The Fibro-Care™ Story

Energy. Who needs it? Everybody!

Fatigue is one of the top ten reasons people visit a doctor. Muscle soreness is another. Do you know one of the most important nutrients you need for both? Magnesium...

A national deficiency

More than 75% of the American population are deficient in magnesium (Mg). According to a conversation with an expert in vitamin and mineral testing, the real figure may be as high as 90%. If you have fibromyalgia and/or systemic endurance intolerance disease (SEID, also called Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME), research already tells us that you’re probably magnesium deficient.

If you think your magnesium might be low, ask yourself these questions.

Do you sleep well?
Are you tired no matter how much you sleep?
Do you have energy, especially after exercising?
Are your muscles soft and flexible? Or do they feel tight and painful for no apparent reason?
Do you have any degenerative disorders like diabetes, thyroid, arthritis?
Are you carbohydrate intolerant?
If you’re a woman, are you struggling with hormone imbalance either PMS, pre- or perimenopause?

Magnesium is involved in more than 600 enzyme reactions in the body and an answer for all these questions but only if you have enough of it!

A Relationship to pain

If you suffer from any chronic pain condition, magnesium levels may be low, according to rheumatologist Thomas Romano, M.D. He states that your ability to deal with pain (pain threshold) is directly affected by how much magnesium your body has stored. Bringing your intracellular magnesium levels to normal or optimal (at least 5.5 mg/dL) will help with pain and muscle fatigue, too, as a side benefit.

The bare facts

You have roughly 21-28 grams of magnesium; 99% found in bones, teeth and soft tissue, 1% in the bloodstream. Magnesium is found both in circulating blood plasma and within the cells (intracellular). It’s the intracellular magnesium which we’re concerned about that regulates or is involved in over 600 enzyme reactions, especially in the production of energy from foods.

Magnesium is involved in multiple biochemical reactions in the body, including muscle and nerve function, and is required for energy production. Magnesium helps regulate blood pressure and blood glucose levels. It is also an integral component for bone health and supports immunity through the synthesis of glutathione, the primary antioxidant in the body. Cellular DNA and RNA require magnesium. In short, magnesium helps keep the body alive!

The energy equation

You get your energy from a system of complicated biochemical reaction that occur in the Krebs Energy Cycle or Citric Acid Cycle which few of us would be able to explain. What you do need to know is several reactions in the cycle are magnesium dependent. Energy does not happen without magnesium. “It activates every enzyme that produces energy, new protein, almost all the energy in every single cell in the body,” says Mildred Seelig M.D., author of The Magnesium Factor. Seelig is considered a magnesium expert, having made a career out of studying magnesium for more than 40 plus years. Magnesium is involved in every energy dependent reaction by its role in the metabolism of glucose, fatty acids, and amino acids. It also plays a part in the manufacture and use of a compound found in all cells: adenosine triphosphate (ATP). When ATP is broken down, it produces the energy for muscles and organs to function. To repeat: Energy requires magnesium!

Get the test

So how do you find out if you have enough magnesium? Dr. Romano suggests a magnesium red blood cell test that checks the intracellular levels (magnesium RBC test). A blood plasma or serum measures non-cellular magnesium only. It is not often easy to find out your magnesium level as many health care professionals do not check with a Magnesium RBC test. But if your pain and or fatigue are continued symptoms for you, it is worth the effort to find a health care professional who will.

Supplement

It’s difficult to get your 500 mg optimal daily magnesium from food intake alone and magnesium does not have to be declared on a food label the way calcium does. You'd have to know the magnesium content of every food you eat. So how could you possibly hope to have "normal" blood levels for all that magnesium needs to do in your body? Supplementation is one way. To make sure you get an adequate daily dose, read the supplement label. For example, if the serving size is two capsules or tablets twice a day, check the amount. For TyH's magnesium supplement, one Fibro-Care™ is not enough to meet the daily requirements. The serving size is 2 capsules which gives you 180 mg. A suggested formula to figure out your need by body weight is: Multiple your body weight by 2.5-4.5 mg. The result suggests your magnesium daily dose. To help your body adjust gradually, you may want to start low (one capsule or tablet) and increase every 3-4 days to label dose.

