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This Single Mineral Has A Cure For All Your Body Problems – Part 2

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This Single Mineral Has A Cure For All Your Body Problems – Part 2

As published in the previous article and continuing about the Magnesium Deficiency Symptoms and fact file.

Magnesium activates over 300 enzyme reactions in the body every single day, translating to thousands of biochemical reactions happening on a constant basis in our bodies.

It Plays A Crucial Role In:-

•Nerve transmission, •Energy production, •Muscle contraction, •Blood coagulation, •Nutrient metabolism and Bone-cell formation.

Among researchers, magnesium deficiency is known as the silent epidemic as well as invisible deficiency.

How To Know Whether You Are On A Safe Magnesium Line?

One method of assessing your magnesium status is to simply pay a visit to your doctor for detailed magnesium testing, where you might be prescribed for blood serum test.

A clinical blood serum testing may not successfully identify magnesium deficiency.

Foods High In Magnesium
What To Do?

Fortunately, it is possible to get a sense of where your intake may lie simply by understanding few points:-

1. Drinking aerated/carbonated beverages very frequently reduce Magnesium levels.

Most dark coloured sodas contain Phosphates. These substances actually bind with Magnesium inside the digestive tract, rendering it unavailable to the body.

2. Overindulgence in sweet concoctions on a regular basis:-

Eating Chocolates, Pastries, Desserts, Cakes, Candies or other sweet foods containing refined sugar (which is a zero Magnesium product) causes the body to excrete magnesium through the kidneys.

Sweet foods are known by nutritionists as “anti-nutrients”, because of the zero nutritional value.

Our body’s digestive and processing units require essential Vitamins and minerals to carry out the digestion process so investing in sugary foods that replace the whole nutrition results in a net loss of essential vitamins without getting any output from the sugary food digested.

Higher the intake of sweet and processed baked goods you have in your diet, the more likely you are deficient in Magnesium and other vital nutrients.

3. Both Physical and Emotional Stress can be a cause of Magnesium deficiency:-

The body tends to utilize more Magnesium under stressful conditions such rendering it insufficient. Psychological and physical forms of stress namely surgery, burns, trauma.

4. Drinking caffeinated beverages such as coffee, tea etc, causes kidneys to release extra Magnesium regardless of body status.
5. Certain drugs such a Diuretic, Heart medication, Asthma medication, Birth Control pills or Estrogen replacement therapy influence the Magnesium levels and primarily increasing its excretion from kidneys.
6. Drinking more than 6 alcoholic beverages per week can decrease Magnesium levels by having the same effect such as Diuretics, in turn, causing Vitamin D deficiency and hampering normal digestion process.

7. Calcium supplements with magnesium in less than a 1:1 ratio or calcium supplements with zero magnesium may reduce magnesium absorption and retention, whereas calcium supplementation can have negative effects on magnesium levels if the ratio is not adequate.

Researchers approve a 1:1 calcium to magnesium ratio because the body tends to retain calcium when in a magnesium-deficient state. Extra calcium intake in form of supplements at such a time could lead to the abnormal rise of calcium levels inside the cells.

8. Neurological signs of magnesium deficiency include Anxiety, Difficulty in getting sleep and vice versa. Magnesium is crucial for nerve conduction and is also associated with electrolyte imbalances, that possess strong effect on the nervous system. Low magnesium is very much associated with personality changes, can sometimes lead to depression.
9. Having Painful muscle spasms, Muscle cramping, Facial tics, Eye twitches often are signs of a potential magnesium deficit.

Without magnesium, our muscles tend to be in a state of contraction. Magnesium is important for muscle relaxation.

10. Age: In Older adults, ageing, stress and disease all contribute to increasing Magnesium needs which if not met adequately can lead to Acute Magnesium deficiency

Considering the vital orientation of this mineral and the encompassing effects it has over the other important minerals such as Calcium and Potassium, one thing is clear – low Magnesium intake can be life-threatening.

How To Increase Magnesium Uptake?

One of the most effective ways to improve your Magnesium levels is to combine a healthy diet with a Magnesium supplement.

For people suffering from low Magnesium absorption, Transdermal magnesium can be a therapy of choice as it does not have the side effects of oral supplements (must be discussed with your specialist doctor first).

How Does The Transdermal Supplement Work?

It acts By delivering Magnesium through the skin directly to the cells, topical Magnesium products bypass many of the problems associated with a digestive tract which in turn hamper its absorption in a few cases.

In older adults, the gastric acid level imbalance may be accounted as an important factor in reduced mineral availability.

Do Magnesium Tablets Work?

 

Magnesium chloride is the main ingredient formulated as capsules which have been tested to have a high bioavailability. While simultaneously providing the chloride necessary for healthy digestion and vitamin absorption.

If you still believe Magnesium has absolutely little or ‘no’ role in maintaining good health, now is the time to believe.

And if it’s something you’ve been looking for, now is the time to go deep and take action.

 

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