Health benefits of Magnesium
November 10th 2007 08:30
Doctors, nutritionists and health experts frequently ram home the importance of providing our bodies with adequate levels of vitamins and minerals.
The busy lifestyles - i.e. working longer hours, pressures at home/work, studying for long hours - that many of us lead invariably leads to increases in stress levels which can have many affects on our bodies including sleeplessness, loss of appetite etc.
One vital mineral that is essential to our well-being is magnesium.
Magnesium is a shock-absorber thus helping to prevent the body from experiencing excessive stress. Besides this benefit, it is also vital to hundreds of enzyme reactions and has more health benefits attributed to it than any other mineral!
Other health benefits of magnesium include:
- helping the body absorb calcium and also plays an important role in the strength and formation of teeth and bones
- helping stabilise the rhythm and prevention of abnormal blood clotting of the heart
- maintaining healthy blood pressure levels
- relieving stiff muscles.
Despite all these beneficial properties, many people do not maintain adequate levels of magnesium. For this reason, taking magnesium supplements in one's diet is very important.
There are many over the counter magnesium supplements that you can buy and one of them is in the form of magnesium citramate capsules. Studies show that mineral citrates have superior absorption thus magnesium is better absorbed in citrate form. Available as vegetarian capsules, magnesium citramate typically contains 150mg of magnesium per capsule and the recommended dosage is between one to two tablets before bedtime.
For best results and/or to see what works best for you, please consult your health care professional before adding any supplements to your existing diet.
The busy lifestyles - i.e. working longer hours, pressures at home/work, studying for long hours - that many of us lead invariably leads to increases in stress levels which can have many affects on our bodies including sleeplessness, loss of appetite etc.
One vital mineral that is essential to our well-being is magnesium.
Magnesium is a shock-absorber thus helping to prevent the body from experiencing excessive stress. Besides this benefit, it is also vital to hundreds of enzyme reactions and has more health benefits attributed to it than any other mineral!
Other health benefits of magnesium include:
- helping the body absorb calcium and also plays an important role in the strength and formation of teeth and bones
- helping stabilise the rhythm and prevention of abnormal blood clotting of the heart
- maintaining healthy blood pressure levels
- relieving stiff muscles.
Despite all these beneficial properties, many people do not maintain adequate levels of magnesium. For this reason, taking magnesium supplements in one's diet is very important.
There are many over the counter magnesium supplements that you can buy and one of them is in the form of magnesium citramate capsules. Studies show that mineral citrates have superior absorption thus magnesium is better absorbed in citrate form. Available as vegetarian capsules, magnesium citramate typically contains 150mg of magnesium per capsule and the recommended dosage is between one to two tablets before bedtime.
For best results and/or to see what works best for you, please consult your health care professional before adding any supplements to your existing diet.
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The best way to get enough magnesium is to eat a variety of whole foods, including whole grains, nuts, seeds and vegetables, preferably food grown on naturally composted soil. The green color of green vegetables is due to chlorophyll, which is a molecule that contains magnesium. Avoid refined processed foods, especially white sugar and white flour products, as most magnesium is removed from them.
if you want magnesium tablet/capsule there is form of magnesium chloride, known as Slow-mag, has been most useful for the patients.
also there is magnesium taurate I have found to , an unusual form of magnesium in which magnesium is chemically combined with the amino acid derivative taurine, is particularly well utilized and beneficial. This is because some of the same effects that one hopes to get from magnesium, such as the calming effect on the nervous system, and the strengthening effect on heart muscle, is also gotten with taurine. So, the two are synergistic together. I use it in all forms of cardiac and nervous system disorders.
The recommended daily allowance or RDA for magnesium is 350 milligrams of elemental magnesium.it is important when reading the label of a supplement containing magnesium, it is important to distinguish between the number of milligrams per tablet or capsule of the entire magnesium complex versus the number of milligrams of elemental magnesium or pure magnesium. The important number is the one that refers to the elemental magnesium.
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