Magnesium The Miracle Mineral
More than seventy-five years ago, scientists declared magnesium to be an essential mineral for our physical health. In 2006 the World Health Organization re-declared the prime importance of magnesium to health. And yet, due to modern farming practices and present day food processing procedures, this mineral is largely depleted from our soils and food supplies.
Magnesium is one of the most depleted minerals, yet one of the most important. We imagine that medicine has advanced to the stage of miracle cures, yet it’s not technology that we’re lacking but basic nutrients that power our bodies and give us our health.
In a world of constant and rapid-fire change, our bodies are going through energy peaks and energy crashes every day. We’re exhausting our natural physical stores of energy, straining our bodies’ capacity to function at optimum and properly heal itself. Although we often can’t change the amount of work we are expected to perform, we can learn how to preserve and rebuild our energy levels naturally.
Magnesium regulates more than 325 enzymes in the body, the most important of which produce, transport, store, and utilize energy. Magnesium and the B-complex vitamins are excellent examples of energy nutrients, because they activate enzymes that control digestion, absorption, and the utilization of proteins, fats, and carbohydrates. Many aspects of cell metabolism are regulated by magnesium, such as DNA and RNA synthesis, cell growth, and cell reproduction. Magnesium also orchestrates the electric current that sparks through the miles of nerves in our body. Magnesium has numerous physiological roles, among which are control of nerve action, the activity of the heart, neuromuscular transmission, muscular contraction, vascular tone, blood pressure, and peripheral blood flow. Magnesium modulates and controls the entry and release of calcium from the cell, which determines muscular activity. Without magnesium, muscle and nerve functions are compromised and energy is diminished. We are operating with the power turned off. Because magnesium is involved with hundreds of enzymatic reactions throughout the body, deficiency can affect every aspect of life and cause a score of unhealthy symptoms. Without sufficient magnesium, muscle weakness, soft bones, anxiety, arrhythmia, diabetes, headaches, insomnia and heart disease can result.
The National Academy of Sciences has determined that most American men obtain about 80 percent of the recommended daily allowance (RDA) and women average only 70 percent. In addition, most magnesium researchers find that the RDA is inadequate to prevent magnesium deficiency, making the above statistics of even more concern. In spite of this concern, few medical doctors are sounding the alarm, so it is left up to you to inform yourself and protect your health and that of your family.
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Carolyn Dean, MD, ND is a medical pioneer with over 28 years of experience with health and wellness related issues. She is the medical director for the Nutritional Magnesium
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