Magnesium is often recommended by a health care practitioner for those with autism. Learn about when magnesium might be helpful for your loved one and speak with your doctor after watching the video.
Hi dr. truce alliance here creator of navigating autism and it to heal autism and this week’s ask dr. lyons question is should a magnesium supplement be used now or later for my child with autism and this is a warning that this presentation is actually for beginners and advanced let me explain magnesium is many times used both in the beginning of healing from autism
As well as towards the end in the beginning it’s usually used alone but towards the end of healing it’s used in combination with other supplements that need magnesium as a cofactor so many times it’s used in the beginning it stopped towards the middle phase and then when things get very specific and fine-tuned the magnesium is used again in combination with other
Supplements that require magnesium as a cofactor needless to say please work with your health care team at each step of the healing indications of need for magnesium supplementation sleep issues constipation seizures anxiety panic attacks muscle twitches or cramps numbness or tingling in limbs and inflammation what is magnesium magnesium is a mineral that is
Vital for energy production muscle contraction nerve function and the maintenance of strong bones needless to say magnesium is involved in a lot of biological processes its main action is to regulate enzyme activity to control the activity of various calcium and potassium channels those are really important and also to promote membrane stabilization magnesium is
Also responsible for the maintenance of the transmembrane gradients of sodium and potassium again this is very vital for a optimally functioning body how does our body get magnesium typically the body obtains magnesium from the diet and it is absorbed by the small intestine and colon when the gut is not performing optimally as is the case with so many of those
With autism then that can interfere with the body getting adequate magnesium from the food eaten this is why making sure that digestion is optimal the gut is fully functioning is so important and is vital as one of the first steps in healing autism because otherwise you could end up supplementing without necessarily fixing the problem and the problem being that
The gut is not functioning optimally so as the gut improves its functioning it can extract more vitamins and minerals such as magnesium and then have better functioning biological processes adverse effects of magnesium it’s actually very little the most commonly reported adverse effects with magnesium is urgency to move the bowels hyperactivity and loose stools the
Solution most often proposed so that problem is to reduce the amount given and many times with constipation this is actually not necessarily an adverse effect this is actually the effect that is wanted another solution commonly explored is changing the non magnesium counterpart magnesium is a cat eye and a positively charged element so it needs an iron to counter
It magnesium is paired with a variety of anions magnesium citrate there’s several so many times if there is an issue with the magnesium before just discounting and stopping magnesium use entirely you can explore a different anion magnesium and autism this is why we’re all listening to this video studies from 18 different research groups have shown that vitamin b6 and
Magnesium are beneficial to about half of autistic individuals with no significant adverse effects so that’s pretty profound that 18 different research groups have shown that the combination of vitamin b6 and magnesium are beneficial so about half of those with autism 11 of those 18 studies involved a double-blind placebo-controlled design that is the gold standard
Of clinical trial design the double-blind placebo-controlled and these studies documented decreases in behavioral problems improvement inappropriate behavior and normalization of brainwave activity as well as urine biochemistry and there’s also evidence that vitamin b6 and magnesium when given together may reduce seizure activity and obviously that is very important
For those with autism who have a comorbidity of epilepsy parents reports confirm improvement in attention learning speech language and visual contact there’s another pilot study that was done of a moderate dose of a multivitamin so this is a combination a multivitamin mineral supplement for children with autism and the results showed significant improvements in
Sleep and gi problems compared to the placebo group and again many of these studies were the double-blind placebo-controlled and that’s the top of the line clinical trial way of structuring to get the most information out magnesium as an autism therapy here’s a quote for from some literature and due to the small number of studies and the methodological quality of
Studies no recommendations can be advanced regarding the use of b6 magnesium as a treatment for autism there’s simply not sufficient evidence to demonstrate treatment efficacy it is extremely difficult to find one approach that will work for all of those with autism and this is why working with a skilled health care practitioner who can see what your child needs
Is vital to healing so the literature says about half of those with autism can benefit measurably from magnesium introduced as a supplement magnesium sometimes with another supplements but it doesn’t help every single one with autism having a healthcare team and working with someone who can really understand the needs of your child it’s absolutely vital to healing
Magnesium towards the end of the healing journey so magnesium is often used in combination with other supplements towards the end of the healing journey to fine tune certain biological processes these fine tuning these these very eloquent moves towards the end when the gut is functioning the microbiota is balanced these are very specific to your child’s needs so
Again working with a skilled health care practitioner who can see what your child needs at the end of this healing journey it’s absolutely vital to complete that journey and here are some references
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Magnesium & Autism By Navigating AWEtism with Theresa Lyons PhD
