The article, “Rapid recovery from major depression using magnesium treatment” studies the use of magnesium as a treatment for depression. The results of the study were positive, as magnesium was beneficial as a treatment for depression in the patients’ studied.
The study states,
“We have shown efficacy, as have others, in treating depression and some related mental disorders with magnesium. We suggest that magnesium treatment will be found effective in future clinical trials, at least to an extent equivalent to antidepressant drugs, and perhaps more effective.”
The report supports the, “Hypothesis that magnesium is therapeutic for depression and related to mental disorders.” Nonetheless, “It is effectively illegal to market nutrients to treat, cure and prevent diseases in the United States.”
As research continues to support the use of magnesium as a treatment for depression it will be unjustifiable for the naysayers to deny the effects magnesium has on mental disorders such as depression. The future of magnesium as an alternative to pharmaceuticals for treatment of depression is bright. It is always refreshing to find studies supporting natural remedies as a treatment instead of pharmaceutical drugs.
This study is one of many showing the effects and the importance magnesium has on the human body. Magnesium can be found in foods, supplements and the easiest of them all, alkaline mineral water. Hydrating with alkaline mineral water will not only replenish the body but will help you get the nutrients you need, such as magnesium, to maintain a balanced life.
Eby, George A., Karen Eby (2006). " Rapid recovery from major depression using magnesium treatment". Medical Hypotheses Vol. 367 No. 2, pp 362-370
