Could it be that Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia are really magnesium and mineral deficiencies in disguise? Could we have a case of mistaken identity?
Our exposure to toxins, chemicals, and prescription drugs begins at birth. Substances we think are safe can break down our immune systems and deplete our nutrient reserves, and Dr. Dean along with a host of many allopathic and naturopath doctors and treatment believe that these factors to CFS, fibromyalgia, and environmental illness in a growing list of sufferers.
Toxins, chemicals, and prescription drugs as well as the processed foods that we eat and the sodas that we drink deplete our bodies of magnesium.
Research has found that:
* Magnesium deficiency is common in chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia sufferers.
* Magnesium forms an important part of treatment for chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia.
* Magnesium reduces the fatigue, muscle pain and chemical sensitivity of chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia.
In Dr. Dean’s Future Health Now Encyclopedia she writes the following:
“According to practitioners of natural medicine, fibromyalgia may be the painful endpoint after years of stress, trauma, immunizations, fatigue, infections, and a bad diet. … a lifetime of illness and medication can cause yeast overgrowth and lead to fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome. The toxins from viruses, yeast, parasites, and a bad diet invariably find their way to the joints and muscles in a large portion of the population. The painful result, according to classical Chinese medicine, is actually a protective mechanism in order to divert these pathogens away from your internal organs. Knowing this should be a wake-up call to reduce your various stressors. The result for some is arthritis, as it mostly affects the joints; for others, it culminates in fibromyalgia, which mostly affects the muscles.”