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The Willner Window Product Reference Catalog, Spring 2014
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Many doctors do their patients a disservice
by telling them to “take a calcium supple-
ment” or “take Turns.” What happens is that
now the patient may go out, and in addition
to taking a daily multivitamin, she takes a cal-
cium supplement as well....and grumbles
about having to “take so many pills!” What
about magnesium? It’s not in the daily multi-
vitamin, and it’s not in the calcium supple-
ment. You’re not even getting the minimal
government recommended daily quantity.
Calcium gets the headlines, but magnesium
deficiency is more likely a bigger problem.
And magnesium is extremely important to
good health.
THE PHARMACIST SAYS: Larry Siegel, chief
pharmacist at Willner Chemists, points out
that magnesium is very important for
heart function, specifically for heart muscle
relaxation (after contraction). Vasospastic
heart attacks, where the coronary arteries
have little plaque buildup, have been linked
to a magnesium deficiency.
The conventional guideline is that you
should take half as much magnesium as calci-
um. So if you take 1,000 milligrams of calci-
um, you should try to take at least 500 mil-
ligrams of magnesium. The current “Daily
Value” is 400 milligrams.
For convenience, we usually recommend a
supplement that contains a combination of
calcium and magnesium, in a 2 to 1 ratio,
although magnesium supplements are avail-
able as well. Many nutritionists recommend a
higher ratio of magnesium to calcium. Those
who have the health problems indicated
here, for example, may want to add addi-
tional magnesium to their calcium/magne-
sium blend.
When increasing the amount of magne-
sium, be aware that high levels of magnesium
may exert a mild laxative action for some
people. Taking magnesium supplements with
food, and in divided doses, will lessen that
problem.
The most common form of magnesium in
supplements is magnesium oxide. This is an
inorganic form, and may not be absorbed as
well as other forms, such as magnesium cit-
rate, magnesium gluconate, and magnesium
aspartate.
Indications:
Cardiovascular disease, osteo-
porosis, asthma, migraine headaches, hyper-
tension, diabetes, chronic fatigue syndrome.
Dosage:
At least 320 to 420 milligrams per
day.
The above is an excerpt from the revised edi-
tion of The Best Supplements For Your Health.
While under revision, a full, digital version of
this informative text is available online, at the
Willner Chemists web site, www.willner.com
Go to the reference library section, or click
here:
http://www.willner.com/news.aspx?id=64
The Best Supplements For Your Health, by
Don Goldberg and Arnie Gitomer, was a
widely acclaimed reference book on nutrition-
al supplements. Originally published in 2002,
it is now being updated and revised. During
this process, we have posted content from
the book online for you to use. We will pro-
vide updates as the revision work progresses.
Your comments are welcome.
Chapter One: Why Take Supplements
Chapter Two: How to Choose the Right
Supplement
Chapter Three: How to Use Supplements
Chapter Four: Too Good to Be True
Chapter Five: Individual Nutrients and Herbs
Chapter Six: Combination Remedies
Nutrients help improve vision in
AMD
What is AMD?
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD),
which gradually reduces eyesight in the cen-
ter of the field of vision, is the most common
form of age-related blindness. Dry AMD,
affecting 90 percent of those with AMD, is
the most common type. In dry AMD, the
layer of pigment cells that helps protect light-
sensitive cells in the eye wears thin and
breaks down.
Omega-3s improved vision
This was a small pilot study of omega-3s in
those with dry AMD. Participants took 3,400
mg of EPA per day or 1,600 mg of DHA per
day, with no placebo group. This was a six-
month trial, but by the middle of the fourth
month, all participants in both omega-3
groups had significant improvements in visual
acuity, seeing clearly at least one additional
line in standard vision tests.
Doctors said these results are striking
because there is no existing treatment for dry
AMD and believe that the positive findings
may be partly due to the higher dosage of
omega-3s compared to prior AMD studies.
Lutein, zeaxanthin, and omega-3
The protective pigment in the macula of
the eye contains lutein and zeaxanthin;
carotenoids which must come from diet.
In this study, 145 people with dry AMD
took a placebo or a combination of 10 mg
lutein, 1 mg zeaxanthin, 100 mg DHA, 30
mg EPA, 60 mg vitamin C, 20 mg vitamin E,
10 mg zinc, and 0.25 mg copper, or double
these dosages per day.
After 12 months, macular pigment
decreased in the placebo group but
increased by 20 percent in the lower-dose
supplement group, and by 28.4 percent in
the higher-dose group.
Reference: PharmaNutrition; October, 2013,
Published Online
Lutein and Zeaxanthin: Healthy
Carotenoids
Carotenoids are a family of compounds
abundantly found in fruits, vegetables and
green plants. Of the more than 600
carotenoids found in nature, only about 20
are found in human plasma and tissues. Of
these, only lutein and zeaxanthin are specifi-
cally located in the macula and lens of the
eye. Lutein and zeaxanthin, until recently,
had been reported together because of their
similar chemical structures. They do, howev-
er, differ in the placement of one key double
bond and in their stereochemistry, which give
lutein and zeaxanthin distinct properties from
one another.
The risk of chronic diseases, such as heart
disease, cancer and age-related eye diseases,
increases as the average person ages. The
anticipated rise in the incidence of these
chronic diseases as the population ages has
led to increased research on preventive
approaches, including nutrition. Recent stud-
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