Diabetics Foods – Magnesium Benefits
Diabetics Foods – Magnesium Benefits
Most people have a magnesium deficiency
Magnesium is used mainly in the brain, muscles and skeleton but is also responsible for more than 300 enzyme reactions and is found in all body tissues.
- It is need to make energy threw your cells
- Body chemical pumps use it to work
- It stabilize membranes
- Helps muscles to relax.
- It is an antidote to stress
- It is a relaxing mineral (Promotes sleep)
Signs, Symptoms of Magnesium deficiency
- Cramps
- Constipation
- Stiffness(tight)
- Headaches/migraines
- High blood pressure
- Menstrual cramps
- PMS
- Anal spasms
- Irritable and sensitive to noise
- Anxiety
- Autism
- Insomnia
- Chronic fatigue
- Kidney stones
- Irritable bladder
- Obesity
- Osteoporosis
There are over 3,500 medical references on magnesium deficiency
Reasons for Magnesium deficient:
- We tend to eat only refined foods that are processed to the limit like white flour, dairy and meat (which has no magnesium).
- Alcohol
- Soda’s has phosphoric acid in it.
- Salt
- Coffee
- Medication like antibiotics and some high blood pressure pills
- Water pills (diuretics)
- Menstruation
- Diarrhea
- Stress
Foods High In Magnesium
- Avocado
- Barley
- Beans, soy beans
- Brown rice
- Figs
- Dates
- Garlic
- Greens collard and dandelion
- Kelp
- Nuts ( almonds, cashews, brazil, pecans, millet, walnuts, ext)
- Parsley
- Sea vegetables (seaweed)
- Shrimp
- Sley
- Wheat Bran, wheat germ
Daily Magnesium requirements
- 300mg is minimum requirement
- 400mg to 1000mg might be better depending your circumstance
Most people get less than 200mg
Over dosing on magnesium leads lead to diarrhea
Preferred absorbable forms of magnesium
- magnesium citrate
- glycinate taurate,
- aspartate
- malate, succinate, fumarate
Avoid these poorly absorbed forms of magnesium
- magnesium carbonate sulfate
- gluconate
- oxide
Magnesium sulfate (Epsom salts) – taking a hot bath is a good way to absorb it.
Hospitals use it in conventional medicine
Intravenous magnesium –
- Used when a patient is dying of arrhythmia (irregular heart beat) and heart failures
- Used for pregnant women with pre-eclampsia (high blood pressure) or women with pre-term labor.
- Also used for seizures
Liquid magnesium citrate (milk of magnesia) –
- used for constipated
- emptying bowels to prepare for colonoscopy
WARNING- Magnesium should not be used by people with heart disease and kidney problems (only take instructions from your doctor).
Magnesium is not a drug but this mineral is a team player and it is best when taken with others like vitamin D and B6. Taking a regular magnesium supplement will help to protect against a lot of illnesses.
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