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Magnesium is essential to maintain and support many of the body’s interactions and functions and our overall metabolism, (over 300 in fact are dependent on magnesium), the regulation of blood pressure, heart health, our immune system, muscle and nerve function are all dependent on healthy levels of magnesium.
Our body’s contain about 25 grams of magnesium, just over half is in our bone structure the balance is in body tissue, muscle and body fluids; very often modern diets do not provide sufficient magnesium to maintain good health and body function.
Magnesium supports bone health and retention of calcium in bones, regulates calcium and vitamin D levels, both of which are essential to maintain bone health.
Diabetes risk has been linked to low magnesium levels in the body, it regulates and controls glucose and insulin metabolism and may also be linked to insulin resistance. This often develops with type 2 diabetes, it’s a case of what came first the chicken or the egg as insulin resistance may cause low magnesium levels.
Various types of headaches have been linked to magnesium deficiencies as magnesium deficiencies may cause blood flow restrictions, a combination of magnesium deficiencies and dehydration may also be linked to headaches and poor sleep patterns.
Conditions like premenstrual syndrome may be linked to a magnesium deficiency at this stage some work has been carried out on this area of research but anecdotally supplementation as this stage of each month may help PMS symptoms like bloating, mood swings and breast tenderness.
Anxiety and depression have been linked anecdotally to magnesium deficiency which seems to affect the activity of the hypothalamic-pituitary–adrenal glands, 3 glands which affect our reaction to stress.
Cardiovascular health is heavily dependent on magnesium to maintain the health of heart muscles specifically and muscles generally. Magnesium may assist in the regulation of blood pressure reducing the risk of stroke and congestive heart failure, irregular heartbeats and arrhythmia.
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