COUNTRY LIFE Chelated Magnesium Tablet, 180 Tablets
Why do you need Magnesia?
Magnesium is a mineral that every cell in your body needs.
Magnesium is the mineral that every cell in your body needs. About half of the magnesium reserves in the cells of tissues and organs, the other half, along with calcium and phosphorus - in the bones. And only one percent of magnesium is found in the blood. Your body comes to work hard to maintain the optimal composition of blood for normal functioning.
Magnesium is needed for more than 300 biochemical reactions in your body. This mineral ensures the normal functioning of muscles and nerves, uniform heartbeat, bone strength. Magnesium is also involved in the process of energy metabolism and protein synthesis.
What food is rich in magnesium?
Green vegetables, such as spinach, are rich in magnesium because the chlorophyll molecule contains magnesium. Nuts, seeds and some whole grains are also a source of magnesium.
Although magnesium is present in many products, its share is relatively small. As well as nutrients, the daily requirement of magnesium is not enough in the food we eat. Eating a variety of foods, including taking five daily meals of fruits and vegetables and whole grains, will help provide your body with enough magnesium.
The magnesium content in refined foods is usually very low. Wheat whole grain bread contains two times more magnesium than white bread, since the rich in magnesium bran and ovary are removed during the processing of the flour. There are many dietary sources of magnesium.
Water is also a source of magnesium, but the amount of magnesium corresponds to the composition of water. Hard water contains more magnesium than soft water. It should be noted that when calculating the diet does not take into account the amount of magnesium present in the water, which can lead to an incorrect assessment of the total magnesium content in your body and its sources.
What is the recommended dietary magnesium content in the body?
The recommended dietary content (RDS) of magnesium is the average daily dietary level of magnesium in the body, which is necessary for 97-98% of individuals in each age and sex category. The table below shows the RDS 1999 for adults (in mg):
The results of two national studies conducted in the United States: a study of the health of the nation and nutrition (1988–91) and a study of human intakes (1994) show that the nutrition of most adult men and women does not contain the recommended amount of magnesium. Studies have also shown that adults 70 and above take less magnesium in their diet than younger people, and blacks consume less magnesium than white-skinned and Hispanic people.
When can magnesium deficiency occur?
Although studies show that many Americans do not consume the recommended amount of magnesium, magnesium deficiency is not so common in the United States in adults. When there is still a shortage of magnesium in the body, it is the result of excessive excretion of magnesium in the urine, problems with gastroenteritis, due to loss of magnesium, either due to a limited amount of magnesium intake, or due to a constantly low amount of magnesium intake.
Treatment with diuretics, antibiotics, and certain cancer drugs, such as Cisplatin, can increase the excretion of magnesium in the urine. A poorly controlled sugar disease also increases magnesium loss, which can lead to a depletion of magnesium reserves. Alcohol also leads to magnesium excretion, and excessive alcohol consumption inevitably leads to magnesium deficiency.
Problems with gastroenteritis, such as poor absorption, can cause magnesium depletion, preventing the body from taking magnesium from food. Chronic, excessive vomiting or diarrhea can also cause magnesium depletion.
Who may need additional intake of magnesium?
Healthy adults who eat a variety of foods usually do not need additional magnesium intake. Magnesium supplementation is usually prescribed if there are any health problems or when there are heavy loads that lead to excessive loss of magnesium or reduce magnesium absorption.
What health risks may be too high in magnesium?
Magnesium supplementation does not pose a health risk, however, overdosing of magnesium intake can cause a negative effect, such as diarrhea. Magnesium intoxication is most often associated with renal insufficiency, when the kidneys lose the ability to remove excess magnesium. Very large doses of laxatives can also lead to magnesium intoxication, even during normal kidney function. With age, the risk of intoxication with magnesium increases, as the proper functioning of the kidneys decreases with age, and the use of magnesium-containing laxatives and acid-neutralizing agents increases.
Signs of excess magnesium are similar to signs of its deficiency and include mental disorders, diarrhea, loss of appetite, muscle weakness, difficulty breathing, high blood pressure, irregular heartbeat.
The Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences has set a limit of 350 mg daily consumption of magnesium for adolescents and adults. Exceeding the limit can have an adverse effect on the body.
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