How Magnesium Deficiency Impacts Your Health | Know Your Numbers
Mark Hyman
12 ene 2024
Mindsip insights from this episode:
Beware acid blockers: they can lead to magnesium deficiency
Common acid-blocking drugs used for reflux can cause magnesium deficiency because they block the stomach acid needed to absorb minerals.
Increase magnesium intake to reduce heart risk
The Rotterdam study reported that people with low serum magnesium had a 54% greater risk of sudden cardiac death.
Select magnesium forms for targeted health benefits
Different forms of magnesium have specific benefits, such as glycinate for sleep, citrate for constipation, and threonate for brain health.
Address magnesium deficiency to alleviate muscle irritability
Basically, anything that twitches, spasms, cramps, or is irritable in your body is likely related in part to inadequate magnesium levels.
Rethink serum magnesium test for accurate body levels
The common serum magnesium test is not a good indicator of your body's true magnesium levels because only 1% of your body's magnesium is in your blood.
Reduce sugar and starch intake to preserve magnesium levels
Eating high-starch and high-sugar foods depletes magnesium, as the more sugar you eat, the more magnesium you excrete.
Increase magnesium intake to reduce COVID-19 severity risk
A study on COVID-19 patients showed that those with the highest magnesium intake had 70% lower odds of developing severe symptoms.
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