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Disclaimer: The information about magnesium's role in health on this website is for educational purposes only and is not to be deemed as medical advice. If you have an illness please consult your health care professional. The information is compiled as excerpts from the magnesium related books offered for sale, articles by some of the authors that have written these books, or excerpts from scientific studies.

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Welcome to Elektralife.com - home of Elektra Magnesium products for natural body care, healthy skin complexion and Transdermal Magnesium, ie. Nutrition Via Skin.. What's this? - click here).  We are still in the process of updating our website, so please check in regularly for articles being added.  Note also that product prices are listed in Australian dollars and for international customers, payments will be processed in Australian dollars.

ARE YOU GETTING ENOUGH MAGNESIUM? ... THE MASTER MINERAL

NOT ENOUGH IN FOOD... Poor food choices or digestive problems can leave us short of sufficient magnesium.

STRESS CAUSES MAGNESIUM LOSS... (from the book The Magnesium Factor - available on this website.  To purchase click here).  Stress can be psychological, physical, chemical, pharmacological, induced by extreme temperatures, excessive noise, working out, burns, pain, hospitalization, travelling long distances, sleep deprivation and more. Prolonged or chronic stress without replenishment of magnesium stores will result in magnesium deficit. More info...  

BALNEOTHERAPY and TRANSDERMAL MAGNESIUM (NUTRITION VIA SKIN):

For thousands of years people have been making trips to visit hot mineral springs so they can immerse themselves in the rich mineral waters (which are high in magnesium) for a rejuvenating effect.  This practice is called 'Balneotherapy'.  The dermal absorption of minerals has been extensively studied by scientists and found to be more effective than oral absorption of mineral supplements.  Magnesium in particular can cause bowel irritations, however much more ionic magnesium can be taken up by the tissue cells (where magnesium is mostly used) via the skin. Also, during stress or illness the digestive system is less efficient in nutrient uptake, but transdermal absorption can compensate.

HEALTH AND WELLBEING:  Be proactive!

For best health we have to keep our internal water clean and our body supplied with sufficient nutrients - especially MAGNESIUM - to be able to maintain health balance and equilibrium. A natural and balanced lifestyle approach is important to maximuise quality of life, health and longevity.  This includes minimising stress, maximising nutritional supply (fresh healthy food diet), avoiding toxic exposures, hydrating with enough purified drinking water, having moderate exercise and practising mind relaxing techniques such as meditation, yoga, tai chi or similar (which also conserve magnesium loss).

BOOK EXCERPTS & MAGNESIUM RESEARCH ARTICLES :

CALCIUM REGULATION, HEART HEALTH AND ANTI-AGING EFFECT...

(Excerpt from The Magnesium Factor)

"If calcium inside a cell gets especially high because of low magnesium, the cell physically changes. High calcium tends to make things stiff and hard. But if soft tissue begins to get hard, it is a problem – the problem of calcification. In artery and heart cells, the stiffness caused by calcification hampers proper function and can be an important aspect of heart disease…

If magnesium intake is low, a high calcium intake can make people more vulnerable to heart disease than are people who do not have a high calcium intake. But calcium intakes that are unduly high relative to magnesium can intensify the problems caused by the low magnesium content of most modern diets."  Read more

INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE FROM LOW MAGNESIUM... Read more

MAGNESIUM & OXIDATIVE STRESS... read more

RESTLESS LEG SYNDROME, INVOLUNTARY MUSCLE SPASMS AND CRAMPS... What have others experienced? Click here

LOW MAGNESIUM, STRESS, HEART ATTACK & STROKE...Click here

METABOLICSYNDROME X, HEART DISEASE & MAGNESIUM... Click here

BRAIN INJURY, ALCOHOL, STROKE & MAGNESIUM... Click here

HYPOGLYCEMIA, METABOLISM & MAGNESIUM... Click here

PREGNANCY, FERTILITY, SIDS & CEREBRAL PALSY... When pregnant, magnesium helps build and repair body tissue in both mother and fetus. A severe deficiency during pregnancy may lead to pre-eclampsia, birth defects and infant mortality. Magnesium relaxes muscles and research suggests proper levels of magnesium during pregnancy can help keep the uterus from contracting until week thirty-five. Dropping magnesium levels at this point may start labor contractions....Click here

SPORTS MEDICINE... Any athlete looking to gain strength, increase athletic performance and muscle mass should consider greatly increasing their magnesium intake, as well as zinc. The combination of heat and magnesium chloride increases circulation and waste removal. Transdermal magnesium chloride mineral therapy enhances recovery from athletic activity or injuries...read more...

