Eating to many carbohydrates and simple sugars, emotional stress, alcohol consumption and physical stresses such as disease, inflammation, and excessive exertion ( tennis, bicycling, and running) are some of the many ways Americans lose magnesium, a critical trace element essential to physical health and well-being.
In this issue I will explain the benefits of magnesium. the sources, roles in the body, functions of magnesium, symptoms of deficiency, and reasons for magnesium supplementation.
Magnesium is a key element in cellular metabolism. The higher the metabolic rate of a cell, the higher its magnesium requirement. The mineral is also extensively involved in vital enzyme systems throughout the body. Its positive charge triggers many enzyme reactions, of which over 300 are known. Even the important nuclec acids of the cells, DNA and RNA, are stabilized by this minerial.
Magnesium is the mineral I find most often as a deficiency in clients. It is also the one mineral I will give to clients based on symptoms while waiting for test results.