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Health experts frequently emphasize the importance of
having adequate levels of vitamins and minerals in your
diet. While most people try to stay informed about which
vitamins and minerals are most beneficial to their
health, there are still many nutrients that have
benefits that are underestimated and even forgotten.
Magnesium is certainly one of these elements.
Magnesium is a mineral that is essential to many
biological processes that occur in the body. Magnesium
aids in the body’s absorption of calcium and also plays
a key role in the strength and formation of bones and
teeth. This means that those at risk for osteoporosis
can benefit from taking magnesium.
Magnesium also is vital for maintaining a healthy heart.
Magnesium helps stabilize the rhythm of the heart and
helps prevent abnormal blood clotting in the heart.
Magnesium also aids in maintaining healthy blood
pressure levels. The mineral magnesium can significantly
lower the chance of heart attacks and strokes, and can
even aid in the recovery from a heart attack or stroke.
Magnesium also helps maintain proper muscle function. It
works to keep muscles properly relaxed. Because of its
benefits in relieving stiff muscles, magnesium can be
especially beneficial to fibromyalgia patients.
Most people do not maintain proper levels of magnesium.
For this reason, many people would greatly benefit from
supplementing their diet with magnesium. |
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Essential for hundreds of chemical reactions that occur
in the body every second, the mineral magnesium has
received surprisingly little attention over the years.
Recent findings, however, suggest that it has important
health-promoting benefits.
Among the world’s leading researchers in the field is
Dr. Mildred Seelig, a pediatrician, internal medicine
specialist and master of public health who has been
studying magnesium for the past 35 years. She wrote with
nutritionist Dr. Andrea Rosanoff the volume The
Magnesium Factor.
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“The
solution to heart disease has been with us all along, and it is
nutritional,” according to The Magnesium Factor. “Most
modern heart disease is caused by magnesium deficiency. A vast
and convincing body of research — largely ignored — has
convinced us and many of our colleagues of this fact. The diet
of the industrial world is short on magnesium, and this is
causing an epidemic of heart disease... The effects of a low
intake of magnesium can be worsened by the high levels of fat,
sugar, sodium and phosphate in our diets, as well as,
ironically, by the use of calcium supplements, which has become
widespread because of our awareness of calcium's value for bone
health.”
Low
magnesium, say the experts, causes heart arrhythmia and is
involved in migraine attacks. Many of the studies noted that
drugs used in the treatment of asthma cause a loss of magnesium.
Research has shown that it can be vital to heart function, and
limits muscle damage during a heart attack; relieves
bronchospasm (constricted airways) in the lungs; protects
hearing from excess noise; improves parathyroid function;
benefits sleep; improves the bio-availability of Vitamin B6 and
cholesterol; strengthens tooth enamel; helps improve the
functioning of the nerves and muscles; and aids regulation of
normal heart rhythm.
Do you need
magnesium?
Signs include:
Green
vegetables such as spinach provide magnesium because the center
of the chlorophyll molecule contains magnesium. Nuts, seeds, and
some whole grains are also good sources of magnesium.
Although
magnesium is present in many foods, it usually occurs in small
amounts. As with most nutrients, daily needs for magnesium
cannot be met from a single food. Eating a wide variety of
foods, including five servings of fruits and vegetables daily
and plenty of whole grains, helps to ensure an adequate intake
of magnesium.
The
magnesium content of refined foods is usually low. Whole-wheat
bread, for example, has twice as much magnesium as white bread
because the magnesium-rich germ and bran are removed when white
flour is processed. The table of food sources of magnesium
suggests many dietary sources of magnesium.
Water can
provide magnesium, but the amount varies according to the water
supply. “Hard” water contains more magnesium than “soft” water.
Dietary surveys do not estimate magnesium intake from water,
which may lead to underestimating total magnesium intake and its
variability.
Courtesy: health.learninginfo.org/benefits-of-magnesium.htm
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