Magnesium: Are You Getting Enough?

[IFwczs]

This is an article from Dr. Weil (also copied and pasted below):

drweil.com/blog/health-tips...

Magnesium – the fourth most abundant mineral in the body – is in your bones, teeth, and red blood cells. It is essential for proper functioning of the nervous, muscular and cardiovascular systems, helps maintain bones, promotes normal blood pressure and open airways and is involved in energy metabolism.

How do you know if you aren’t getting enough? Signs of magnesium deficiency include:

- Irritability

- Muscle weakness

- Irregular heartbeat or heart palpitations

- Constipation or sluggish bowels

When taking magnesium, consider taking half as much as you do calcium, to offset calcium’s constipating effect and to ensure the appropriate balance of these two key minerals in the body. Look for magnesium citrate, chelate, or glycinate, and avoid magnesium oxide, which can often be irritating to the digestive tract.

Good dietary sources of magnesium include truly whole grains, leafy green vegetables (spinach is a great source), almonds, cashews and other nuts, avocados, beans, soybeans and wild-caught halibut. A diet high in fat may cause less magnesium to be absorbed, and cooking may decrease the magnesium content of food.

[Jesmcd2 CommunityAmbassador]

Good Article IFwczs thank you for sharing! I love cashews! And beer fried halibut? It's to die for! But I don't eat fish!🤢 Anymore.😂

How are you doing with the surgery? It was you right?🤔🤗💕

J🌠

[IFwczs in reply to Jesmcd2]

Glad you liked the article. I don't eat fish anymore either since I was diagnosed with mercury poisoning... But I think you confused me with someone about the surgery.

[greaterexp]

Thanks for posting this. My doctor prescribed magnesium glycinate several years ago. It’s always a good idea to see which form your doctor thinks is best for you.