, when children begin their education, the village gathers and chants each child’s song. They sing again when each child passes into the initiation of adulthood, and at the time of marriage.

Finally, when the soul is about to pass from this world, the family and friends gather at the bedside, as they did at birth, and they sing the person to the next life.

In the African tribe there is one other occasion upon which the Villagers sing to the child: If at any time during a person’s life, he or she commits a crime or aberrant social act, that individual is called to stand in the center of a circle formed by all members of the tribe.

And once again the villagers chant the child’s song.

The tribe recognizes that the proper correction for antisocial behavior is not punishment, but love and the remembrance of identity.

When you recognize your own song, you have no desire or need to do anything that would hurt another. A friend is someone who knows your song and sings it to you when you have forgotten it.

Those who love you are not fooled by the mistakes you have made or the dark images you hold about yourself. They remember your beauty when you feel ugly; your wholeness when you are broken; your innocence when you feel guilty; and your purpose when you are confused.

You may not have grown up in an African tribe that sings your song to you at crucial life transitions, but life is always reminding you when you are in tune with yourself and when you are not.

When you feel good, what you are doing matches your song, and when you feel awful, it doesn’t. In the end, we shall all recognize our song, and we shall sing it well.

You may feel a little wobbly at that moment, but so have all the great singers. Just keep singing and you’ll find your way home.”[1]

This real-life African Tribal practice mirrors modern discoveries from half a world away by modern masters such as Royal Rife, Sharry Edwards and Donna Eden. These vibrational energy pioneers have independently detected that people have a fundamental color or frequency, which can be equated to their unique song. This signature sound persists throughout life.

We may not have been formally given a song at birth as in African tribes, but we each radiate frequencies. Literally, we are a collection of vibrations, a song. The body radiates its song – sounds that are too tiny in volume for one to notice. Others subconsciously react to these “vibes” and they have a multitude of subtle energy effects, such as initial impressions and “gut” feelings.

We are vibrational beings and our daily vibrational composition changes along with our health and emotional states, but our fundamental song is constant: Our body seeks to simply play its song in harmony! This releases endorphins – a sense of pleasure and wellbeing ensues.

Humans innately seek out natural sounds that reinforce and strengthen their songs. Some prefer the sound of the pounding sea, others seek out bird songs or the wailing wind in remote locales. Even the stars and heavens offer songs to us that we can intuitively detect with our feelings. We sense the magic in the midnight sky, as stars radiate frequencies below our hearing range. These subtle vibrations create beneficial cell-to-cell vibrations within. We are one with the universe. Our song contributes a small part in the infinite chorus of all creation.

In a remote, but intimately connected tradition, I once visited a desolate Indian settlement in northeastern Canada. Their Wiseman gave me a tour of the humble, even impoverished village. Out of the way, along the route I saw a carefully tended field that held perhaps 100 colorful birdhouses supported on poles, well off the ground. I asked the Shaman what was the significance of the birdhouses? He replied that these houses were their Tribe’s burial markers; each birdhouse honored a grave. The remarkable part was that many wild birds made their homes in these small structures – singing their characteristic songs for the memory of departed souls – to the glory and beauty of nature and the nourishment of the living.

Posted in Most Recent | Leave a comment

How to remedy the sweet tooth & my journey with my cravings

Posted on April 26, 2015 by Mimi Castellanos

I am writing this article to help with the people who recognize that they have a sweet tooth and then whoops.  Find out they have cancer, IBS or any number of diseases that can relate to the information we are about to come forward with.

If you are like me, I have limited my diet to a diabetic’s diet.  Ihave studied the Gut & Phychological Syndrome and recovered my sanity and my cancer tendencies as well as reduced the effects of my mother’s Altzheimers by taking very good care of my body with diet, exercise, supplements and positive thinking.  I have taken it a step further.  I have gone into reducing the negative thoughts as a magnetic force and have been removing it from my energy field.  All these things work great!  But it is a lot of work.

There are lots of ways to remove disease.  My husband does it by deep meditation where he leaves his body completely and goes into Spirit for hours each day.  It builds his energy, keeps his batteries charged and provides a clear mind.  I don’t get as deep as he does.  But he has more years on me at the technique and mine isn’t shabby.  🙂  I just do health more on the physical level.  I am just saying, it really works.

Believe me when I tell you that I have some awesome tools.  This new one is worth being really excited about!  This one clears the urges to eat sweets, alcohol and any other thing that is craved for by removing the source of the craver.  Note:  It isn’t you!

I have tried to clear candida and gotten “into it”.  If you have too, you will discover that you have cravings that you can’t control.  As a “body whisperer” I went after it to find the cause.  I know that these cravings come from colonies of things/microbes/parasites that are living in the body and making it and us work for THEM!  (Why does this sound like our government?)

Thus the cravings come from the microbial community.  It might be viruses, bacteria or fungus.  I remember 20 years or so ago, going to my brother-in-law the doctor and asking him why doesn’t the AMA recognize parasites in the body?  He said, that parasites are considered to be more like the tropics.  Not New England.  Hmmmm.  After thinking about it, my rationale was . . .  hmmmm, we eat food from there (cashews, spices, etc) and our body is tropical temperatures….

I did things I didn’t want to do.  I stopped eating delicious sushi. Etc. Only to find that I could reduce my toxic load but not remove it.  Then I went to see Corine the parasite whisperer.  She told me I had a “full boat” of parasites and gave me some remedies she has made.  They worked but not when I don’t take them which means, it isn’t getting deep enough.  These are herbs, chinese  herbs, egg killers, etc.  You can get them also from Hulda Clarke’s store.  You can spend a fortune in it if you want to.

Thinking back, I lost my energy and nearly had a nervous breakdown in 2010.  I had one kid in college, the other was a senior.  My business was growing and I went with a friend to Cancun.  I didn’t realize what a big mistake that was.

I was careful not to pick up parasites.  I only drank bottled water and ate only at the restaurant.  Salads mostly.  Cancun in spanish means Snake’s nest.  The ground was suitable for snakes and worms, not too much else besides agave, thus making taquilla a way of life.  The ocean on the other hand was quite delicious.