WHEN EXERCISE IS BAD FOR YOU... If the body's cells are low in magnesium stress, such as exercise, can be dangerous because it causes the release of adrenaline and a sudden shift in magnesium from the cells to the blood, further lowering magnesium in cells to dangerously inadequate levels. The heart is particularly vulnerable to exercise stress-induced magnesium loss because the magnesium in heart cells is rapidly exchangeable... read more.

LIFESTYLE, HYDRATION & DETOX:  Managing your internal environment to support good health is an onging process and includes lifestyle protocols such as not smoking and avoiding heavy metals, toxic chemicals and processed junk foods, refined sugars, reducing stressful activities, eating more green fresh foods and probiotic foods etc... You may need to add some other nutritional support according to your individual needs. A naturpoath can help you work out your own health protocol. Also drink plenty of purified water for good hydration. Generally an average adult need is about 3 litres per 24 hours (or about 1 litre per 22kg of body weight over 24 hours), and more if you perspire a lot or lose moisture via some medications. Magnesium uptake will also trigger the release of toxins from the tissue cells. If you are dehydrated, cells can't eliminate or flush toxins and wastes properly. Tap water should be purified before drinking because it contains chemicals such as chlorine, chloramine and fluoride, as well as trace heavy metals such as aluminium. You can boil the chlorine out of water, but not the fluoride. Boiling only further concentrates the fluoride. Fluoride is toxic for cells, inhibits enzyme activity and binds up your vital magnesium. Such toxins have been found by scientists to contribute to premature ageing and disease. Read more ... (click here)

FLUORIDATED WATER ROBS YOUR MAGNESIUM
Magnesium is a great buffer against chemicals and toxins in the environment and it is an antagonist to fluoride. If magnesium is in short supply the fluoride will bind with the small amount of magnesium there is and cause it to be excreted in the urine. Fluoride competes to occupy sites in the bones that the magnesium should be occupying. It is therefore vital to make sure your body has ample supply of magnesium to counteract the toxic effects of fluoride and other toxins that may inadvertently be ingested from food, water or pharmaceuticals. (Note: Professor Paul Connett advises drinking filtered water and beverages without fluoride (www.fluoridealert.org). See his new book on this website: "The Case Against Fluoride".  Fluoride inhibits enzyme activity, whereas magnesium supports enzyme activity.

BEWARE!  Many Reverse Osmosis Water Filters on the market DO NOT GET THE FLUORIDE OUT that they promise.  

The American Plumber WRO3500 is the ONLY NSF (52, 53, 58) PERFORMANCE TESTED FLUORIDE FILTER to get over 90% of the fluoride out - now in Australia! Click here for specification.  Click here for performance data.  Click here for more information.

HYDRATION AND DETOXIFICATION: After water purification you can add a small pinch of Elektra Magnesium flakes (3-5 flakes to 1.25 litre bottle of water) in order to restore normal mineral levels and alkalinity.  Tastes great too!  The body prefers mineral water, as the cells are able to hydrate better, and therefore expel more toxins.

RECOMMENDED WATER INTAKE for BEST HEALTH for average adult is 3 litres per 24 hours (and more with excess perspiration).

Fluoride - The Devil's Element... Damage to Brain Cells & Crime Increase as a result of chronic ingestion of silicofluorides ... pdf download

Help Balance pH - Counteract Acidity with Magnesium Chloride Hexahydrate (Elektra Magnesium Flakes), which is pH 7.0 (neutral) in solution.  Magnesium has been found to assist the delivery of oxygen via haeomgloibin to cells (see book Transdermal Magnesium Therapy).

