What is magnesium?
Magnesium is an essential mineral often overlooked in our diet and health routines. Yet, magnesium plays a crucial role in numerous bodily processes and offers significant benefits for our overall health and well-being.
Magnesium is a mineral involved in over 300 enzymatic reactions in the body. It plays a role in energy production , muscle function , nerve signal transmission , and the metabolism of proteins, carbohydrates, cholesterol metabolism, temperature regulation, and healthy bones and teeth . Magnesium is essential for almost every aspect of our physiology.
Magnesium acts as a natural calming agent . It's therefore not surprising that many people in today's society have a magnesium deficiency . If you're under a lot of stress, your body uses more magnesium, and the amount of magnesium in your urine is also increased. In such a case, it's important to adjust your diet and eat magnesium-rich foods.
Half of your magnesium is found in the cells of your organs and tissues. The other half, along with calcium and phosphorus, is found in your bones. Only 1% is in your blood, making it very difficult to detect a magnesium deficiency through blood serum analysis. As a result, many magnesium deficiencies go undiagnosed.
How to recognize a magnesium deficiency
You can recognize a magnesium deficiency by the following signs
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General fatigue
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Headache and migraine
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Eyelid twitches
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Muscle cramps
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Spasms
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Increased startle responses
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Waking up because you think you're going to fall
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Stress: the more stress you experience, the more magnesium your body uses, causing a vicious circle
Which foods contain magnesium?
Unfortunately, your body doesn't produce magnesium. So you have to get your daily magnesium intake from food and supplement it with supplements if necessary.
Magnesium-rich foods include grain products, green (leafy) vegetables, avocado, nuts and seeds, fish (salmon, mackerel), bananas, apricots, apples, plums, quinoa, dark chocolate, and soy products.
If you do not eat enough of these nutrients, we recommend that you take extra magnesium in the form of supplements.
Benefits of magnesium
- Increased energy production: magnesium helps to combat tiredness and fatigue and supports an energy-yielding metabolism.
- Relaxed muscles and nerves
- Normal psychological functions
- Support for healthy bones and teeth
Facts about magnesium
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Magnesium and calcium work in competition and therefore cancel each other out. That's why we recommend taking magnesium in the evening, as you're likely to eat fewer calcium-rich products like yogurt then. You'll also sleep better then!
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It's not the amount of magnesium that matters, but its absorption . So always check that you're using the correct organic form of magnesium. Magnesium oxide, chloride, or sulfate are barely absorbed by the body, if at all, and only cause laxative side effects. That's why we choose magnesium bisglycinate , magnesium glycerophosphate , and magnesium malate , forms that are absorbed by the body. We combine three forms of magnesium in a single tablet to achieve various benefits and guarantee optimal absorption.