It was right after this that my body, energy and psychological health broke down.  No energy, scary feelings and I couldn’t keep myself together to do the things I was able to do right before I left!  My immune system toppled.  I couldn’t move a flea!  My staff got fired, my friends moved to be more distant, my son was with his friends anyway.  I didn’t register how much trouble I was in or how much I had lost.  But I couldn’t make money any more!  I was in trouble.  I haven’t gotten all the way back to date, but I have climbed back up this ugly slippery slope and gotten my fingers on the final rim, ready to pull myself up.

I also got so close to clearing them by moving to Florida.  In the “deep summer” when all the coconut oil is melted and liquified, so is my body’s toxic storage and it is super easy to detox.  Last summer, (my first one) I did great.  I lost weight, gained abdominal and large muscle strength.

In pulling myself through the candida, I worked with Barbara Sakota.  A very talented homeopath that I worked with for several years prior.  We released the Candida by cutting out all carbs and going Paleo.  I discovered the experience from a fluid that Candida produces that takes over the communication hormones and creates a voice of its own in my body.  I thought it was me but I knew it was uncontrollable.  No, I wasn’t hearing voices.  It was a craving.  But when I listened closer, it did have a voice.  A horrible voice.  I know I had let it in by not wanting to see what was underneath.  It provided me with a blanket of silence to cover my pain.  We all know that magic has its price!  Going to the dark side for quick fix and not taking responsibility is not a good option.  I starved myself of anything sweet and got it at least out of the craving stage.  however, it just stayed like a dried out sponge.  Any indulgence and it sprang back very quickly!

Candida does not support YOU.  It supports itself.  We chose it in for a purpose.  They are also on a treadmill of trying to make their ends meet and stressed out about it.  It is not a nice place to be in and if you are trying to make it right by alcohol, sweets, soda, coffee, you are seriously going to hurt your self.  Emotionally, physically, your gut health, etc.  It requires some strength to make energy to get up and out.  I have dedicated my life to helping people with this.  Thus my story here.  I am excited about a new tool.

All those people who are over weight, and drinking soft drinks, coffee, etc.  There is a way out!  Thank God!  It requires breaking the cycle of the parasites.  Diatomaceous Earth can do this.  You have to be prepared to get the ugly truth out of your body. That means that you have to face the ugly truth inside your life. Good news:  This is where we can make significant improvement.  With open eyes.

One thing these herbs showed me was how could “piss off ” the worms growing in my body.  It was like a war.  I got to the point where I didn’t want to take the herbs that killed the worms because it wasn’t killing them all.   The remedy wasn’t doing the whole job and my immune system’s army was taking a beating and exhausted.  When I could line up my mind with the job of taking out the covers and denial, it got much better but still not enough to kill them.  It just created uncontrollable cravings.  The battle cry of the worms!

Let me tell you a bit about the worms and what this is like.  I would take the herbs, and in my long back muscles near my spine I could feel the two tips of the worm wiggling in what I would imagine to be discomfort/agony, etc.  I just had my hubby put a ruler on my back and measure where I felt this (my memory from a few years ago) It was at least 3 inches long!

With this colony of worms, my complexion was pasty white.  I knew where this white pasty quality showed up on my body, I was most likely experiencing worms!  Oh god, my upper forehead was all pasty and white.  In my brain?  really?  Most likely.  I had to face it.  My brain if you move your head around was sloshy.  Water not moving, too wet.  And I couldn’t swing my head without getting light headed so I didn’t want to exercise.

I made my cells stronger.  I fortified my army by taking supplements, oils, gut conditioners, Chinese Herbs to fortify the spleen and immune system and a kick ass hydration formula that allowed me to hold water and heal my bladder.  (most important)  Then I kept asking what my cells wanted and gave it to them.  My body’s intelligence and communication grew and grew into a workable relationship. (like charades)

I didn’t want to know that there are worms in my body for 5 years now.  I have studied and use appropriate remedies but it isn’t working.  I don’t LIKE knowing these things.

I recently started to expand my research and began an organic garden.  In the process about two months ago, I bought a worm farm and some worms.  I now have balanced, happy worms where they BELONG!  And I can understand what makes them work and what doesn’t.  They hate oil and heavy spices.  See my post on plague remedy.

Then I just bought and unpacked my Diatomaceous Earth!  I put some in the bottle for my “herb bar”.  I got some on my hands. I asked my body about it, since they could sense it at that point and the cells got very excited and wanted it right away.  My next step was to research it.

What do I find but real people saying things that I know  are related to the parasitic condition in the way that they really are.  Not pretty as you release the issue, but very, very good results.  I am all in.  I just want to document it as I go along and make it easily available to tell the world about it.  Let you read and study in your own time.

I am going to put mine into tooth powder that I use on top of my toothpaste because I like the way my gums feel when I use happy gut remedies.  My gums are the first place to try it.

I will also put it in a capsule so I can measure easily.  Reminding myself that this is a very strong astringent!  I will plan to get it into my brain by adding it to oil and holding it in the roof of my mouth which is what I do daily called “Oil Pulling”.  See my link on Oil Pulling at this site.

I went to the page www.diatomaceousearth.com but like any good researcher, I don’t just read one point of view.  I read many.  I especially like the people who get all excited and need to tell everyone.  Here is one of them and this got me excited.  It fits with all the things I have had to learn about the process.  It has real hope for the future, as a tool to my immune system.  I will keep you posted as I begin my journey with it.  Just so I can get the whole process down and where I am and how I did it.

One of the things I will be needing to do is be graphic.  As this woman gently did too as she explained about day 6.  I am ready.  Watch my updates and be prepared for graphics.  I am so very excited.  I have found a remedy that costs pennies.  That means people don’t have cost as an excuse

Here is a real person talking (to everyone) about DE and what it did for her.  Christy Flower from Jan 20th (2015)

Christy:

