Replied by Jessie (Alberta, Canada) on 04/15/2009
i have the same issue. i would like to know what ted has to say about this issue and if there is a preventative we could be doing. i dont pretend to understand everything ted says but i would still like to know.Replied by PR (Houston, Texas) on 04/15/2009
I have found some good articles on the internet by David Wolfe on calicum deposits being caused by nano bacteria. I believe that Ted has the same take on this too. If you google David Wolfe nano bacteria you should find the articles. He even lectures on this on U Tube. I think it will give you some insight on what is going on. Also type nano bacteria on Earth Clinic search more info.Replied by Abby (Cincinnati, OH/USA) on 04/16/2009
Thanks for the input. I have never heard of nano bacteria and will do a search. I did read a little of what Ted said about it. It was complicated. He did mention that calcium deposits were common with lupus and CREST? patients. I have a history of lupus and was on low dose prenisone for 15 years (they don't do that now). I will look up David Wolfe to see what I can find. Thanks again.Replied by Bill (San Fernando, Philippines) on 11/15/2009
Hi everyone...Concerning Calcium, there is much research that I've read that would indicate that Calcium intake in the West is too heavily emphasized. The only period you really seem to need Calcium is in your growing years -- up to the age of 18. After that Calcium intake should be reduced. Much more attention should then be paid to Magnesium intake, which helps to regulate the Calcium in your body. This mineral is very important, and is involved in over 300 essential enzyme/catalytic processes in your body.
There is a tribe in Kenya (the name escapes me!!), on whom they did some research on Calcium. They found that the Calcium intake of this tribe was only 300mg per day. The normal daily RDA for Calcium is about 1000mg as recommended in the West. The results of this research showed that this tribe had virtually no heart disease and no arthritis. Another important fact here, the research team also found that the tribe had a very high intake of Calcium from their grain diets.
A research team also found that the incident of heart disease(HD) in Egypt was 10% of what it was in the West because, they concluded, the soil in Egypt was very high in magnesium salts. The Egyptian Fellahin peasant agricultural worker also had much lower incidents of HD than the population within the more westernized Egyptian cities, where more processed, western food is eaten.
If you have insufficient Calcium, you will always feel tired and run down. There is an important relationship between the calcium in your cells and calcium in your blood or plasma. The ratio should be be 1/10000 in this cell/plasma gradient relationship. Magnesium governs and regulates this ratio. If there is insufficient Magnesium to regulate the calcium in your body, then the concentrations of calcium within cells will be much higher, and the cells will have to continuously pump out the excess cell calcium to maintain proper gradient and balance. From research, a cell uses 30% of its total energy when pumping out calcium. Which is why your body feels so tired all the time if you have this lack of magnesium problem. Magnesium, in the proper amounts, should help to correct this.
If your calcium intake is not regulated with magnesium over the long term -- many years -- then deposits will form in outside tissues. Calcium deposits form significantly within the soft tissue cells like muscles and cartiledge -- particularly on the cell mitichondria which also become dangerously calcified. Magnesium has also been shown to correct this problem over time.
EC: Thank you, Bill. Your feedback has been cross-posted to the calcium page.
Replied by Julia (Sydney, Australia) on 05/18/2011
where does potassium fit into this? what if there is too much ca & mg in the tissues but not enough in the cells? Doesnt potassium play a part?
