Calcium may play a role in the development of Parkinson's disease

[parkie13]

sciencedaily.com/releases/2...

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Too late

[jeffreyn in reply to Hidden]

Yes, too late to stop you and I from getting PD, but maybe not too late to stop (or slow) the progression of PD within us.

As the article says:

"One possibility is that drug candidates developed to block calcium, for use in heart disease for instance, might also have potential against Parkinson's disease."

[parkie13 in reply to jeffreyn]

Yes, the calcium channel blockers. They are being tested right now for Parkinson's

[silvestrov]

"Magnesium: Nature's Physiologic Calcium Blocker". American Heart Journal

emfrefugee.blogspot.com/201...

[parkie13 in reply to silvestrov]

Magnesium is harder to get from your diet than calcium. Good article. Never took calcium but always magnesium.

[park_bear]

The problem is not calcium itself but calcium in the wrong place. It causes problems when the body is lacking the essential nutrients needed to calcium out of the bloodstream and into the bones. For example, here is a study of men with Parkinson's that shows they typically have subnormal bone density: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi...

The nutrients needed are vitamins D, K1 and K2, plus silica and boron. I wrote about this here: Vitamins and Minerals for Bone Health and Reduced Risk of Cancer tinyurl.com/hya5dwd and here: Vitamin K: Unsung and Essential tinyurl.com/yd9l4j3q, with journal references.

One way to tell if you are short these essential nutrients is if calcium gets deposited on the backs of your front teeth. Once I started taking the foregoing I no longer had these calcium deposits. If calcium is getting deposited in your teeth it is likely it is also getting deposited in your arteries, and perhaps causing problems with neurons as well. Calcium deposits in the arteries are an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease aside from lipid status.