I can tell you DE is a miracle medicine for me. I have had severe sugar/carb cravings all my life. I am about 75 llbs overweight and have been diabetic for quite some time. no matter what I did, or took my craving never got better, and my craving were like obsessions… its all I would /could think about and I have fought my weight all my life cause of that. I took Diatomaceous earth on dec 31st in the afternoon. I started out with 1 tablespoon-the next day on I upped it to 2 heaping tablespoons. the next morning it seemed like my vision was clearer but I just went about my normal day. by evening I suddenly realized that I wasnt wanting sugar/carbs. at all. I thought it was too good to be true and figured my craving would be back. its 21 days later and it still hasn’t returned. I have lost 16 llbs and I actually crave healthy foods. I have never experienced this EVER IN MY LIFE. I even tested it by having some chocolate. now usually this would send me off on a sugar jag.this time… nothing. I ate that one tiny piece and that was it. the bar is still on the counter. I look at it but don’t want it. in the past I would be obsessed with it and have to eat it all. I pass by dougnuts etc and have NO DESIRE. so that’s the biggie for me. I can tell my diabetes is resolving itself. now that’s AMAZING. (before people freak out on me..diabetes can be cured. western medicine doesn’t want you to know that so they can keep making money off you all while they continue to kill you-do the research and you will see…low to no carb diet with moderate to high fat heals your metabolism) the other things that I have experienced is my floater in my eye is gone, my gums stopped bleeding, my depression Is GONE.my eyes are whiter and vision is improved, my facial skin has always had very large pores. they have shrunk and my face looks great. I have hated my facial skin all my life and now it looks amazing. I have a ton of new hair coming in , my old lady skin is gone. my energy level is thru the roof. and heres the fun part. you get to poop out worms. don’t be alarmed or scared…this is a good thing. those buggers take your nutrients from you, driving you to eat more and more and around the cycle it goes again and again. I pooped them out on the 6th day and that is when my energy went up exponentially. I also give DE to my dogs and my senior dogs “milk”eye is gone! and she runs arouns like a puppy again! now all this makes sense if you understand that silica is the building block of our body. we used to get silicia in our food but our soils are so depleted these days.( and I have been eating a 95% organic diet for over 25 years) DE is mostly silica(with other trace minerals)…..so for me I have been given a gift…..and I’m running with it. I take 2 heaping tablespoons first thing in the am and wait 1 hour before eating food. the rule of thumb is 1 tablespoon per 100 pounds of weight. sometimes I take it in the afternoon too but that’s just cause I like the way it makes me feel. western docs will never know about De cause it cant be patented so big pharma wants nothing to do with it. so there it is……try it….oh I forgot ,,, make sure to up your water intake or you’ll get backed up….. like douple what you would normally drink or maybe even more…….many blessings

Mon 4/27/15

As excited as I am about the prospect of getting real help for my condition, I asked my husband to back up my muscle testing.  He tested it and said, “It will hurt you.”  As I let that sink in over the next few hours I realized that I was on to something but there was an air of caution around it.  So I began to proceed with caution.  I asked him later to test me for the level of harm it would do.  I tested it as a 3 out of 10 giving me a 30% impact of some harm.  I reminded him to test the impact from the worms in my system and he said that this might be about a 7 or 70% impact.  My rationale is proceed with caution.  If I can take the disease from 70% to 30% it might make a big difference in quality of life.

I also know of a man who has a very large health clinic in San Diego.  When I worked on him, he had no (zero) parasites.  However, my friend (his friend) told me that he takes major pharmaceuticals to achieve that status.  So I began my research for some drug to take for Ascaris and came up with this hopeful article.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3043740/

I found this drug at a vet shop on line as a horse tranquilizer and purchased it without a prescription.  It will be here in a few days.  I haven’t decided to take it but the whole idea is terribly exciting that I can have my own prayers answered.  I am truly tired of fighting this off for 5 years.  In the above article, it said that a worm can live inside and lay a thousand eggs per day for 10-14 years.  This is how tired I feel.  Yet, even with my compromised immune system, I am doing okay.

Day 1  April 27, 2015

Today, Monday, I began taking the Diatomaceous Earth.  I was making my supplement packets and Richard had tested my dosage at 5 capsules per day.  By my second dose, I am having experiences.  I have worms wriggling in the back of my neck, diaphragm and throat.  Many I have already killed by simply infusing my own enriched blood from exercise but I slide out of exercise shape so very easily that it is scary.  I know it doesn’t have to be this hard.  Even with the difficulty I am pulling ahead.  I don’t know if someone not as strong as me could do this.

I also set up my protocol for my basic oils, vitamins, minerals and spleen replenishing herbs.  Along with that I reduced my hydration remedy to one per day because the DE is very drying and I need to get through this with water and experience it.

Richard says it should take three weeks.  I am so excited!  To know that something I have been fighting for 8 years (since Mexico) can move out in three weeks is amazing!  I am very hopeful

What can I feel?  Thyroid feels dry and cutting.  I know it is auto immune since moving last year.  Too much to do! Also the inflammation in my lymph on the left side is much better from exercise and simple eating.  It gets worse when I eat potatoes, potato chips or corn.  I know I have bacteria in that area from some whooping cough that I have had in 2010.  If I get tired, I start coughing and if I don’t rest, I start whooping.  I don’t every let it go further and that has become subclinical (as well as my not resting).  The only other thing that I want to report is not wanting to go to the gym or to the park to see a space launch, etc.

I am dedicated to 5 capsules per day for 30 days.  I also have added into my supplements a capsule of cloves, 2×3 of SuperMoon and 2×3 of Ascaris remedy.  I also have a homeopathic for Ascaris.  I might as well go into this fully committed.  Yay!

Day 2 & 3, Tuesday & Wednesday, April 28 & 29th, 2015

I am writing because it is a journey and not necessarily all pleasant!  On Monday, I suddenly didn’t want to go to the gym. (as in ever) My gym has been very regular, and always sore.  I go to a very extensive Tabata class 3 days per week and a lighter more fun circulation and clearing class (Zumba) 2 days per week.  Totaling 3 hours of “real” exercise where you HAVE to take a shower.  (that’s my personal criteria)

In my gym class on Monday, I could feel the worms in my neck muscles.  At the base of the skull is a big long muscle that attaches to the collarbone.  It is big.Screen Shot 2015-04-30 at 9.37.02 AM

The point is that Ascaris lives in big muscles.  I feel like I am loosing.  Like they are stronger than me.  So I have made myself stronger and stronger so that I can wage the necessary battle to becoming free.  (thus the horse dewormer purchase)  If the next three weeks don’t show progress, I am going to the next level.  If THAT doesn’t work, I am going to that clinic in San Diego where I know the guy can help me with major pharmaceuticals.  Some things, are not do-it-yourself projects!

Tuesday and Wednesday were uneventful except that I drank more water than regular.  My body is happy with about 128+ ounces per day.  (That is a gallon)  If I try to drink more, I get a groggy bloated feeling which tells me that the cells won’t process more and it hangs out in unwanted condition.  Now, however, I am drinking 200+ ounces and needing every bit of it.

