[MartinSanderson]

(I have registered since this request.)  After realising the symptoms of the main shoulder pain were exactly described for Calcific Tendonitis, I thought my problem maybe Pseudo-Gout and not Rheumatoid Arthritis which my Rheumatogist had diagnosed.  Associating the main flare-ups in my shoulder with summer, I also realised that this maybe due to magnesium deficiency through loss of salts, so tried a magnesium suppliment.  Within six days, without taking my prescribed medication, my so called rheumatoid arthritis cleared up.  Working through this properly, I have given myself  a diet to increase my body water and electrolytes so as not to increase sodium intake out of proportion.  (Porridge, Magnesium Citrate, Bananas for Pottasium and plenty of water to allow my body to regulate itself with the essential Magnesium.)  All pain in my wrists, hips and shoulder has gone, and now that I have introduced milk and other dairy products back into my diet, I can do 20 press-ups and windmill both arms without pain.  (Wouldn't have tried that in the past two years.)  It occurs to me that if I had not realised this, I may have accepted my diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis and taken the medication for pain relief without addressing the magnesium deficiency.   As magnesium plays a crucial role in so many body mechanisms including heart beat regulation, kidney functions and food storage in the liver, I would stongly suggest that this may well be the real cause of the heart disease.  My experience begs the question as to why do doctors not test for electolyte imbalance as a matter of routine for any complaint?  Reading up on the magnesium deficiency shows this to be a far more important subject requiring government guidelines than the potentially bad advice of low salt diets.  Low salt diets may be good advice for people known to be suffering from heart disease, but is probably the cause of heart disease in people like me.

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