Nature’s Solution to Covid19 — Is your body in balance?
Three weeks ago I realised I had identified a key piece in the covid puzzle. I contacted my MP, various key UK agencies and members of SAGE — the UK Government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies along with the more transparent citizen lead group Independent SAGE, but to no end.
So today, Monday the 15th March 2021, I have sent the below to the editors of the key newspapers across the United Kingdom. And I will continue to share this information until this is properly addressed.
784 word version of my letter
I am not surprised that vitamin D supplements alone offer little benefit for covid19, or that the Netherlands, Ireland and other countries have paused rollout of their Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine. I appear to have found a missing piece of the puzzle in immunity and covid’s impact on our bodies.
After a year of covid being in the UK I turned my attention to seeing what I could do for the covid effort. International scientists were still flummoxed as to exactly how covid was interacting with the body and why there were such diverse outcomes. So, as an amateur citizen scientist (who had frankly run out of patience with those paid to look into this) I took action: I cross-referenced cell function with disease symptoms, post-mortem information and blood tests. Within a day I started to notice patterns in the data and they were later confirmed by adverse vaccine reactions which again proved I was onto something: something significant.
My conclusions point to calcium as the culprit. It appears SARs-CoV-2 attaches to epithelial cell ACE2 receptors throughout the body, disrupts calcium ion channel function and allows too much calcium to enter cells. This excess calcium is causing all the problems, as the body cannot regulate this with its current available resources, on top of an immunity attack.
Stability is always being sought by the body as, even at the cellular level, our body strives to achieve homeostasis: to be in balance. Calcium is essential but balanced out by its dynamic antagonist: magnesium. The two work together symbiotically to underpin functions in all body systems. Ordinarily, calcium is kept in check by magnesium.
Often magnesium is not talked about much but it is needed for hundreds of processes including nervous system function, immunity regulation and vaccine processing. Without magnesium these processes cannot function properly. Yet we frequently have low magnesium in our diet. We no longer eat as many bitter green foods as perhaps past generations did, compared with the amount of dairy and other high calcium substances we now consume.
Our relationship with nature also comes into play here. Magnesium is in the chlorophyll part of plants — the part that gives it the green colour and allows it to make energy from sunlight. Magnesium is therefore found in highest amounts in seeds and nuts (i.e. baby plants), green foods, or animals which eat green foods (i.e. fish or meat). The transpiration process means plants draw up minerals in water including magnesium from the soil. However, our soils do not have as much magnesium in them, linked to modern farming methods. Again, our bodies may be missing out, compared to past generations.
Routinely, magnesium deficiency is missed due to our orientation around using blood tests for diagnosis. Only around 0.8% of the body’s magnesium shows in the blood and this is fairly tightly regulated by the body so small changes are not seen. Plus lots of the research on magnesium is unhelpfully designed. Researchers design studies that link to the role of magnesium, and then try looking for the impact in blood tests that cannot register the changes effectively. 99% of magnesium is in our cells which are harder to ‘see inside’. However, some clinicians already regard magnesium deficiency as a public health issue.
Interestingly covid19 blood markers include high lactic acid, high ferritin, c-reactive protein and d-dimer which can all be mapped to excess calcium and chronic deficiency in magnesium. In covid patients ‘hypocalcaemia’ is also common which is low blood calcium levels — where can that calcium have gone? Blood clots, hypertension, cardio disorders, obesity, sepsis, bruising, kidney failure, autoimmune responses and other covid factors all (directly or indirectly) link to unregulated or excess calcium.
Gross magnesium deficiency dysregulates serotonin, cortisol, dopamine, histamine, adrenaline, glucose, cholesterol and many other systems. Magnesium regulates ion channels and the body’s electromagnetic system, is essential to facilitate the excretion of surplus calcium, and fortifies vitamin D. Without magnesium alongside vitamin D supplementation, severe depletion can happen which could potentially hinder covid recovery. Considering the huge body of existing research on magnesium and calcium how could this have been missed in the fight against covid?
