Did you realize that 57% of population is deficient in magnesium it’s mainly because they don’t eat enough leafy greens but magnesium is found a deficiency of magnesium is found in 80% of heart attacks. So it’s really important in the cardiovascular function because where calcium controls the contraction of the heart magnesium controls the relaxation of the heart. Magnesium clears out that calcium so then you can relax so you always need them in proper ratios.

Effects of magnesium

Arrhythmias

So if you’re deficient in magnesium you tend to get arrhythmias and that could be anything from a skip beat to an extra beat to an abnormal beat to a flutter to fibrillation atrial fibrillation to a palpitation where it’s a little hesitation all that electrical rhythm sort of speak the pacemaker problem would be magnesium and then we have hyper irritability.

Cramps and  sleep

Cramps of the heart angina pain right here spasm of the arteries that’s coronary constriction. This is great for it help you sleep at night because it’s a calming mineral soft tissue calcium. So what happens magnesium helps lower the calcium buildup in the body. So yes vitamin D and vitamin k2 will also help it but magnesium is another key mineral to help balance the excess calcium in your body. So if you’re deficient magnesium you could have a tendency to have more Spurs you can have arthritis bursitis tendinitis calcium on the eye is cataract kidney stones golf stones tartar on the teeth calcium buildup on the nerve a little twitching called tetany.

High blood pressure

Then we have high blood pressure because magnesium is supposed to relax and calm things down. People take it for constipation as well to help relax the muscles in your colon.

Memory problem

You’re deficient you may be it might have memory problems or learning disabilities or you’re just learn as fast as you would like.

What causes a magnesium deficiency?

Diet

The diet because people don’t consume enough leafy greens. It’s also in nuts it’s in seeds, it’s in a lot of other foods. It’s an eggs but mainly it’s in leafy greens.

Stress

Stress depletes magnesium. Magnesium helps reduce cortisol magnesium reduces adrenaline.

Vitamin D deficiencies

Vitamin D deficiencies. So you need vitamin D not just to absorb calcium but to absorb magnesium.

Acid reflux

Really is not enough acid and so the valve doesn’t close and the acid shoots up and you get heartburn. So that means you need to acidify the stomach so you can fix that valve and then absorb the minerals.