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Use of Magnesium
Magnesium is a vital mineral in the human body, essential for good health. It is the 4th most abundant in the body. Fifty percent of total body magnesium is found in bone. The other half is found inside cells of body tissue and organs. 1 % is found in blood but the body work very hard to maintain blood levels of magnesium constant. It is necessary for growth and development, healing wounds, supports immune system function, nervous and cardiovascular system, good health and the absorption of calcium. It is needed for over 300 biochemical reactions in the body, keep heart rhythm steady, keep strong bones, regulate blood sugar levels, promotes normal blood pressure, involved in energy metabolism and protein synthesis.
Sources of dietary magnesium can be found in green vegetables such as spinach, some legumes (beans & peas), nuts seeds, whole unrefined grain, halibut, whole milk, bananas, wheat germ, and pudding. Eating a wide variety of legumes, nuts, whole grain and vegetable will help meet your daily dietary need for magnesium. Foods high in magnesium are usually high in potassium and dietary fiber. Dietary magnesium does not pose health risk, however pharmacologic doses of magnesium supplements can promote adverse effects such as diarrhea and abdominal cramping. Excessive magnesium is removed through our kidneys. In the case of kidney failure, poses the risk of magnesium toxicity.
Healthy adults who eat a varied diet do not need to take magnesium supplements. It is needed usually when there is a health problem or condition that causes an excessive loss of magnesium or limits magnesium absorption.
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By: Swee Smith
Magnesium is a vital mineral in the human body, essential for good health. It is the 4th most abundant in the body. Fifty percent of total body magnesium is found in bone. The other half is found inside cells of body tissue and organs. 1 % is found in blood but the body work very hard to maintain blood levels of magnesium constant. It is necessary for growth and development, healing wounds, supports immune system function, nervous and cardiovascular system, good health and the absorption of calcium. It is needed for over 300 biochemical reactions in the body, keep heart rhythm steady, keep strong bones, regulate blood sugar levels, promotes normal blood pressure, involved in energy metabolism and protein synthesis.
Sources of dietary magnesium can be found in green vegetables such as spinach, some legumes (beans & peas), nuts seeds, whole unrefined grain, halibut, whole milk, bananas, wheat germ, and pudding. Eating a wide variety of legumes, nuts, whole grain and vegetable will help meet your daily dietary need for magnesium. Foods high in magnesium are usually high in potassium and dietary fiber. Dietary magnesium does not pose health risk, however pharmacologic doses of magnesium supplements can promote adverse effects such as diarrhea and abdominal cramping. Excessive magnesium is removed through our kidneys. In the case of kidney failure, poses the risk of magnesium toxicity.
Healthy adults who eat a varied diet do not need to take magnesium supplements. It is needed usually when there is a health problem or condition that causes an excessive loss of magnesium or limits magnesium absorption.
"We can't prevent Aging, but we CAN prevent Feeling Old." HOME
By: Swee Smith
