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Magnesium Deficiency - How Does It Affect Your Body?

Dr.Pujah Kundaar · Accepted Answer

We all know about magnesium as a mineral, but what most individuals do not know is the fact that it is a very important mineral for our health. Magnesium is involved with more or less 300 complex metabolic processes in our body, thus earning the title of master mineral .

Here is a list of reasons why magnesium holds an important place in our body:

Magnesium is responsible for transportation of calcium across cell membranes. It helps calcium get into the bone matter. Magnesium is known to have anti-inflammatory property. It helps in reducing risk of developing the conditions mentioned below:

Arthritis
Alzheimer s disease
High blood pressure
Respiratory issues
Diabetes
Magnesium deficiency can create numerous health issues. This element works in our body at a cellular level. It is important to get yourself examined by your doctor to ensure your magnesium level is normal, however, a simple a blood test cannot determine the presence or absence of its deficiency. Here are a few signs that might suggest that an individual is suffering from magnesium deficiency.

Severe calcium deficiency presenting as brittle bones
Extreme and unexplained weakness
Tremors
Frequent and unusual muscle cramps
Difficulty in swallowing food
Nausea
Poor heart health
High blood pressure
Type 2 diabetes
Poor memory
Intense ,unexplained confusion
Unexplained anxiety
Although individuals with magnesium deficiency suffer from these symptoms, it is not necessary that every individual suffering from such symptoms might have magnesium deficiency. So, the only way to improve magnesium level in the body is by changing your diet and including magnesium rich foods or bby supplementing your food with magnesium-based food products.

Magnesium overdose is close to impossible and so many do not check their magnesium intake. However, consuming too much of anything can never be a good. Excessive magnesium intake might end up causing the following issues:

Irregular heartbeats
Difficulty in breathing
Nausea, vomiting and diarrhea
This excessive accumulation of magnesium in the body might be due to the fact that not all supplements are easily absorbed by our body. So it is a better idea to eat inexpensive food to keep the magnesium levels at par with our body requirements.

Here is a list of items that can relieve the deficiency symptoms of low magnesium.

Soya bean
Black beans
Sesame seeds
Almond
Spinach and many more

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