I had a moment on Tuesday where my output didn’t relate to my input meaning, not enough came out.  So I upped it.  By Wednesday, my body was using it and I had to keep up with it’s needs.  Even with this, the Bowel Movement (BM) was hard and dry.  Usually a sign of candida.  And yes, I lost to the worms on my diet.  I ate great, but I had a piece of cheese which I can usually resist, then another then cut a big chunk and enjoyed it.  I said to myself, what if I will be able to eat normally again.  (For me that would be adding occasional fruit and maybe some honey in flax meal balls, and maybe seeds.)  Things that I don’t eat because the worms need to be starved and kept in a greasy condition.  So I headed to the chicken soup and coconut oil bars, etc.  Wednesday, I was free of the cheese craving.

Day 4, Thursday April 30th, 2015

Blood showed up on the sheets.  I apparently had a bloody nose and my head felt like it has fluid in it like a sinus infection where you head needs to dry out.  I have no problem with wanting to continue.  I believe that the DE is getting a grip on the worms and we are having a win inside.  The moisture is from, what I think to be dead worms which gives me a very slight headache.  Nothing to indicate that it is too much.  My stools started to show the release of critters but nothing too exciting.  A bit of blood which isn’t blood from that end too.  Interesting because it isn’t the color of blood.  It is more like a hot pink color like the nest of bugs.  (I learned this from Barbara Sakota who really knows her @#%&).

Beside the wonkly head, my kidneys are feeling the strain of clearing the toxins from my blood.  I feel like taking it easy even though I may want to go back to the gym tonight.  It seems as I am getting ahead.  I have to be careful to keep my diet greasy and keep the water flowing.  Slip those critters right out.

I seem to be resisting oil pulling which could be a message from their world.  So I will add an additional oil pulling session daily (that would make 2 half hour sessions)

 

 

Posted in Most Recent | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Eliminating parasites internally

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Mimi Castellanos
Eliminating parasites is something that needs to be attended to not just believed in.
http://healthwyze.org/index.php/component/content/article/243-eliminating-the-parasites-that-you-almost-certainly-have-and-curing-lupus.html#JOOMLACOMMENT_SEARCH
Here is a review of someone using DE externally for bedbugs in the house.  I add this because this is the kind of diligence that is needed to take care of an issue.  I might have stopped sooner than her.  But only when I feel confident that I can handle the issue and have learned the technique.
http://www.amazon.com/Diatomaceous-Earth-Food-Grade-10/dp/B00025H2PY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1428084667&sr=8-1&keywords=diatomaceous+earth+food+grade+for+humans+organic#customerReviews
851 of 884 people found the following review helpful

Worked wonders as a bedbug pesticide, but a strategy is required

By Doctor D on April 15, 2013

Verified Purchase

Having realized in horror that I had a mild bedbug infestation confined to my bedroom, I researched for the most effective, natural way of getting rid of them (I was not in the market to spend hundreds, let alone thousands, of dollars on chemical toxins that might not work that well). This led me to this product, step one of my strategy. Step two required learning as much as possible about this pest. So here’s how I got rid of them:1- Set my alarm clock to 2:30 AM. Woke up at this hour to find that’s about feed time for this critters (averaging between 1:30 and 3:30 AM), so I was able to spot the hiding places from where they came out to get their meal. Does not matter if you turn the light on, they still come out. I did this for a whole month to monitor how many kept coming out throughout the DE powder treatment.2- Using a duster, I applied as thin as possible a layer of DE powder around and underneath my bed frame, as well as the trail I was able to track from the hiding places towards my bed. Basically half my room. I also used a bit of the dust on the rest of the floor and any of the horizontal surfaces in it, but mainly the area around the bed and the hiding spots.

3- Since it was, thankfully, the early summer days, I was able to sleep without covers throughout the weeks in which I did the treatment. All bed covers, blankets, pillow cases and the like were sealed in bags in which I also applied the dust. I kept those tightly sealed for a good 3 months.

4- By the second week, I had come across and killed close to 23 of the suckers, but began seeing some dried out remains of what looked like dead bedbugs, but these could also simply be shed skins from molting, so I still did not remove the dust. I was no longer being bitten.

5- By the fifth week the bedbugs were not coming out anymore, but I did not remove the dust.

6- Three and 1/2 months had passed and it seemed the problem was solved, yet this parasite had me so paranoid that I kept waking up in the wee hours to see if anything was making its way towards my bed from anywhere around the room. I looked around the hiding places and found several of the dried out remains of the bedbugs. Success?

7 – By the fourth month I got tired of having a room full of dust and felt confident that my strategy had paid off, so I vacuumed the room. Took out the bags with bed covers, blankets and the like and found some more dried out shells of former bedbugs, picked them out of there and then put all that stuff in the washing machine.

6- Five whole months had passed, and even though the bedbugs had long stopped coming out, the trauma of having had a bedbug infestation kept me waking up at dawn and turning on the lights for a few minutes form many months. But to date (that’s April 2013) there is no sign of them anywhere in my bedroom or anywhere else in my apartment, and even spider beetles (which can sometimes be confused for bedbugs but are not blood parasites) have disappeared.

My bedbug problem happened a year ago and I was able to solve it in a matter of weeks, but it took me this long to write a review of the DE dust solution because of the fact that bedbugs can last a year without feeding, so in a worst case scenario the problem could have reappeared. But with a full year of bedbug freedom, I am confident to recommend Food Grade Diatomaceous Earth as a natural pesticide that did a wonderful job while being extremely cheap and non-toxic to boot. I only had to use less than a quarter of the bag (in fact, the duster still has some left-over dust from the one and only time I sprayed it). Note, however, that an effective treatment of eradication requires diligence. These parasites can hide anywhere, so you have to do your best at identifying their hiding spots, learning their schedules and taking precautions to not let them spread out anywhere else. Also, I do not suffer asthma, so I had no problem sleeping in my room while the dust sat on the floor, but if you do suffer from any respiratory issues, I would suggest staying in a different room or a different residence if possible for a few weeks. Every once in a while I still apply the dust around the bed, just in case, and ever since I started using it, I’ve never felt any discomfort, irritation, or any health issues at all, so from my perspective, this stuff is harmless. Remember, too, that this is the FOOD GRADE Diatomaceous Earth, not the stuff used for swimming pool filters.
Hope this helps.

