Magnesium bicarbonate - the ultimate mitochondrial "booster"?
Bicarbonate, also known as HCO3, is a by-product of the body's metabolism. Your blood brings bicarbonate to your lungs and then it is exhaled as carbon dioxide. Your kidneys also help regulate bicarbonate. Bicarbonate is excreted and reabsorbed by your kidneys. This regulates the body's pH, or acid balance.
There are good reasons why many believe that it is very rich in substances that counteract the accumulation of acids, toxins, reduce nutritional deficiencies, modulate and increase the immune system and increase circulation in the body. Without removing toxins and acids from all organs, cells and tissues, and without providing the essential nutritional building blocks such as magnesium, the body will not be able to heal itself. When the body's tissues and cells become damaged, the basis for tissue inflammation and degeneration is laid when the environment promotes the growth of disease-causing organisms (anaerobic pathogens) that thrive in an oxygen-poor environment. Increased oxidative stress, which so to speak correlates exponentially with changes in acid/base (pH) towards an acidic internal environment, is particularly dangerous for the mitochondria, which are damaged by elevated oxidative stress.
Magnesium bicarbonate is necessary for the sodium/potassium pump to function (which is essential for the cells' ability to build up tension). If a magnesium bicarbonate deficiency occurs, the pumping of sodium bicarbonate out of the cell and the pumping of potassium bicarbonate into the cell are undermined.
This part of the ATP cycle that contributes to the conversion of energy in the mitochondria. One of the basic approaches to good medicine must include contributing to the body having a higher electrical potential and thus being slightly alkaline, so that it i.a. can get rid of acids from the cell tissue and our organs. Magnesium chloride and sodium bicarbonate taken with clean water as needed is a good way to deliver magnesium ions and bicarbonate ions to body cells. Magnesium and bicarbonate-rich mineral water are easily absorbed and have many health benefits.
Diseases such as cancer contribute to increased excretion of lactic acid, as does physical exercise. The use of bicarbonate can relieve the body during special periods of life. In general, the body's ability to produce bicarbonate itself decreases from the age of 40 onwards, so that most people will benefit from an extra supply. When you start a detoxification protocol and the kidneys have to flush out acid and in such "intensive" periods, it is also helpful for the body to use bicarbonate. We recommend everyone with health problems and people who use bicarbonate over time to use pH urine test strips.
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Magnesium – an overlooked mineral?
Magnesium – an overlooked mineral?
Many Norwegians do not get optimal doses of magnesium in relation to calcium. Anyone who consumes milk and/or milk products consumes more calcium than we have been adapted to through the evolutionary process, which can lead to a number of diseases. Nevertheless, many doctors recommend calcium supplements and not magnesium to, among other things, counteract osteoporosis. Research indicates that a high calcium supplement can lead to more brittle bones, increased mortality from cardiovascular disease, cancer and other ailments. The section is taken from the health magazine Science and Reason and written by Dag Viljen Poleszynski
In short
- Evolutionarily, humans are adapted to consume slightly more calcium than magnesium
- Those who consume milk and milk products consume much more calcium than magnesium
- Many women are recommended calcium supplements to prevent osteoporosis
- Most adults should consume more magnesium to counteract a high calcium supplement
Bone fragility is almost exclusively associated with calcium deficiency, but can often be due to too little intake of magnesium, possibly vitamin C, vitamin K, vitamin D, polyunsaturated fatty acids and too little oestrogen/testosterone. Norway is at the top of the world when it comes to asthma and allergies, cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, depression, dementia, diabetes, arthritis and other autoimmune diseases such as MS. Could one reason be that we get too little magnesium and too much calcium?
What is the proper use of magnesium bicarbonate?
The question is "for" in general and we are different with different health challenges, so that an absolute answer cannot be given here, but some rules of thumb for when it often makes sense to use the product.
- You lack magnesium and need supplements
- You drink enough water and eat normally and your pH (can be easily checked with so-called pH strips) in the middle of the day is below 6.5-6.7 (when you have drunk well from the morning onwards)
- You have started a detoxification protocol and are excreting a lot of acid
- You eat a lot of protein (which produces uric acid)
- You exercise a lot or do active sports
- You are over have reduced kidney function
- You have problems with oxygen distribution in the body
- You are exposed to a lot of stress and poor sleep
When should you not use magnesium bicarbonate?
- Never right before or right after food (you get a temporary reduction in stomach acid needed to digest the food well). Use 2 hours as a rule of thumb.
- You have a pH of 6.5 and above in your urine (above means the right number)
- You have already completed a course of up to 3 months, then it is time to take a break and see if the body can manage to maintain a normal pH on its own
- You have a serious illness. You should then investigate more thoroughly whether bicarbonate is beneficial in your case.
Posted by Jan F. Poleszynski - July 9, 2022
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