Nowadays, almost everyone knows that vitamins and minerals are essential for good health. They help build tissue. They regulate many physiological and hormonal reactions. They strengthen the immune system.
Therefore, a deficiency in vitamins or minerals can cause great damage to your health. From this point of view, magnesium is absolutely essential.
Quels sont les rôles du magnésium ?
It contributes to the formation of teeth and bones. It activates enzymes. It regulates the level of calcium in the blood. It helps produce cellular energy and allows the assimilation and action of other nutrients such as zinc, copper, potassium and vitamin D on which the functioning of our vital organs depends: hearts, kidneys, muscles and brain.
On trouve du magnésium dans certains aliments tels que les fruits secs, les céréales complètes et certains légumes verts, mais si l’on est carencé, ces apports seront vraisemblablement insuffisants d’autant que la flore intestinale n’est pas toujours optimale chez la plupart d’entre nous.
Other factors of daily life deplete the reserves of magnesium: processed food (chemical additives), alcohol, drugs, pollution, disease (viruses, bacteria, diarrhea among others), stress, heavy menstruation, pregnancy ...
Magnesium deficiency can be difficult to recognize because it can manifest itself in a variety of symptoms.
Dépression : une étude menée par l’Institut de recherche Eby George (Science.NaturalNews.com) démontre qu’une carence en magnésium peut provoquer des troubles neurologiques et même des « lésions neuronales » au niveau du cerveau, ce qui peut conduire à la dépression. Cela avait déjà été révélé par une étude de 1921 ! Un essai clinique plus récent (2008) a prouvé que le magnésium est réellement aussi efficace que les antidépresseurs pour le traitement des patients diabétiques souffrant de dépression. Il n’occasionne aucun des effets secondaires contrairement aux traitements médicamenteux lourds de conséquence.
Restless Legs Syndrome: Recently recognized by the medical community, this condition causes a feeling of nervousness and muscle tension in the legs and sometimes arms. People feel a constant and uncontrollable urge to move a limb. In most cases, it gets worse during the night, making it almost impossible to sleep.
Heart rhythm disorders: these will be referred to as palpitations, rhythm disorders, or even cardiac arrhythmias, which people experience as a throbbing sensation of the heart in the chest. This distressing feeling can last from a few seconds to a few minutes or more. An article published by the University of Maryland Medical Center mentions that women with good blood magnesium levels have a lower risk of death from coronary heart disease. The article explains that intravenous magnesium injections (a method used in some hospitals) reduce the risk of heart rhythm disorders and atrial fibrillation.
Les spasmes ou crampes musculaires : les sportifs savent combien les crampes musculaires peuvent être Ce problème récurrent est souvent la manifestation d’une carence en magnésium surtout si cela survient au repos et la nuit.
Migraines: a "Headache, Migraine" article (Depth report) published by the New York Times explains that magnesium supplementation avoids the need for drug treatments for migraines. Magnesium deficiency is clearly linked to an increased risk of migraines, particularly in women whose migraine onset is related to menstrual cycles. Magnesium, which also relaxes the blood vessels, seems to act on headaches with circulatory connotations caused by "muscular tension and irregular blood circulation".
Les bénéfices d’une supplémentation en magnésium
If you have one or more of these symptoms, you may want to consider taking a complément de magnésium of quality.
The minimum daily intake recommended by the health authorities is 400 to 420 mg for adults, knowing that if you want to obtain a therapeutic effect, you must double, triple or even quadruple this dosage, especially for adult women (still menstruating), postmenopausal women, during pregnancy or breastfeeding.
The only contraindication to supplementation is the use of cardiac medications that affect the calcium/magnesium balance. In this case, it is recommended that you seek the advice of your doctor before taking magnesium supplements.
Sources :
1) http://science.naturalnews.com
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