What causes magnesium deficiency in the body

With the participation of magnesium in our body, almost all vital processes occur. This work is going on at the cellular level. Magnesium, in particular, is responsible for the balance of energy storage and expenditure. Every day our body needs about 350 mg of this element. Its deficiency leads to the emergence of a series of various pathological conditions. Even serious health problems can often be solved by replenishing this substance. How to recognize the lack of one of the most important elements in the body – magnesium? The fact is that a blood test in this case will not help. Magnesium deficiency is indicated by a number of symptoms.

The main signs of magnesium deficiency in the body

According to statistics, more than 80 percent of the population of large cities feel a lack of magnesium in the body. This may manifest itself as follows:

1. Deterioration of mental abilities, memory, increased absent-mindedness.
2. Feeling of weakness after a night's rest, fatigue.
3. Unreasonable feeling of anxiety, increased sensitivity, nervousness, various phobias and irritability.
4. Heart pains, surges in blood pressure.
5. Headaches, insomnia, muscle cramps.
6. Digestive disorders and weather sensitivity.
7. Increasing hair loss, caries.

Magnesium insures against heart disease and high blood sugar

Magnesium helps to relax stiff muscles and prevents muscle spasms, twitches and tics. But our heart is just the most powerful muscle of the human body. And at the same time a very hard working muscle. That is why the concentration of magnesium in the muscles of the heart ventricles is so high. The presence in the body of this mineral in sufficient quantities helps to protect against spasm of the coronary arteries, and therefore the development of myocardial infarction is prevented.  

Stroke, also fatal, mainly occurs in people suffering from high blood pressure. Lower blood pressure again under the power of magnesium. A sufficient amount of it in the body greatly facilitates cardiac activity in the circulation of blood. By dilating the coronary arteries, magnesium prevents platelets from sticking together into a fatal clot.

Insufficient supply of magnesium in the body can lead to atrial fibrillation, arrhythmias, collapse of the heart muscles. These pathological processes, in turn, seriously affect the pumping work of the heart, which consists in providing organs with blood. Lethal outcome in this case will be inevitable.

Electrolyte imbalance, which is due to low magnesium levels in the body, is believed to be the cause of sudden cardiac death in otherwise healthy young people.

And one more thing: usually atherosclerosis is accompanied by diabetes mellitus. The cause of this insidious disease is elevated levels of insulin and sugar. And today there is a growing avalanche of scientific evidence that magnesium increases cellular insulin resistance. Or, on the contrary, the insufficiency of the supply of this mineral in the body is necessarily characteristic of people suffering from diabetes. Therefore, it must be remembered that magnesium preparations must certainly be present during the treatment of this disease.

In conclusion, we note that magnesium is rapidly consumed in cells (in the meantime, penetrating into them and cementing in soft tissues) as well as an excess of calcium in the body. And to compensate for magnesium deficiency the following foods containing this mineral in sufficient quantities will help: brown rice, legumes, cereals that have not been processed, nuts, seaweed, seeds.

It is also recommended to boil fish, eggs and meat instead of frying to maximize the preservation of magnesium during food processing.