This Micronutrient Improves Blood Pressure, Bone Health, & Vitamin D Levels
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April 2nd 2024
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Nearly 50% of the U.S. population doesn't get adequate magnesium from their diet. The adverse health effects of this are plenty. Here we discuss those related to bone health, blood pressure, and vitamin D metabolism.
In this video, expect to learn:
- Why, if you're not getting enough magnesium, the body compensates by extracting it from our bones
- Whether or not supplementing with magnesium can help prevent osteoporosis
- How inadequate magnesium intake increases vitamin D deficiency risk
- The percentage of people who have inadequate magnesium intake
- The percentage of young adults aged 18 to 39 that have high blood pressure (and how this increases dementia risk)
- The magnesium supplementation dose proven to lower systolic and diastolic blood pressures
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Magnesium News
- Nearly half of people with type 2 diabetes have multiple micronutrient deficiencies—the most common being vitamin D.
- Low magnesium levels drive DNA damage, especially among people with high homocysteine.
- Magnesium supplementation reduces post-workout muscle soreness and enhances recovery in both recreational runners and elite athletes.
- Intensive lifestyle modification that includes diet, exercise, and stress management improves cognitive function and slows disease progression in older adults with mild cognitive impairment while also reversing biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease.
- Chronic migraines increase the risk of developing vascular dementia by 33 percent – even for younger, otherwise healthy individuals.
