Posted by JLx on October 12, 2008, at 17:17:13
In reply to RE:Jlx, posted by MoparFan91 on October 11, 2008, at 23:08:09
A charlatan and a conman? That's a bit harsh, isn't it? His website is about his personal experience, his research and his conclusions from both. If your mileage varied, well, that's the nature of this sort of thing. Mine did not! Magnesium has been the best "antidepressant" I've ever been on, the only one that has been consistently effective, going on around 5 years now. If I eat too much calcium containing food and certainly if I took calcium supplements too (as I was doing when I had a calcium kidney stone, which is not an experience anyone would want to repeat!) I am right back there in deep depression, thinking negative thoughts like "I wish I were dead".
I believe it's unfair and grossly inaccurate to conclude the "implication" from Eby's long discussion of magnesium and other topics, is one that "calcium is not necessary for human functions".
His main point is about calcium EXCESS and magnesium DEFICIENCY, a point well taken, imo. He says,
"Nothing that I am saying should be construed to mean anything more than we must feed ourselves in a way that keeps our magnesium and calcium balance correct, or, in many of our cases, reestablish a proper, healthy calcium - magnesium balance, nearly always by reducing calcium overloads and increasing magnesium...
Like calcium and magnesium, phosphate is essential to every cell in humans, plants, animals - every living thing."
I'm sorry your experiment didn't work for you and hope your current calcium/magnesium supplementation regimen does; it would not work for me. I shudder to think of how awful I used to feel when I was calcium-overloaded, and what I may have done to my long term health. I owe Eby an enormous debt for putting that info on his site. And I also, incidentally, consider it entirely *my own responsibility* that I decided to take his advice.
JL
> George Eby is an incredible man. A charlatan, that is. He gives false information. The main deception on there is the implication that Calcium is not necessary for human functions and that it's bad for anyone to take Calcium supplements. Basically, he's a conman.
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> My experience with the Calcium/Magnesium thing is that, in the late summer of last year, I cut out dairy. I took some Magnesium supplements (but no Calcium). I thought this would help my mental health, as suggested by George Eby.
> However, about 6 months later, the lack of dairy & calcium began to backfire in a bad way. Because of the negative effects that I had been experiencing due to cutting out the dairy/calcium, I added back dairy foods just several days ago. I also began taking Calcium supplements again. I'm now taking Calcium/Magnesium at a 2:1 Calcium/Magnesium ratio.
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