What is Magnesium?
Magnesium is a type of electrolyte. (1)
Magnesium is a type of mineral. (6)
Magnesium is the fourth most abundant mineral in the human body. (3)
What does magnesium do?
magnesium is involved in over 300 metabolic reactions in the human body (3)
energy production (3)
blood sugar regulation (2)
nerve signal transmission (2)
muscle contraction (3)
Magnesium has been show to be a remedy for headaches (2)
Evidence suggests that magnesium deficiency is more common in people who get frequent migraine headaches than in those who do not. (2)
is involved in over 350 different enzymes in the human body (6)
Magnesium and Humans
What is the RDA for magnesium?
What foods contain magnesium?
What are types of magnesium?
magnesium citrate (5)
magnesium glycinate (5) – dr. berg recommends (6)
magnesium chloride (5)
magnesium lactate (5)
magnesium malate (5)
magnesium taurate (5)
magnesium sulfate (5)
magnesium oxide (5)
Magnesium and Humans
What happens if a human body has a deficiency of magnesium?
Low levels of magnesium are linked to type 2 diabetes, heart disease, mood disorders, and migraine. (3)
Resources
1. https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/electrolytes#intro
2. https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/headache-remedies#remedies
3. https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/magnesium-types
4. https://health.clevelandclinic.org/foods-that-are-high-in-magnesium/
5. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/types-of-magnesium#types-of-magnesium
6. Seven Surprised magnesium benefits you don’t / dr. erc berg / 2/11/2023 youtube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtahmxKjfKs
7. https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Magnesium-HealthProfessional/