Posted in Most Recent | Leave a comment

Iodine and what it does for us

Posted on March 7, 2015 by Mimi Castellanos

Iodine is a detergent.  It kills germs.  Surgical scrub is iodine.  It disinfects.  However, it is a whole lot more natural than a chemical detergent.  It is helpful in the body because it also assists metabolic processes and it is useful in certain situations.  It is possible to get too much and this must be guarded against.

What is activated iodine?

It is a combination of a few things that makes the iodine more bioavailable.  I first learned about it from this company that makes a facial scrub.  I use this scrub once in a while when I have had a rigorous outdoor experience.  Like after working in the garden exposing pollens and leaf mold,  horses, or dogs because so much dander comes off the coat.  I also put it in our personal/private swimming pool.  (because I can)  It feels great to get clean!  Even my horse wrangler friend enjoyed it after we helped clean someone’s very dirty house.  I wasn’t driving home with all that dirt in my eyes and nose.  It really helped.

Washing involves a solution of iodine and sea salt in a tub of hot water and I literally dip my face into the bowl of water!  I also use some from the bowl to wash my mouth out, put it into my nose with a neti pot and all that.  Daily, I use it as a mouth rinse after toothbrushing along with some baking soda on my paste.

Here is the link to the product.  I usually have some in stock if you are interested, just call me.

http://www.letsgethealthwise.com/facial-a-sinus-bath-detail

Most often when tested, people are low on iodine.  It is often used up   by the thyroid and it is difficult to keep in store if a body has lots of internal need to neutralize food which sits inside too long.  Not digesting is one of the most common causes of disease.  It is important to take our life at a pace that we can keep up with it.  Otherwise, we run the risk of over doing it and causing damage to the sensitive tissues of our gut and brain linings.

To test yourself to see if you need iodine, take the dropper and add a drop of iodine to your wrist.  Then take the other wrist and rub it in, so that both of  your wrists are now stained with iodine. (obviously the brown version, not white)  The reason you use your wrists is that you can keep an eye on your skin to see how long it absorbs.  If it is gone in 3 hours, you are very, very low and need to supplement.  If it lasts for 18-24 hours, there is no need to supplement.  (I don’t ever see that happening)

If you need more, the test and the application are the same.  apply externally to the wrists. Remember, you can take too much, so one drop per day should do it.  It is possible to take it internally but this should be done with a practitioner because you can  damage the intestinal lining if it isn’t appropriate.

Kelp and seaweed are other good sources of iodine.

Enjoy iodine.  It is a much needed product that can lean to hair loss, thyroid issues, and digestion problems.  There is always more than one way to do things and everyone is different.  Consult a professional if you are going to do anything extreme.  Meanwhile, slow down and keep up with your life.  That’s how to stay healthy.

Posted in Most Recent | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

How to Get Grounded

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Mimi Castellanos

You know you aren’t grounded when  you feel like you can just “blow away”.  When you can’t get things done and you feel like you have no strength.  You know when you are too grounded when you push yourself into the earth as a defense and prove to the world that you can’t be pushed around,  till all your hair falls out prematurely.

There are several reasons that people use copper plates under their beds.  One is to avoid unnecessary disturbance from the atmosphere; like cell phone radio frequencies and high voltage wires.  There can even be a disturbance when you sleep near lay lines or the magnetic grid of the earth.   There are people who are that sensitive!!  (I am one of them)  But that is not the process we are doing.

We are doing a process of connecting ourselves to the electric current that runs at the surface of the soil for grounding.  I once went to a workshop where they required us to put our bare feet on bare soil for 15-20 minutes before we left the workshop.  They even went to a greenhouse when doing the workshop in Alaska.    This is a very profound experience to being grounded.  Much the same as  having your back on a tree.  It is grounding.  For more information on grounding, check the website called www.earthing.com.

You can spend several hundred dollars on luxury products.  For those who don’t want to do that or want to do it yourself, here is one way to do that.

1.  Buy a extension cord.  It MUST have three prongs.  They vary in length.  You will most likely need it from a plug to your bed.  I would suggest a 15 foot length.  The prices at Home Depot range from $12-16 depending on what duty they are.

2.  Now you will need a something to cut the wire and a pair of pliers.  If you have one with a side cutter for wire, that would be the one to grab.

3.  Take your pliers and pull off the two prongs that are straight and parallel.  Leave the third prong that is round and plugs into the bottom round plug on the wall socket.  Make sure you are clear about this.  Round not straight.  One is different and all that.  You are taking out the two that are the same.  They are also straight and parallel.  Make sure that the whole prong comes out past the rubber base so there is no way it can make connection with current.

4.  Now for the other end of the wire.  Use the side cutters or a razor blade and cut off the appliance at the end that you would plug into.  (Sometimes known as the female end)

5.  Now using a razor blade or wire stripper, cut off the plastic insulation all the way down to the bare copper wire.  Cut off about 2 1/2 to 3 feet insulation so the copper wire is exposed for that much.

6.  If there are copper wires either thick or thin, I braid them to prevent broken wires and frays that could be uncomfortable because the copper needs to make contact with the skin.

7.  Take a piece of electrical or duct tape and put about an inch at the end to prevent the ends from being sharp.

8.  Now, you can plug in the 1 round prong into any socket’s round ground receptacle. Place the exposed copper wire in a place where you come to rest for more than a few hours.  (couches for the TV watchers, if you want to make two)

That’s it.  You now have a copper wire that is run straight into the ground, the water pipe and connects with a vast resource of earth and its magnetic charge dispersal system.

I promise the next time I make one of these, to put a  youtube video on this page.

Or you can contact me and I will make you one.  It will cost a few dollars more than the price of the cord and shipping.  Yours, Mimi

 

Posted in Most Recent | Leave a comment

3 Steps to Sugar Detox

Posted on December 26, 2014 by Mimi Castellanos

This article is so very important that I have dedicated my life to being of service to others.   It is the root of all addictions, aging and the robbing of human life.  This article is real.

https://www.evernote.com/l/AGNJr46WWPtB752xJ5eRBfUOUgXzZvElsD0

Posted in Most Recent | 55 Comments

We have two brains! (Ops. Textbooks were very wrong &. . . Zombies will be very happy))

Posted on December 22, 2014 by Mimi Castellanos

The Second Brain: A Groundbreaking New Understanding of Nervous Disorders of the Stomach and Intestine

 

Dr. Michael Gershon has devoted his career to understanding the human bowel (the stomach, esophagus, small intestine, and colon). His thirty years of research have led to an extraordinary rediscovery: nerve cells in the gut that act as a brain. This “second brain” can control our gut all by itself. Our two brains — the one in our head and the one in our bowel — must cooperate. If they do not, then there is chaos in the gut and misery in the head — everything from “butterflies” to cramps, from diarrhea to constipation. Dr. Gershon’s work has led to radical new understandings about a wide range of gastrointestinal problems including gastroenteritis, nervous stomach, and irritable bowel syndrome. The Second Brain represents a quantum leap in medical knowledge and is already benefiting patients whose symptoms were previously dismissed as neurotic or “it’s all in your head.”

