03/08/2021
Mg Deficiency
Many of us are deficient in magnesium. Magnesium is essential to all cells, and it plays a major role in DNA and RNA.
Well Mg deficiency is an easy fix!!!
Magnesium deficiency can lead to health problems including:
high blood pressure
heart disease
osteoporosis
diabetes
migraine headaches
Many reasons for deficiency include:
1. a poor diet, (eat well and reduce simple sugars; improve hormone balances)
2. Inadequate sleep, ( solution: reduce blue lights; cover electronics; take melatonin etc )
3. Prescription medication (talk to your doctor)
4. High level of stress, ( solution: spend time before bed meditating and relaxing; exercising)
5. Drinking too much coffee,
6. Taking poor calcium supplements (talk to you doctor), all can add up to a magnesium deficiency.
Magnesium is a mineral that is present in relatively large amounts in the body (about 2500 miligrams: about half of which is in the bones and 25 mg is in your blood. The rest are in every organ in the body, especially the heart, muscles, and kidneys; also the teeth).
There are only 10 other elements that are found in higher concentrations inside our bodies.
Foods rich in Mg include:
Fish, banana, spinach, squash, okra, Swiss chard, lentils, kale, beet greens, nuts and dark chocolate (with moderation).
Should you choose to use Mg supplements it is recommended that you use magnesium in the aspartate, citrate, lactate, and chloride forms as these are absorbed more completely and more bioavailable than magnesium oxide or magnesium sulfate.
Should you do choose to take magnesium supplements, talk to your doctor to make sure that you get a proper supplement which has adequate levels of calcium, Vitamins K2 and D3, since these nutrients interact together and improve absorption.
Our Mg requirement is about 400mg/day (talk to your doctor).
Foot baths (epsom salts) are also a great way get more magnesium in the body since it can be absorbed through your skin (you may also apply magnesium oil on your body).
But the best way to increase your magnesium intake in your body is to include more magnesium-rich foods in your diet. So talk to your doctor.