karenisraw
02-21-2006, 11:09 PM
Hi
I am soooo excited. I have been raw for about 8 weeks now and everything was great until about two weeks ago when I started to get mild but frequent headaches and clenched jaws. I went to a lecture tonight by my raw vegan doctor and before he arrived I talked to a man that is 100% raw. I asked him if he gets headaches. He said no but said that many times it is magnesium deficiancy. He described to me that he learned from the doctor that gives the lectures that magnesium works in conjunction with another chemical that contracts muscles. Magnesium relaxes muscles at the same time so that the muscles are neither contracted totally or relaxed totally. He said if you have a magnesium deficiency then your muscles contract too tightly. I said my headaches felt like my head was being sqeezed tightly and said maybe I was magnesium deficient.
When I got home, I was just doing stuff around the house and it occurred to me that my headaches started about the time I started to stop eating nuts to lose weight faster. I went into the kitchen and ate some cashews and sunflower seeds. Within 3 minutes, my headache was gone completely and I am now back to my normal happy self.
I looked up magnesium on the internet to see if they contained magnesium and sure enough! They sure do. I am pasting below a list of foods that contain magnesium. I gotta go finish my nut paté!!!!
IMPORTANT LINK: Depression, Suicidal thoughts, Tingling, Fatique, etc.
http://www.coldcure.com/html/dep.html
Here is a link to an article that talks about magnesium deficiency causing all sorts of problems including, depression, anxiety, TMJ, and all sorts of pshycological disorders.http://www.ctds.info/5_13_magnesium.html
WHAT ARE GOOD SOURCES OF MAGNESIUM?
FOOD SELECTED PERCENTAGE OF SERVING SIZE U.S. RDA (1)
BREADS, CEREALS, AND OTHER GRAIN PRODUCTS
Bread, whole-wheat 2 slices + English muffin, whole-wheat 1 + Muffin, bran 1 medium + Multigrain cereal, cooked 2/3 cup + Noodles, whole-wheat, cooked 1 cup + Pita bread, whole-wheat 1 small + Ready-to-eat cereals, whole-grain (2) 1 ounce + Rice, brown, cooked 2/3 cup + Spaghetti, high-protein, cooked 1 cup + Wheat germ, plain 2 tablespoons +
VEGETABLES
Artichoke, globe (french), cooked 1 medium + Beans, lima, cooked 1/2 cup + Broccoli, cooked 1/2 cup + Chard, cooked 1/2 cup + Okra, cooked 1/2 cup + Plantain, green or ripe, boiled 1 medium + Spinach, cooked 1/2 cup +
MEAT, POULTRY, FISH, AND ALTERNATES
Fish and Seafood Croaker; mackerel, or sea bass; baked or broiled 3 ounces + Oysters: Baked, broiled, or steamed 3 ounces + Canned, undrained 3 ounces + Scallops, baked, broiled, boiled, or steamed 3 ounces + Dry Beans, Peas, and Lentils Beans; black-eyed peas (cowpeas), chickpeas (garbanzo beans), soybeans, or white; cooked 1/2 cup + Soy milk (not baby formula) 1 cup + Tofu (bean curd) (3) 1/2 cup cubed +
Nuts and Seeds Almonds; roasted, dry-roasted, or unroasted 2 tablespoons + Brazil nuts, filberts (hazelnuts), or pine nuts (pignolias) 2 tablespoons + Cashews, roasted or dry-roasted 2 tablespoons + Mixed nuts, roasted 2 tablespoons + Peanut butter 2 tablespoons + Pumpkin or squash seeds, 2 tablespoons + hulled, unroasted Sesame seeds 2 tablespoons + Sunflower seeds, hulled, unroasted 2 tablespoons +
MILK, CHEESE, AND YOGURT
Milk, chocolate, made with skim milk 1 cup + Yogurt, plain, made with nonfat milk 8 ounces +
(1) A selected serving size contains -
+ 10-24 percent of the U.S. RDA for adults and children over 4 years of age
++ 25-39 percent of the U.S. RDA for adults and children over 4 years of age
+++ 40 percent or more of the U.S. RDA for adults and children over 4 years of age
(2) See section on whole-grain cereals.
