there are some big mistakes people are making when they're taking magnesium and this is very important because of several reasons number one magnesium is hands down the most important mineral of the entire body it's involved in hundreds of different biochemical reactions everything from atrio fibrillation high blood pressure insomnia heart disease leg cramps and especially fatigue and it's so important but it's almost impossible to test because the majority of magnesium is not in your blood only 1% is in the blood the rest is inside your cells so unless you do a biopsy or a very specialized
test you're not going to know that you're deficient in magnesium based on what we eat in other factors most people are deficient in magnesium and if they don't know this information they might stop taking it and go off into a different direction and never solve the magnesium deficiency problem magnesium is a co-actor it's a helper nutrient in so many different areas of the biochemistry of your body I first want to talk about why people are deficient in the first place one big problem is a genetic weakness with the absor absorption of magnesium but honestly that's
actually very very rare the likelihood of you having genetic problem with magnesium is going to be low magnesium is dependent on vitamin D and the amount of people with genetic problems with vitamin D is off the charts what I think is happening is the average person is so deficient in vitamin D that puts him in a situation where magnesium can't work because magnesium is dependent on vitamin D and realize this the amount of vitamin D you actually need minimally is 10,000 IUS and that's just as a maintenance if you're on like 600 international units or
a thousand IUS you're not going to be able to absorb much magnesium if you have inflammation in the gut another reason is low stomach acid you need that acidic stomach to absorb minerals especially magnesium how does one know if they don't have enough stomach acid indigestion bloating heartburn all of those indicators mean that they need more acid to help you absorb magnesium if you're a pre-diabetic or a diabetic or you've been eating a lot of carbs for a period of time you have a problem with insulin and that could be the reason why you're not
absorbing magnesium because a lot of nutrients depend on normal insulin working in the body the best source of magnesium is magnesium glycinate you get absorption like 80% with that glycinate plus the glycinate helps people sleep and it helps them calm down helps them relax if you have too much calcium in the body and not enough magnesium you're going to get cramping in your calves you're going to get high blood pressure you're going to get arrhythmias because because magnesium controls calcium too much calcium causes contraction it raises blood pressure and check out what happened to this
person with blood pressure problems when they took magnesium I have to say that the first time I've actually had any meaningful relief from the pain is taking this high dose of magnesium and vitamin D so it's it's it's made a huge difference and that wasn't even really what it was intended it was intended for for the blood pressure but I think when your pain is alleviated then your blood pressure will go down and now I've reduced the the dose so I don't take 800 I take 600 of the magnesium and I take 20,000 of the
vitamin D and the bonus to the whole thing as the magnesium and vitamin D has had this calming effect on the inflammation of my body so it's still there but nowhere near the levels as uh what they were before I did this test so I'm thrilled interesting isn't it okay let's continue smoking alcohol block magnesium in a significant way if you're consuming too much sodas which are loaded with phosphoric acid that can cause the deficiency of magnesium all the refined sugars and refined starches and junk food deplete you of magnesium and of course the real
big Blocker of magnesium is with medications another big mistake that doctors make with magnesium is the fact that you cannot determine your magnesium levels from your blood the best way is just to understand what magnesium does and to look at the various symptoms and just start to eat more magnesium rich foods leafy greens will give you magnesium pumpkin seeds have magnesium chocolate has magnesium make sure you get the kind without sugar and also certain nuts another mistake that people make with magnesium is not taking magnesium long enough to see the change they're going to need
to take magnes magesium at least 1 to 3 months before they even start seeing a change because it takes time to fix the biochemistry in the body the same thing with arrhythmias that could take four to six months before you start to see changes does take time for this magnesium to really create an effect on the body if someone has leg cramps it could be a little bit quicker like 3 days but they should keep taking the Magnesium because just by getting rid of a cramp or like a twitch called petney on your skin can
happen pretty quick but to fully resolve it it could take weeks insomnia could take 4 weeks before a person starts seeing change if you don't see immediate change with the Magnesium don't think it's not working it's just taking more time if you have any digestive problems constipation diarrhea that means you don't have the right microbiome and that can greatly affect your ability to absorb magnesium if you go through a lot of chronic stress that could be the reason why the need for magnesium is very very high if you do a lot of exercise and you're
an athlete you need a lot more magnesium than the average person the normal rdas for magnesium like 400 milligrams might not be enough to create a therapeutic effect you might need a lot more to penetrate some of the barriers that are in your body 800,00 or even 1,600 milligrams every single day especially if you're dealing with something that's affecting you like right now and you want to see change what you can do is take it in a powder or a tablet and then spread it out through the entire day don't just take 1,600 and one
sitting because your body can only absorb a certain amount take it and spread it out through the day it'll be much better absorbed and it wouldn't hurt to at least one of the times when you take it is to take it with a tablespoon of alider vinegar and water with a straw and then use that liquid to acidify the stomach so you get better absorption all right thanks for watching and if you haven't seen this video on magnesium check it out