You know I love candid reviews: http://www.amazon.com/The-Second-Brain-Groundbreaking-Understanding/dp/0060930721#customerReviews

It might be helpful to read this book or as a pdf download!  https://www.evernote.com/shard/s99/nl/10851338/e6aa087b-9fa8-43e9-8590-ace8b8c6990f/

Posted in Most Recent | 1 Comment

Organic Baobab Fruit Powder

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Mimi Castellanos

Baobab also known as ‘The Tree of Life’ is an extraordinary African tree. It can live as long as 5000 years and the trunk can reach up to 82 feet in circumference. Baobab is often called the ‘upside down tree’ as its branches look like roots.

The baobab fruit looks like a large velvety-green coconut. Inside are large seeds, coated with a powder that has a tangy taste of caramel pear with, a hint of grapefruit.

Raw organic baobab fruit is highly nutritious and rich in antioxidants, amino acids, vitamins A, B1, B2, B3, B6, C, Magnesium, Calcium, Potassium, Manganese, Zinc, Phosphorus, Iron, protein and dietary fiber (soluble and insoluble). And with an ORAC value of 1,400 per gram, Baobab Fruit Powder exceeds the ORAC values of many other popular super fruits.

Ounce for ounce, baobab fruit contains six times the Vitamin C found in oranges, three times the iron found in spinach, three times the antioxidants found in blueberries, three times the calcium found in milk, and six times the potassium of bananas. Baobab fruit also contains all 8 essential amino acids and is rich in pectins, triterpenoids beta-sitosterol, beta-amyrin palmitate, alpha-amyrin palmitate, sterols, saponins, triterpenes & ursolic acids.100 grams of powder contains 293 mg of calcium, 2.31 mg of potassium, 96-118 mg of phosphorus, and α-linolenic acid (27 µg of acid per gram of product expressed in dry weight).

Baobab fruit is especially known for its high content of Vitamin C; in particular, 100 grams of pulp contain up to 300 mg of vitamin C. Vitamin C has been used to combat scurvy, a syndrome occurring in humans whose diet is deficient in fresh fruit and vegetables, and protects against free radicals, because it is the most effective antioxidant in hydrophilic compartments. Additionally, it may contribute to several metabolic processes including collagen biosynthesis in connective tissue, neurotransmitter support, and in the steroidal hormones synthesis. It also increases the calcium absorption and iron bioavailability, and it is related to the prevention of many degenerative diseases (cataract formation, cardiovascular risks, arteriosclerosis).

Today, dietary fiber has gained increased importance as a component of the diet, for its capability to influence multiple aspects of the digestive tract. Baobab fruit powder is very high in dietary fiber which may be associated with a reduction of the risk of cellular mutation and other problems in the digestive tract, and in particular, the rectal colon tract.

The optimal level of dietary fiber consumption has not yet been defined, but it is generally accepted that fiber is fundamental in the composition of an healthy and balanced diet. Consumption of fiber rich foods also reduces constipation and weight gain. Baobab fruit pulp powder provides soluble and insoluble fibers, with an amount of about 50 grams/100 grams of powder. The insoluble fibers are not absorbed by the intestine and are useful for relieving constipation and to create a feeling of satiety.

The Baobab fruit pulp shows interesting properties in the stimulation of the intestinal microflora growth. Studies carried out in Research Centers have shown that the hydrosoluble fraction of the fruit pulp has a stimulating effects on the proliferation of Bifidobacteria. In fact, soluble dietary fibers, like those contained in the pulp (about 25%), are known to have prebiotics effects stimulating the growth and/or the metabolic activity of beneficial organisms.

According to the International Centre for Underutilized Crops at the University of Southampton, the baobab is ‘a fruit of the future’ because of its amazing nutritional benefits.

Some possible traditional uses of Wildcrafted Raw Organic Baobab Fruit Powder may include:

● Strong anti-oxidant with an ORAC value of 1,400 per gram
● Antibacterial & antifungal properties
● Source of soluble fibers with prebiotic activity
● Anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antipyretic activity
● Increasing calcium absorption
● Anti-diarrhea, anti-dysentery activity
● May help to fend off free radical damage
● Excellent source of many micronutrients
● Natural & excipient
● May reduce constipation
● May Support healthy cholesterol levels
● May Relieve stomach aches
● Rich in triterpenoids beta-sitosterol, beta-amyrin palmitate, alpha-amyrin palmitate & ursolic acids

Suggested Use: Mix 1 tablespoon with juice, yogurt or add to your favorite smoothie.

Botanical Name: Adansonia digitata L.

Other Names: Boab, boaboa, bottle tree, magic tree, cream of tartar tree, king of fruits, Senegal calabash, chemist tree, Ethiopian sour gourd, symbol of the earth, the top-down tree, baobab, sour gourd, mawuyu, upside-down tree, monkey bread tree, cream of tartar tree, the vitamin tree

Origin: Malawi – Certified Organic – Wildcrafted

Healthy Energetics strives to offer the highest quality organically grown, raw, vegan, gluten free, non-GMO products available and exclusively uses low temperature drying techniques to preserve all the vital enzymes and nutrients. Our Wildcrafted Raw Baobab Fruit Powder is Certified Organic and passes our strict quality assurance which includes testing for botanical identity, heavy metals, chemicals and microbiological contaminants. ZNaturalFoods.com offers Raw Wild Organic Baobab Fruit Powder packaged in airtight stand-up, resealable foil pouches for optimum freshness. Once opened, just push the air out of the pouch before resealing it in order to preserve maximum potency. Keep your Raw Organic Baobab Fruit Powder in a cool, dark, dry place

Posted in Most Recent | 1 Comment

Magnesium L-Threonate product comparison

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Mimi Castellanos

Here is a side-by-side comparison of seven leading magnesium l-threonate supplements: Doctor’s Best Brain Magnesium, Jarrow MagMind Magnesium L-Threonate, Life Extension Neuro-Mag Magnesium L-Threonate, Swanson Magnesium L-Threonate, Source Naturals Magtein, Vitacost Magtein Magnesium L-Threonate, and Pure Encapsulations CogniMag.

