Dangers of Calcium Supplements

by Louise Mclean, LCCH.

I have written about my friend who took calcium supplements for at least 20 years and the terrible side effects she experienced, becoming so stiff she could hardly move. See here. Even so, she took only natural calcium supplements, not pharmaceutical ones.

When people are diagnosed with osteoarthritis or osteoporosis, the doctor is very quick to prescribe calcium supplements.  I have heard that the pharmaceutical calcium supplements have made some people feel very unwell.  The natural health calcium supplements are better.

The truth is that in fact our bones are made up of 12 minerals, including Calcium, that is Boron, Chromium, Iron, Magnesium, Manganese, Potassium, Phosphorus, Selenium, Sulphur, Silica and Zinc!

However, apart from young children, adults do not need to take any calcium supplements because there is calcium in literally every single food we eat!  It is not just dairy products but fruit and vegetables as well.  Since the knowledge of vitamin and mineral content in foods has been lost or never taught, people are in ignorance of it.  As mentioned in my dieting article, the book by Adele Davis 'Let's Get Well' lists all the vitamin and mineral content of foods at the back and is very interesting to know. 

I have also heard that old people given calcium supplements by their doctors become extremely stiff and unable to move.  The truth is that as we age we have more calcium in our bodies, not less.  This is why there are so many stiff elderly people around.

I would advise not taking calcium supplements at all, as there should be sufficient in your diet. Those people who have been taking them and become stiff, should try to detox the calcium by taking a calcium chelator, either EDTA, Chanca Piedra (an Amazonian herb) or DMSO. They also say apple cider vinegar helps.

It is quite common for doctors giving people routine X rays, to see calcium deposits present.

My friend was so stiff, almost unable to move from taking calcium for so many years after incorrect advice from a practitioner, that it has taken her four years to clear the calcium build up and this has been a heavy load for her kidneys to detox.  Of course there is the obvious danger of kidney stones as well, which can be broken down and removed with Chanca Piedra.

The answer for strong bones is vitamin D3 in a sensible dose (2,000 i.u. a day), Vitamin K2, Magnesium, Zinc and a teaspoon of food grade Diatomaceous earth in water gives lots of Silica, which is a bone strengthener.  The Diatomaceous earth also kills intestinal parasites!  The other minerals that make up bones should be in your super multi vitamin if you are taking the right ones.  I use Mercola Wholefood Complex with added Multivitamin plus vital Minerals for Women.

In addition, be careful not to take very high dose Vitamin D3 as it will pull calcium out of your bones, which will add to the calcium load.  It must always be taken with Vitamin K2.

So please advise any elderly friends or relatives not to take these calcium supplements, which are often handed out by doctors like sweeties!

DMSO, the Safe and Effective Miracle Drug for Arthritis, Pain and Disability!

by Louise Mclean, LCCH.

DMSO or Dimethyl Sulfoxide, was discovered and used in the 1970s and 1980s.  Doctors raved about its success in a large number of conditions but the FDA, worried about Pharma drug sales, got it banned!  This has happened with a variety of other safe and healing natural medicines.

It has recently made a big comeback and people are finding it cures a very wide range of conditions, such as severe arthritis, musculoskeletal injuries, chronic back injuries that lead to disability.  It is a very effective and safe painkiller.

DMSO works for headaches, neck and back pain and strains, sprained ankles. It effectively heals the joints in rheumatoid arthritis. Hip joint problems could take a little longer as the blood circulation does not get into these large joints as easily, so it is better to rub DMSO on the hips directly.  However knee pain can be dramatically healed. It relaxes the muscles.

It is recommended to take immediately after a stroke, as it significantly increases blood circulation around the body.

DMSO removes edema and excess fluid around the body, particularly in the joints. Although the FDA banned it, it did recommend it for interstitial cystitis.

It works miraculously for osteoarthritis and for all chronic pain and disability, sometimes producing dramatic healing after use and has a 80-90% success rate!

In over 60 years of use by millions of people, DMSO has never been linked to a single death!

It is therefore far better to take DMSO as a painkiller, than NSAIDS or opioids, which are very dangerous and have killed thousands.

It is highly effective for healing wounds, making it very popular with sportsmen and women and creates healthy scars (actually removing excess scar tissue).

DMSO can be rubbed on the skin for any sore or stiff parts of the body but it can also be taken safely by mouth, as one small teaspoon per day, thereby reaching all parts of the body internally.  You can mix a small teaspoon of DMSO with apple juice or juice of your choice, which will take away the slightly bitter taste. You can probably increase the amount you take over time, to one teaspoon twice a day.

There is an unusual side effect of DMSO and that is a faint smell of garlic is produced by the body when you first start using it but which over time and frequent use, will disappear.  That's okay if you like the smell of garlic but the many benefits outweigh this!

You can buy the Organic one by Regency Organics (pictured) in different sizes.

DMSO is also a solvent, which can remove painful calcium deposits by liquifying the calcium for excretion in the urine, rather than removing them as calcium crystals, which can aggravate the kidneys and bladder. By liquifying the calcium deposits, they can be removed from the body more gently. A great number of people have excess calcium in their system, causing painful stiffness and calcium deposits are frequently picked up on X rays.

To read the full research on DMSO including a large number of studies, this is an excellent treatise on the subject by A Midwestern Doctor, who writes on a variety of medical subjects.

DMSO is a Miraculous Therapy for Chronic Pain and Musculoskeletal Injuries