No mineral acts alone

When David first learned of his severe magnesium deficiency, he looked for a supplement that would help him. Not finding a form that did not upset his GI system, he wanted TyH to make a more tolerable magnesium product. With the help of a biochemist friend, Fibro-Care™ was formulated. TyH chose a highly absorbable magnesium (Albion® patented bisglycinate and di-magnesium malate). Albion® minerals have a patented technology that ensures their absorption and thus are gentle on the GI tract, too.

But TyH did not stop there; they looked at the rest of the chemistry involved. Most nutrients need the interaction of other nutrient cofactors in order to do their jobs more efficiently. For example, cofactors B1, B6 and manganese help magnesium do its energy job. B1 (thiamin) supports glucose metabolism as does malic acid. Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) is necessary for the metabolism of amino acids. Of note, research suggests that B6 is often deficient when magnesium is deficient. Manganese is synergistic with thiamin, activates enzymes in many cellular activities, and stimulates thyroxin, a hormone that influences the body’s metabolic rate. At the biochemist’s advice, TyH also added vitamin C as she explained that C increases the amount of sugar stored as glycogen in the muscles and tissues, thus helping to maintain muscle energy. Additionally, vitamin C enhances the activity (synergy) of other nutrients. TyH chose Fibro-C™ since it is a buffered form and won’t cause stomach irritation. Likewise, the manganese is Albion® organic form and B6 is the more bioavailable Pyridoxal 5-Phosphate (P-5-P). which make them more GI friendly too.

Malic acid

Malic acid or malate is the primer that jump starts the Krebs cycles and the energy ball can’t even start rolling without it. Along with magnesium, it has a critical role in the energy equation. Given its role for both energy and historically to help with muscle soreness, it made sense to add malic acid to the Fibro-Care™ formula.

Clinically Tested

If you have low Magnesium RBC levels, magnesium supplementation may help with low energy and muscle soreness. Dr. Mark Pellegrino, a physician who has treated more than 40,000 patients in his practice put Fibro-Care™ to the test. “I was using another magnesium and malic acid product for several years, thinking they were all the same. When I tried Fibro-Care™ on some of my patients as a test, they felt better! I now give Fibro-Care™ to all my patients with great results." What do patients think? Based on a national survey done by the Fibromyalgia Network, a newsletter with a 25-year publishing history, readers voted Fibro-Care™ as the number one nutritional product that helped them.

SUMMARY

Fibro-Care™ is a bioavailable source of magnesium, an important mineral for health. It also is a unique combination of magnesium, malic acid and supporting nutrients in one formula designed specifically to help with energy and muscle soreness. Magnesium is a key factor for the body to function and considered an essential nutrient for life.

Caution: Those with kidney disease or cardiac AV block should seek professional medical advice before supplementing with any magnesium.

Learn more about Fibro-Care™ on its dedicated website at: fibro-care.com

More on Magnesium

Even if you don’t have fibromyalgia Fibro-Care™ can make a difference in your life. When we made Fibro-Care™, we did not know the impact it would have on so many peoples' lives. Now over 33 years later and 120,000 research papers in pub med, it is clear that the original formula we made to help people with fibromyalgia could help more than 75 other conditions, too. See the list for yourself!

75 CONDITIONS IMPACTED BY MAGNESIUM

Fibromyalgia
SEID (ME/CFS)
ADHD
Aging
Anxiety
Angina
Alzheimer’s
Allergies
Asthma
Arrhythmias
Alcohol
ALS
Allodynia
Addiction
Autoimmune Disease
Arthritis
Bones & Joints
Brain Fog
Cancer
Cholesterol
Chronic Pain
CRP Markers
Crohn’s Disease
Cold & Flu
Depression
Celiac
Diabetes
Pre Diabetes
Fatigue
Epilepsy
Glaucoma
Hearing loss
Heart Disease
High Blood Pressure
Hepatis C
Hypertension
Inflammation

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
Insulin Resistance
Kidney Stones
Leukemia
Lungs
Long Covid
Low Back Pain
Liver
Metabolic Syndrome
Migraine
Mitral Valve Prolapse
Mitochondrial Function
Muscle Pain
Multiple Sclerosis
Nervous System
Neuro-Inflammation
Neuropathic Pain
Obesity
Osteopenia
Osteoporosis
Parkinson’s
Post Polio Syndrome
Premenstrual Syndrome
Panaceas
Prostate
Pulmonary Disease
Restless Leg Syndrome
Schizophrenia
Seizures
Sleep Disorders
Smoking
Stroke
Stress
Substance P
Sjogren’s Syndrome
Thyroid