FORMS OF MAGNESIUM SUPPLEMENTS: Magnesium supplements come in a variety of forms, such as magnesium glycinate, a chelated form of magnesium that tends to provide the highest levels of absorption and bioavailability and is typically considered ideal for those who are trying to correct a deficiency; magnesium citrate, which is a magnesium with citric acid, and has laxative properties; magnesium oxide, which is a non-chelated type of magnesium, that has stool softening properties; and Magnesium L-Threonate, which is a newer, emerging form of magnesium supplement that appears to have promising cognitive benefits. The purpose of this review is to concentrate on Magnesium L-Threonate, better known as “MgT.”

MAGNESIUM L-THREONATE OVERVIEW: In addition to support for cardiovascular and bone health, energy, metabolism, and mood, provided by elemental magnesium, researchers are now focusing on magnesium’s benefits for cognitive function. Magnesium has long been known as a key nutrient for optimal brain function. More recently, scientists have found it specifically promotes learning and memory as a result of its beneficial effect on synaptic plasticity and density.

The neurodegenerative processes involved in memory loss result from deterioration of connectivity between brain cells but are not a natural function of aging. Memory loss is now known to be associated with a loss of synaptic density and plasticity in the brain. Low magnesium levels may contribute to such losses.

Unfortunately, it is very hard for your body to maintain optimal levels of magnesium in the brain. This problem is of special concern for maturing individuals, as magnesium deficiency increases over time. Most magnesium supplements are not readily absorbed into the nervous system. Until recently, no widely available forms of magnesium met the criteria needed for rapid absorption and efficient transfer into the central nervous system.

However, an innovative team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (“MIT”) recently found a way to surmount this obstacle. They formulated a new magnesium compound called Magnesium-L-Threonate (MgT).

MgT boosts brain magnesium levels better than standard supplements. Studies reveal that MgT produces dramatic increases in synaptic density and plasticity, resulting in similar improvements in memory function itself.

MgT is now thought to be effective in several areas:

Improvement in Spatial Short-Term Memory. Spatial working memory is an essential memory function, helping you remember where things are and where you are in relation to the world over the short term. It is working memory that enables you to find your car keys as you head out the door or return to the correct page in the magazine you were reading a few minutes ago.

Enhanced Spatial Long-Term Memory. Long-term spatial memory is crucial for older individuals. It’s how you remember where you live or how to get to the grocery store. Loss of spatial long-term memory is one of the main reasons that older people with dementia get lost running even simple errands.

Better Recall. One critical memory function is the ability to bring up an important memory based on only partial information, a function called pattern completion. You use pattern completion memory to find your way around a familiar neighborhood after dark or following a heavy snowstorm. In both cases, some familiar cues are gone, but a healthy brain will fill in the missing details by completing a recognizable pattern.

The MIT team is rapidly putting in place two human studies of MgT on memory function, with results expected in the near future. Meanwhile, they have recently discovered several new roles for MgT in managing memory, in this case unwanted memories of the kind associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (“PTSD”). As a Vietnam vet, and one who is very familiar with the effects of PTSD, I am following this development closely.

The suggested daily dose of MgT is 2,000 mgs per serving (a “serving” is usually two or three pills). While this supplies only 144 mg of elemental magnesium per serving, its superior absorption into the bloodstream and nervous system make it a preferred choice for aging humans to supplement with.

BREAKDOWN: Here is a breakdown of these products.

Doctor’s Best Brain Magnesium (See, Doctor’s Best Brain Magnesium Vegetarian Capsules, 60 Count)
*****
Form: Magnesium L-Threonate
Water soluble
Not certified Kosher or Halal
$24.32 for 60 capsules on Amazon
Recommended Serving: two capsules per day
Price per capsule: $.41 (using Amazon’s price)
Price per 100 mgs MgT = $.04 (using Amazon’s price)
One capsule contains a total of:
1042 mgs of Magnesium L-Threonate, including
75 mgs of elemental magnesium
No soy
No GMOs
No stearates
No cholesterol
Chelated
Vegetarian
Not enteric coated
Phone Number: (800) 333-6977
Manufactured in the U.S.A.
Ingredients: Magnesium (as Magnesium L-Threonate) and modified cellulose (vegetarian capsule)

Jarrow MagMind Magnesium L-Threonate (See, Jarrow Formulas Magmind Nutritional Supplement, 90 Count)
*****
Form: Magnesium L-Threonate
Water soluble
Not certified Kosher or Halal
$23.67 for 90 capsules on Amazon
Recommended Serving: three capsules per day
Price per capsule: $.26 (using Amazon’s price)
Price per 100 mgs MgT = $.04 (using Amazon’s price)
One capsule contains a total of:
667 mgs of Magnesium L-Threonate, including
48 mgs of elemental magnesium
No soy
No GMOs
Contains stearates
No cholesterol
Chelated
Vegetarian
Not enteric coated
Phone Number: (310) 204-6936
Manufactured in the U.S.A.
Ingredients: Magnesium (as Magnesium L-Threonate), cellulose, magnesium stearate (vegetable source), and silicon dioxide, capsule consists of hydroxypropylmethylcellulose

Life Extension Neuro-Mag Magnesium L-Threonate (See, Life Extension Neuro-Mag Magnesium L-Threonate 90 Vegetarian Capsules)
*****
Form: Magnesium L-Threonate
Water soluble
Not certified Kosher or Halal
$24.55 for 90 capsules on Amazon
Recommended Serving: three capsules per day
Price per capsule: $.27 (using Amazon’s price)
Price per 100 mgs MgT = $.04 (using Amazon’s price)
One capsule contains a total of:
667 mgs of Magnesium L-Threonate, including
48 mgs of elemental magnesium
No soy
No GMOs
Contains stearates
No cholesterol
Not chelated
Vegetarian
Not enteric coated
Phone Number: (800) 226-2370
Manufactured in the U.S.A.
Ingredients: Magnesium (as Magnesium L-Threonate), vegetable cellulose (capsule), microcrystalline cellulose, vegetable stearate, and silica