TRANSDERMAL MAGNESIUM - NUTRITION VIA SKIN

To learn more, read the book by Mark Sircus called Transdermal Magnesium Therapy. To purchase click here.  You can mix Elektra Magnesium Chloride Salt Flakes with water and spray on, massage in or soak in a hot foot bath or full bath. Another way to absorb magnesium is via our luxurious moisturizer - Elektra Magnesium Cream (see below). It is important to apply magnesium transdermally every day, because like food, you can't absorb a whole week's worth all on one day. The body will only absorb what it needs at the time and when it reaches saturation, stops absorbing any more. The body will take enough to supply the day's needs and some extra for magnesium reserve top-up. Those that have been magnesium deficient for a long time may find it takes months or even years to fully replenish their magnesium reserve. However, calming effects to the central nervous system and muscles are the earliest effects felt from the first few days' application.

Read more on Transdermal Uptake...

PURE and NATURAL MAGNESIUM SEA SALTS: Elektra Magnesium mineral salt flakes (magnesium chloride hexahydrate MgCl2.6H20) are naturally evaporated from sea water which comes from a remote lake 3,200m above sea level in the Tibetan Plateau. They are food grade. Independent laboratory testing has found no mercury and no lead. This natural magnesium sea salt has had the sodium removed, but still contains the natural sea trace minerals of natural sea water. In Japan this salt is called Nigari and is use by food manufacturers to make tofu.

The flakes come in a 1kg zip-lock bag or 4kg bulk bucket. The 1kg bag is ideal for footsoaking, mouthwash, mineral water etc.  However for bathing (or family use) the 4kg bucket offers great value. The flakes are deliquescent and will absorb moisture from the air, so they need to be kept air tight.

15.5% ELEMENTAL MAGNESIUM CONTENT IN ELEKTRA MAGNESIUM FLAKES... 

HOW TO USE FLAKES - SUGGESTED CONCENTRATIONS TO MAKE:

Bath (minimum one cup per average bath half filled with tolerably hot water)

Foot Soak (minimum one heaped tablespoon per half bucket tolerably hot water)

Body Spray (minimum one heaped teaspoon per 250ml)

Mouthwash (minimum one heaped teaspoon per 250ml)

Compress for Sprains and Swelling (soak bandage in solution)

Magnesium Oil - 50% medium strength = 50g flakes/100ml water. For massage adjust solution to skin sensitivity. Magnesium oil isn't a real oil, but has an 'oily' or slippery texture when magnesium chloride flakes are dissolved in water in high concentration (35-70%). You can also combine with another massage carrier oil on the body prior to massage. If you try to premix, then the oil-water emulsion will break up.  It is best to keep the plant oil and the magnesium water solution separate and then apply each to the skin at time of massage.   Elektra Magnesium Oil Spritz is 61% concentration plus aromatherapy essential oils.

Notes: Use pure water to dissolve Elektra Magnesium for mouthwash, body spray and compress.  For therapeutic use, higher concentrations may be required. Please refer to your health practitioner.

Caution: Avoid direct contact with eyes and sensitive areas when undiluted. If you experience slight stinging sensation, simply dilute further with water.

ELEKTRA MAGNESIUM CREAM - NATURAL Skin Conditioning and Hydration. Use all over the body.   In 'Herbal' (400g jar or 100g tube) or 'Zest-Citrus' (400g jar).
This luxurious magnesium cream moisturizer (made of natural plant butters plus magnesium) is ideal for those who need extra hydration and skin softening, whilst delivering the wonderful benefits of magnesium ions. A dessertspoon full (about 13g) contains approx 300mg of elemental magnesium. Best for normal to dry skin types.

Elektra Magnesium Oil Spritz (125ml)  is a water based magnesium chloride solution made with 61% magnesium chloride hexahydrate plus essential oils of mandarin, juniper berry and rosalina. It is great for relief of muscle and joint pain, cramps or muscle soreness after sports training. It also balances excessive oils and acne prone skin. If skin is in the normal to dry range the spritz may feel too stimulating, itchy or tingling on initial application unless extra plant oils are used in conjunction with the application. In this case it is ideal to combine with Elektra Magnesium Cream to massage in. Apply the cream first and then add extra sprays of the magnesium oil spritz to tight muscles and sore joints. It works well to massage this combination (cream and spritz) into the lower back, up the spinal column and including the neck and shoulder muscles to relieve muscle tension, increase blood flow and oxygenation, and calm the nerves. Also good to loosen up frozen shoulder and tight ligaments.

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Elektra Magnesium Salt Flakes are packaged in Australia, and Elektra Magnesium Cream products are manufactured in Australia for Elektra Life Pty Ltd (a wholly owned Australian company). Contact us.