Having recently contacted various UK agencies with this information I am sharing it here. I would love to collaborate to speed up the process to prove/disprove my desk research. I have over a dozen solutions to address this biological imbalance so it would make sense for me to be involved in subsequent stages. I have also worked on a number of other hypotheses which warrant investigation once the priority of covid is addressed.
Thanking you kindly in advance for your help and support at this time,
Rachel Stark
A solution-orientated, love-centred, systems-thinking, concerned citizen
@localrachel
400 word version of my letter
I am not surprised vitamin D alone does not help with covid19, or that many countries have paused the rollout of vaccines. I appear to have found a missing piece of the puzzle in immunity and covid’s impact on our bodies.
After a year of covid I wondered what I could contribute. International scientists were still flummoxed as to exactly how covid affects the body and why there were such varied outcomes. So, as an amateur citizen scientist I took action: I cross-referenced cell function with disease symptoms, post-mortem information and blood tests. I noticed patterns in the data which were later confirmed by adverse vaccine reactions: I was onto something significant.
My conclusions point to calcium as the culprit. It appears SARs-CoV-2 attaches to epithelial cell ACE2 receptors throughout the body, disrupts calcium ion channel function and allows too much calcium to enter cells.
Magnesium works in the body to balance against calcium. However, we often do not have enough magnesium in our diet to process and counter the amount of calcium we consume. This excess calcium seems to be causing all the problems and symptoms with covid, as the body cannot regulate this on top of an immunity attack.
Routinely, magnesium deficiency is missed due to our orientation around using blood tests for diagnosis. Only around 0.8% of the body’s magnesium shows in blood and this is fairly tightly regulated by the body so small changes are not seen.
It can be suggested that lots of the research on magnesium is unhelpfully designed. Researchers design studies that link to the role of magnesium, and then try looking for the impact in blood tests that cannot register them. 99% of magnesium is in our cells which are harder to ‘see inside’. Could this be why this factor has been missed for over a year?
Gingerly I share that magnesium regulates ion channels, facilitates surplus calcium excretion, and fortifies vitamin D. Without magnesium alongside vitamin D supplementation, severe depletion can occur potentially slowing down covid recovery. The body needs magnesium to process vaccines. What happens if there is not enough?
Having contacted various UK agencies with this information I am sharing it here. I would love to collaborate to speed up the process to prove/disprove my desk research.
Thanking you kindly in advance for your help and support at this time,
Rachel Stark
A solution-orientated, love-centred, systems-thinking, concerned citizen
@localrachel
288 word version of my letter
I am not surprised vitamin D alone does not help with covid19, or that countries are pausing their rollout of vaccines. I appear to have found a missing piece of the puzzle in immunity and covid’s impact on our bodies.
As an amateur citizen scientist, I wondered what I could do to help. I cross-referenced cell function with disease symptoms, post-mortem information and blood tests. I noticed patterns in the data which were later confirmed by adverse vaccine reactions: I was onto something significant.
My conclusions point to calcium as the culprit. It appears SARs-CoV-2 attaches to epithelial cell ACE2 receptors throughout the body, disrupts calcium ion channel function and allows too much calcium to enter cells. This excess calcium causes all the problems as the body struggles to regulate.
Only the hero in this tale is magnesium. Not only does it help with our nervous system, immunity and tons of other processes in our body, magnesium works in balance with calcium. However, barely around 0.8% of the body’s magnesium shows in blood. Magnesium deficiency is often missed as we orientate ourselves around blood tests.
Not all the research into magnesium is helpfully designed either sadly, because so much of it looks at blood test levels. 99% of magnesium is in our cells which are harder to ‘see inside’ than blood. Could this be why this has been missed for over a year?
I have contacted various UK agencies with this information but I am sharing it here for the public. I would love to collaborate to speed up the process to prove/disprove my desk research.
Thanking you kindly in advance for your help and support at this time,
Rachel Stark
A solution-orientated, love-centred, systems-thinking, concerned citizen
@localrachel