Swanson Magnesium L-Threonate (See, Magnesium L-Threonate 90 Veg Caps by Swanson Ultra)
*****
Form: Magnesium L-Threonate
Water soluble
Not certified Kosher or Halal
$27.99 for 90 capsules on Amazon
Recommended Serving: three capsules per day
Price per capsule: $.31 (using Amazon’s price)
Price per 100 mgs MgT = $.05 (using Amazon’s price)
One capsule contains a total of:
670 mgs of Magnesium L-Threonate, including
48 mgs of elemental magnesium
No soy
No GMOs
Contains stearates
No cholesterol
Chelated
Vegetarian
Not enteric coated
Phone Number: (800) 824-4491
Manufactured in the U.S.A.
Ingredients: Magnesium (as Magnesium L-Threonate), cellulose (vegetable capsule), brown rice flour, magnesium stearate, and silica

Source Naturals Magtein (See, Magtein 90 Capsules)
*****
Form: Magnesium L-Threonate
Water soluble
Not certified Kosher or Halal
$23.00 for 90 capsules on Amazon
Recommended Serving: three capsules per day
Price per capsule: $.26 (using Amazon’s price)
Price per 100 mgs MgT = $.04 (using Amazon’s price)
One capsule contains a total of:
667 mgs of Magnesium L-Threonate, including
48 mgs of elemental magnesium
No soy
No GMOs
Contains stearates
No cholesterol
Chelated
Not vegetarian
Not enteric coated
Phone Number: (800) 777-5677
Manufactured in the U.S.A.
Ingredients: Magnesium (as Magnesium L-Threonate), gelatin (capsule), silica, and magnesium stearate

Vitacost Magtein Magnesium L-Threonate (See, Vitacost Magtein Magnesium L-Threonate — 2000 mg – 90 Vegetarian Capsules))
*****
Form: Magnesium L-Threonate
Water soluble
Not certified Kosher or Halal
$54.99 for 90 capsules on Amazon
Recommended Serving: three capsules per day
Price per capsule: $.61 (using Amazon’s price)
Price per 100 mgs MgT = $.09 (using Amazon’s price)
One capsule contains a total of:
667 mgs of Magnesium L-Threonate, including
48 mgs of elemental magnesium
No soy
No GMOs
Contains stearates
No cholesterol
Not chelated
Vegetarian
Not enteric coated
Phone Number: (800) 381-0759
Manufactured in the U.S.A.
Ingredients: Magnesium (as Magnesium L-Threonate), cellulose (capsule), rice flour, and magnesium stearate (vegetable source)

Pure Encapsulations CogniMag (See, Pure Encapsulations CogniMag (See, Pure Encapsulations – CogniMag 120 Count))
*****
Form: Magnesium L-Threonate
Water soluble
Not certified Kosher or Halal
$58.40 for 120 capsules on Amazon
Recommended Serving: two capsules per day
Price per capsule: $.48 (using Amazon’s price)
Price per 100 mgs MgT = $.10 (using Amazon’s price)
One capsule contains a total of:
500 mgs of Magnesium L-Threonate, including
36 mgs of elemental magnesium
No soy
No GMOs
No stearates
No cholesterol
Chelated
Vegetarian
Not enteric coated
Phone Number: (800) 753-2277
Manufactured in the U.S.A.
Ingredients: Magnesium (as Magnesium L-Threonate), providing wild blueberry extract (fruit), orléans strawberry extract (fruit), spinach extract (leaf), and ascorbyl palmitate

PRICE PER PILL: Vitacost Magtein Magnesium L-Threonate ($.61 per capsule) is the most expensive per pill of those in the comparison; followed by Pure Encapsulations CogniMag ($.49 per capsule); followed by Doctor’s Best Brain Magnesium ($.41 per capsule); followed by Swanson Magnesium L-Threonate ($.31 per capsule); followed by Life Extension Neuro-Mag Magnesium L-Threonate ($.27 per capsule); followed by Jarrow MagMind Magnesium L-Threonate ($.26 per capsule) and Source Naturals Magtein ($.26 per capsule), which are the least expensive per pill of those in the comparison.

However, Doctor’s Best Brain Magnesium contains considerably more MgT per pill than the others, so in order to determine the least expensive product, we need to turn to the “price per 100 MgT of MgT.” When we do, it appears that Source Naturals Magtein, overall, is the least expensive of those in the comparison. See, below.

PRICE PER 100 MGS OF MGT: Pure Encapsulations CogniMag ($.10 per 100 mgs MgT) is the most expensive per 100 mgs of MgT of those in the comparison; followed by Vitacost Magtein Magnesium L-Threonate ($.09 per 100 mgs MgT); followed by Swanson Magnesium L-Threonate ($.05 per 100 mgs MgT); and followed by Doctor’s Best Brain Magnesium ($.04 per 100 mgs MgT), Jarrow MagMind Magnesium L-Threonate ($.04 per 100 mgs MgT), Life Extension Neuro-Mag Magnesium L-Threonate ($.04 per 100 mgs MgT), and Source Naturals Magtein (.04 per 100 mgs MgT), which are the least expensive per 100 mgs of MgT of those in the comparison.

SOY/GMO/CHOLESTEROL CONTENT: None of these products contain soy, GMOs, or cholesterol.

STEARATES: All of these products contain magnesium stearate with the exception of Doctor’s Best Best Brain Magnesium and Pure Encapsulations CogniMag.

ASCORBYL PALMITATE: Only Pure Encapsulations CogniMag contains ascorbyl palmitate.

KOSHER: None of these products is certified Kosher or Halal.

VEGETARIAN: All of these products are vegetarian, except Source Naturals Magtein.

CHELATED: All of these products are chelated, except Life Extension Neuro-Mag Magnesium L-Threonate and Vitacost Magtein Magnesium L-Threonate. A chelated form of magnesium l-threonate tends to provide the highest levels of absorption and bioavailability.

MEALS: Magnesium supplements are best taken with a meal containing some fat, as they are more efficiently absorbed when taken with food.

OPINION: In my opinion, all of these magnesium supplements are excellent. It’s a matter of personal preference. Price should be an important consideration. I believe additional human research is needed for MgT before the impressive product claims are substantiated.

Posted in Energy, Health | Tagged , , , | 46 Comments