Magnesium doesn’t get enough attention considering how essential it is for your health. Not only does magnesium help you maintain optimal blood pressure, but magnesium is also responsible for over 300 cellular actions, to optimize your health.
If you are suffering from low magnesium, you may notice any of the following:
Magnesium helps your body manufacture DNA, which is the blueprint from which your cells are made from.
Magnesium has been shown to be very important for heart health and blood vessel health. Deficiency seems to worsen the inflammation, blood vessel constriction, stress responses, and blood clotting that lead to heart conditions. Taking sufficient magnesium appears to help heart health and reduces the risk of death.
Magnesium may significantly reduce stress in people who are deficient in magnesium. And, when it is combined with vitamin B6, it may help even more.
A magnesium supplement significantly improved mood after 2 weeks in a trial, and another trial showed that magnesium supplements improved(6) mood in seniors with type 2 diabetes.
Magnesium helps with the metabolism of insulin, and insulin is the hormone that helps maintain the proper balance of your blood glucose levels (1). So, as a result of low magnesium, there could be wide fluctuations in blood sugar levels and this is important for everyone, not just diabetics.
A large-scale systematic and dose-response study found that magnesium supplementation correlated with reduced body weight (9) and waist circumference among people. Those with resistance, hypertension, obesity, magnesium deficiency and women seem to weigh less with a smaller waist circumference if they are supplemented with magnesium.
A connection between insulin and Alzheimer’s has been found; in fact, Alzheimer’s is now being referred to as “Type III Diabetes.” This is another reason why Magnesium combined with a low carb, high protein diet is essential for brain health.
Most people are focused on sodium and potassium levels for blood pressure control. However, magnesium also plays a key role in maintaining healthy blood pressure. (3). It is important to take enough electrolytes and minerals on a daily basis for your blood pressure health.
Supplementing with magnesium could provide fast relief for headaches and migraines.(4)
Magnesium can be a key component that leads to proper sleep (5). If sleep is insufficient, it causes a cascade of health issues physically and mentally. It may reduce insomnia, sleep latency, and cortisol. It may also increase melatonin, induce deeper sleep, and reduce the chance of waking up in the middle of the night.
Magnesium may help improve speed and strength, by making glucose metabolism more efficient (7), in addition to supporting the necessary stress response to exercise, reducing muscle damage, and improving exercise recovery.
Restless leg syndrome is a condition that causes an irresistible urge to move the legs, and the feeling is common when a person hasn’t moved in a while, has been sitting for a long time, and during nighttime hours. In addition to movement helping this condition, most people find relief by supplementing with magnesium.
Magnesium is an essential building block for your bones; deficiency can contribute to osteoporosis by preventing healthy bone formation, causing low-grade inflammation, increasing cortisol, and reducing parathyroid hormone.(8)
Vitamin D and magnesium have important roles in bone health, immune function, and metabolism. Magnesium acts as a cofactor in vitamin D conversion and activation. Thus, magnesium deficiency can make vitamin D supplementation ineffective.
The best time to have magnesium in your diet will be later on in the evening as if you take it then, it may help you lull yourself into a deeper sleep.
For optimal health, you should aim to take in 310-420 mg of magnesium per day for the average adult. Keep in mind that if you are suffering from a health problem, your doctor may prescribe you to take more, up to a limit of 2500 mg per day. Only do this on the advice of a physician, however.
Magnesium is one of the most important minerals for all aspects of health. It participates in over 600 different biochemical reactions[1] in your body.
Yet, over 80% of the population don’t get the minimum amounts of the types of magnesium they need from diet alone because US soil lacks it. Magnesium deficiency can increase all disease risks and keep you from performing optimally.
Even people who supplement tend to take types that are poorly absorbed, or they only take two types of magnesium at most. Each type benefits different tissues and organ systems, and if you are only taking one or two forms, you’re most likely still deficient.
BiOptimizers Magnesium Breakthrough is the only supplement on the market that offers the full spectrum of all seven types of magnesium specially formulated to reach every tissue in your body to provide maximum health benefits and reverse low levels which could be causing health issues.
DIRECTIONS: Take 1-2 capsules in the morning and at night. When you take magnesium in the morning, it supports brain function and stress response throughout the day. In the evening, high doses of magnesium promote relaxation and may help with sleep. It is better to take mineral supplements, such as magnesium, on an empty stomach because you will absorb it more efficiently.
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