A low Mg/Ca ratio increases stress hormone (catecholamine) secretion,
which in turn lowers tissue Mg levels. It also favors excess release or formation
of factors (derived both from Fatty Acid metabolism and the endothelium:
prostaglandins and fibronectin), that are vasoconstrictive and platelet aggregating.
High Ca/Mg ratios lead to increased blood coagulation, which is also favored by
excess fat and its mobilization during adrenergic lipolysis. Epinephrine, but not
norepinephrine, significantly reduced plasma Mg in healthy men; and elevated
blood catecholamines interfere with absorption of Mg in the intestinal tract. Mg
modulates smooth muscle contraction through its Ca-blockage or competition.
High altitude intensive training resulted in a negative Mg balance sufficient to
cause convulsions.
Since the energy generation of the body goes up in kundalini there is an
increase in ATP synthesis and ATP synthesis is Mg-dependent. Mg deficiencies
can be caused by diuretics, stress, and dietary imbalances such as high fat, sugar,
alcohol or calcium. A magnesium-rich diet consists of nuts, whole grains such as
brown rice, millet, buckwheat (kasha), quinoa, whole wheat, and rye, and legumes
including lentils, and beans. Cacao powder (chocolate) has the most Magnesium
of any food. David Wolfe’s “Nature’s First Law Raw Organic Chocolate Powder” is
the best on the market because it is cold-pressed to make sure the processing occurs
at a low enough temperature to keep taste and nutrition at an optimum!
Magnesium is lost in cooking some foods even under the best conditions.
Green vegetables such as spinach are good sources of magnesium because the center
of the chlorophyll molecule (which gives green vegetables their color) contains
magnesium. Also high in magnesium are peanuts, pumpkin seeds, almonds, brazil
nuts, dried figs, dried apricots, yeast, parsley, spinach and tofu. Recommended
daily allowance is 400mg/day—with kundalini it might be somewhat higher.
Ideally supplementation should be in Ionic Liquid Magnesium form for optimum
assimilation.
melatonin—Melatonin (N-acetyl-5 methoxytryptamine) is a hormone
produced especially in the dark of night in the pineal gland. Melatonin is said
to improve sex-life, longevity, lowers blood pressure and is a potent antioxidant.
Serotonin, that feel good hormone, is a precursor to melatonin. Disturbances in
your ability to sleep can cause you to gain weight. Carbohydrate consumption,
acting via insulin secretion and the “plasma tryptophan ratio,” increases serotonin
release. Serotonin release is also involved in such functions as sleep onset, pain
sensitivity, blood pressure regulation, and mood control. Because dietary
carbohydrates increase brain serotonin secretion we can become addicted to eating
starches and sugars in an effort to feel better. Supplementation with melatonin is
used for sleep disturbances, seasonal affective disorder, neuroendocrine disorder
and in cancer therapy. In vitro melatonin is more effective than glutathione in
scavenging the highly toxic (OH) radical and also more efficient than vitamin E
in neutralizing the peroxyl radical. It also stimulates the main antioxidant enzyme
of the brain, glutathione peroxidase. Vitamin D slows the age related decline of
melatonin. Melatonin is believed to protect against cancer by preventing tumor