(3) If made with magnesium chloride or nigari (a coagulant derived from seawater). :p :p
I am soooo excited. I have been raw for about 8 weeks now and everything was great until about two weeks ago when I started to get mild but frequent headaches and clenched jaws. I went to a lecture tonight by my raw vegan doctor and before he arrived I talked to a man that is 100% raw. I asked him if he gets headaches. He said no but said that many times it is magnesium deficiancy. He described to me that he learned from the doctor that gives the lectures that magnesium works in conjunction with another chemical that contracts muscles. Magnesium relaxes muscles at the same time so that the muscles are neither contracted totally or relaxed totally. He said if you have a magnesium deficiency then your muscles contract too tightly. I said my headaches felt like my head was being sqeezed tightly and said maybe I was magnesium deficient.
When I got home, I was just doing stuff around the house and it occurred to me that my headaches started about the time I started to stop eating nuts to lose weight faster. I went into the kitchen and ate some cashews and sunflower seeds. Within 3 minutes, my headache was gone completely and I am now back to my normal happy self.
I looked up magnesium on the internet to see if they contained magnesium and sure enough! They sure do. I am pasting below a list of foods that contain magnesium. I gotta go finish my nut paté!!!!
IMPORTANT LINK: Depression, Suicidal thoughts, Tingling, Fatique, etc.
http://www.coldcure.com/html/dep.html
Here is a link to an article that talks about magnesium deficiency causing all sorts of problems including, depression, anxiety, TMJ, and all sorts of pshycological disorders.http://www.ctds.info/5_13_magnesium.html
WHAT ARE GOOD SOURCES OF MAGNESIUM?
FOOD SELECTED PERCENTAGE OF SERVING SIZE U.S. RDA (1)
BREADS, CEREALS, AND OTHER GRAIN PRODUCTS
Bread, whole-wheat 2 slices + English muffin, whole-wheat 1 + Muffin, bran 1 medium + Multigrain cereal, cooked 2/3 cup + Noodles, whole-wheat, cooked 1 cup + Pita bread, whole-wheat 1 small + Ready-to-eat cereals, whole-grain (2) 1 ounce + Rice, brown, cooked 2/3 cup + Spaghetti, high-protein, cooked 1 cup + Wheat germ, plain 2 tablespoons +
VEGETABLES
Artichoke, globe (french), cooked 1 medium + Beans, lima, cooked 1/2 cup + Broccoli, cooked 1/2 cup + Chard, cooked 1/2 cup + Okra, cooked 1/2 cup + Plantain, green or ripe, boiled 1 medium + Spinach, cooked 1/2 cup +
MEAT, POULTRY, FISH, AND ALTERNATES
Fish and Seafood Croaker; mackerel, or sea bass; baked or broiled 3 ounces + Oysters: Baked, broiled, or steamed 3 ounces + Canned, undrained 3 ounces + Scallops, baked, broiled, boiled, or steamed 3 ounces + Dry Beans, Peas, and Lentils Beans; black-eyed peas (cowpeas), chickpeas (garbanzo beans), soybeans, or white; cooked 1/2 cup + Soy milk (not baby formula) 1 cup + Tofu (bean curd) (3) 1/2 cup cubed +
Nuts and Seeds Almonds; roasted, dry-roasted, or unroasted 2 tablespoons + Brazil nuts, filberts (hazelnuts), or pine nuts (pignolias) 2 tablespoons + Cashews, roasted or dry-roasted 2 tablespoons + Mixed nuts, roasted 2 tablespoons + Peanut butter 2 tablespoons + Pumpkin or squash seeds, 2 tablespoons + hulled, unroasted Sesame seeds 2 tablespoons + Sunflower seeds, hulled, unroasted 2 tablespoons +
MILK, CHEESE, AND YOGURT
Milk, chocolate, made with skim milk 1 cup + Yogurt, plain, made with nonfat milk 8 ounces +
(1) A selected serving size contains -
+ 10-24 percent of the U.S. RDA for adults and children over 4 years of age
++ 25-39 percent of the U.S. RDA for adults and children over 4 years of age
+++ 40 percent or more of the U.S. RDA for adults and children over 4 years of age
(2) See section on whole-grain cereals.
(3) If made with magnesium chloride or nigari (a coagulant derived from seawater). :p :p