Dr. John Briffa is a practicing physician, author and international speaker. He is a graduate award from the University College London School of Medicine, where she also earned a bachelor's degree in Biomedical Sciences. Dr. Briffa is a leading authority on the impact of nutrition and other lifestyle factors in health and disease. He is dedicated to providing people with information and advice they can use to take control of their health and optimize your energy and vitality.
Dr. Briffa is a Daily Mail columnist and observer, and former contributing editor for Men's Health magazine. He has contributed over dozens of newspaper and magazine titles worldwide, and is a previous recipient of the Health Journalist of the Year award in the UK. He has been listed by Tatler magazine as one of the leading practitioners in the UK, and has twice been on the jury of the prestigious Prince of Wales Integrated Health Awards.
In one of his blog entries, dated January 29, 2010, referring to the use of magnesium in asthma stated: "At the end of last December one of my posts focused on the experience of a relative of mine had taken with magnesium. He had suffered from intermittent epigastric pain long (pain felt in the center of the abdomen just below the ribs), and I wondered if your problem may be a condition known as esophageal spasm. " Because magnesium tends to work for the things of 'spasm', suggested magnesium. It became more or less immediate relief, and remains free of symptoms to date. Because magnesium tends to help things that are related to muscle spasm, I found it generally useful for a number of problems such as leg cramps, irritable bowel and migraines. Another condition that could, in theory, respond to magnesium therapy is asthma. Asthma is, in essence, a condition characterized by constriction of the airways in the lungs. Can lead to restricted breathing (especially exhalation), wheezing and dyspnea. The condition can be debilitating and can even be fatal. The constriction of the airways may be due, at least in part, due to constriction of the muscles that can be found in the lining of all but the smallest airways in the lungs. Because magnesium relaxes muscles effectively, the possibility exists that increased levels of magnesium reduces airway constriction and help relieve asthma. magnesium therapy was tried in a recently published study in the Journal of Asthma. In it, 55 adults with mild to moderate asthma were treated with magnesium (170 mg, twice daily) or placebo for a period of 6.5 months. The subjects had their lung function test using peak expiratory flow (the maximum air speed can be expelled from the lungs), as well as what is known as the methacholine challenge test. Methacholine causes constriction of the airways. In this test, breathing in subjects with methacholine, and the dose of this drug to induce constriction of the airways. The higher the dose of methacholine required, the less "reactive" airway judged to be. Compared with those receiving placebo, those who were given magnesium saw a significant improvement in both their peak expiratory flow rate and methacholine challenge results. In addition, study participants underwent a subjective assessment of their asthma status in the form of what is known as quality of life and asthma control questionnaire. Asthma life scores improved significantly in the magnesium group compared with those taking placebo. Control asthma also improved in those who received magnesium, but this was not statistically significant. From these results as a whole, what they show is that asthmatics who took magnesium saw a significant improvement in both objective and subjective measures of disease activity.
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http://www.drbriffa.com/2010/01/29/magnesium-therapy-found-to-benefit-asthmatics/
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