Get StartedAre you missing out on some key nutrients for a healthy lifestyle? Magnesium is an essential electrolyte and can be found in many health supplements. This video explores why magnesium deficiency is so common, what the recommended daily allowance is, and how taking Magnesium supplements can positively impact your energy production, protein synthesis, muscle and nerve function, blood glucose control and more! Don't miss this essential health tip to start feeling your best!
Our ancestors probably ate a lot more magnesium than we do today, primarily due to the fact that, you know, soil quality is better and they obviously ate a lot less processed foods. So you probably didn't have as many issues as patients have today. Magnesium is a very important electrolyte that's involved in hundreds of processes like energy production, protein synthesis. muscle and nerve function, blood glucose control, and even blood pressure. A magnesium deficiency can cause fatigue, muscle cramps, anxiety, and depression, most importantly, in a regular heartbeat. Why do we have magnesium deficiencies? Standard American diet, or the SAD. Yeah, that's the acronym we use. It only provides 50 percent of recommended daily analysis of magnesium. So, diets that are high in refined sugars, like processed foods, high in saturated fats, if they drink frequently, if they drink a lot of coffee, even carbonated beverages. They tend to reduce magnesium absorption. If you're under a tremendous amount of stress, that can actually utilize magnesium up. And if you have like, GI issues, like prolonged diarrhea, you can get decreased magnesium. The recommended daily allowance is 420mg, but typically... I like to see patients to take a bit more than that. So I like to see anywhere between 800 to 1000 milligrams. And I usually split it up into two doses. You want to use a particular form. Now there's lots of different esters of magnesium. This is something that's kind of confusing. There is aspartate, citric. I personally prefer. the magnesium glycinate because it seems to be the most easily absorbed and it seems to go through the blood brain barrier and can be useful in terms of neurologic health. Oxide is the most common form of magnesium that you see in many supplements that are cheaper than ones that you might find at like, you know, big box stores, right? I am not a big fan of it because the absorption is far worse than listenate or citrate. You don't have to use supplements, you can get magnesium from a variety of sources. The biggest sources I see are in nuts like pumpkin seeds and chia seeds, almonds, but also vegetables like spinach and avocado. So those would be things that I would consider and encourage people to look into. If you like what you heard and you're interested in potentially working with me or joining the clinic, click on the link below to learn more about Summa Up and what the clinic and I can offer you.
