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Monday, August 31, 2009

Magnesium Supplements Do You Really Need Them?

By Neil Butterfield

The short answer is yes, but do you know why? In today's trying times we are more likely to eat on the fly and gulp down whatever food is easiest than we are to eat vegetables picked from a garden. Then, once eating the easy food has left us overweight, we are likely to try the most recent fad diet or pill to lose this weight. That's why our diets do not supply us with enough magnesium, and why you need to take a magnesium supplement.

The good news is that around 75% of Americans already consume calcium, chromium, selenium, and magnesium supplements. Wait " its not all good news. If you are taking tablets or capsule minerals you are absorbing no more than 25% and most times its considerably less than that. In order to actually maximize absorption you need to take a liquid magnesium supplement. Actually this applies to all minerals. You should choose liquid ionic minerals for nearly 100% absorption.

Over the past 25 years, magnesium deficiencies have been on the rise, while heart disease, diabetes, and hypothyroidism have also been on the rise. If you're lacking magnesium, then you're probably also lacking chromium, zinc, calcium, as well as other minerals.

This brings up the question of which came first? Are people with these diseases lacking magnesium because of the disease, or was it the lack of magnesium that brought on the disease? Experts agree; it's a lack of magnesium that brings on these, and other, diseases.

A lack of magnesium can cause fatigue, migraines, leg cramps, depression, and loss of appetite, high blood pressure, nausea, and vomiting.

Its a well known fact that magnesium is a very important mineral that for the most part is overlooked. Over 90% of all Americans dont even get the recommended daily allowance of magnesium even when they do take a magnesium supplement because they are taking the wrong type of magnesium.

The RDA for men is 400 mg/day of magnesium and for women it is 320 mg/day. To meet that recommended daily allowance you would have to consume a very large quantity of foods that are high in magnesium. Foods like mixed nuts, leafy green vegetables, and whole grains are good sources of magnesium, but still in many cases enough magnesium is not consumed. Thats why a magnesium supplement can be such a good choice.

If you have renal failure you should not take a magnesium supplement until you have talked to your doctor.

Magnesium helps keep your bones strong your heart healthy, helps the absorption of calcium and potassium, and even helps those with cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes.

Did you know 80% of people with type 2 diabetes have a severe lack of magnesium? Similarly, people with high blood pressure or who suffer from coronary heart disease or have had heart attacks are also severely deficient in magnesium. Magnesium can also lower cholesterol more than 20%, and help menopausal or pregnant women in addition to warding off osteoporosis.

Since you now know you can no longer rely on the food you eat to keep you healthy, you now know why taking a liquid mineral supplement like magnesium is more important now than ever. - 17274

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