10 Signs You Are Deficient in Magnesium (And What To Do About It)

Some experts claim that magnesium deficiency is the single largest health problem in our world today. Following are symptoms that you may be experiencing a deficiency of the vital mineral.

1 – Calcification of the arteries, Unfortunately, this is one of the first symptoms to appear, as well as one of the most serious. Calcification of the arteries can occur from low magnesium levels. As a result, one’s preposition to develop coronary problems, like heart attacks, heart failure, and heart disease, is increased. Magnesium’s ability to prevent over-calcification is one reason why the Framingham Health Study found that consuming enough magnesium lowers the risk of coronary heart disease. Believe it or not, half of all heart attack patients received injections of magnesium chloride to help stop the blood clotting and calcification.

2 – Muscle Spasming & Cramping This is one of the most notable symptoms of being deficient in magnesium. Just as calcification can cause stiffening of the arteries, it can cause stiffening of muscle tissue, as well. This can result in awful cramps and spasms. Fortunately, consuming enough magnesium (or supplementing the nutrient) can reduce the incidence of this symptom.

3 – Anxiety & Depression Anxiety and depression affect millions of people. Could something as simple as magnesium helps to reduce the blues? Research suggests “yes.”Psychology Today explains one possible reason: “Magnesium hangs out in the synapse between two neurons along with calcium and glutamate. If you recall, calcium and glutamate are excitatory, and in excess, toxic (link is external). They activate the NMDA receptor. Magnesium can sit on the NMDA receptor without activating it, like a guard at the gate. Therefore, if we are deficient in magnesium, there’s no guard. Calcium and glutamate can activate the receptor-like there is no tomorrow. In the long term, this damages the neurons, eventually leading to cell death. In the brain, that is not an easy situation to reverse or remedy.”

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12 Health Benefits of Magnesium Supplements

“1. Keep the beat on a healthy heart

Magnesium benefits your heart in many ways—most notably, this mineral is involved in the electrical stimulation that maintains our heartbeats. Because of this, research has also found that supplementation can help support a healthy degree of variations in sequences of heartbeats, otherwise referred to as our “heart rate variability.” You might be thinking you shouldn’t have any variations in your heartbeat. People mistakenly assume your heart should beat like a metronome (i.e., steady and consistent), but in fact, a healthy heart will have some amount of variation.

2. Maintain already-healthy blood pressure

Much like a slight counterclockwise turn on a spigot attached to a hose with too much water pressure, magnesium helps your blood vessels relax, supporting your body’s ability to maintain blood pressure within already-healthy ranges. This relationship between magnesium and healthy blood pressure was confirmed by a meta-analysis, which calculated combined results from 34 clinical trials totaling more than 2,000 subjects.

3. Sharpen your brain

Magnesium helps support neuroplasticity, which includes the ability to form new connections related to learning and memory. The predicament is that most forms of magnesium are not readily utilized by the brain. It is for these reasons that scientists at MIT  developed a specific form of magnesium called magnesium L-threonate, which has a higher brain magnesium loading ability.

In a randomized-controlled trial, 12 weeks of magnesium-L-threonate supplementation was associated with a 20% increased speed in tests of executive function (reasoning, problem-solving, and planning), whereas the placebo group was unchanged.

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