The body is filled with a copious number of vitamins and minerals. Each doing their own job, creating a seamless rhythm with one another, bringing energy, nutrients and life to a sack of flesh, blood and bones. It’s absolutely amazing to learn and understand how the body is made up of so made different and ever-changing things but can function as a whole. In this paper I will explain how just one mineral can play a massive role in keeping your nerves, muscles and bones healthy.
Magnesium is a cofactor in more than 300 enzyme systems that regulate varied biochemical reactions in the body, including protein synthesis, muscle and nerve function, blood glucose control, and blood pressure regulation. It’s crucial for energy production, oxidative phosphorylation, and glycolysis. It contributes to the physical growth, formation and strengthening of teeth of bone and is vital for the synthesis of DNA, RNA, and the …show more content…
Certain medications, low intake or an excessive loss of magnesium due to medical conditions can lead to a deficiency. Symptoms can include weakness, confusion, convulsions, bizarre muscle movements or cramps, hallucination, facial tics, poor sleep, difficulty in swallowing, chronic pain and growth failure in children. Severe deficiency can result in hypocalcemia or hypokalemia. People with gastrointestinal disease, type 2 diabetes, alcohol dependency, and the elderly are more at risk for deficiency (ODS)
In healthy individuals, an oversupply of magnesium through diet does not pose a threat because the kidneys eliminate the excess amount through urine. However, magnesium toxicity can occur through dietary supplements or medication. Symptoms can include hypotension, nausea, vomiting, retention of urine, muscle weakness, difficulty breathing, irregular heartbeat and cardiac arrest. Impaired renal function or kidney failure can increase the risk because excess magnesium cannot be
Magnesium is a cofactor in more than 300 enzyme systems that regulate varied biochemical reactions in the body, including protein synthesis, muscle and nerve function, blood glucose control, and blood pressure regulation. It’s crucial for energy production, oxidative phosphorylation, and glycolysis. It contributes to the physical growth, formation and strengthening of teeth of bone and is vital for the synthesis of DNA, RNA, and the …show more content…
Certain medications, low intake or an excessive loss of magnesium due to medical conditions can lead to a deficiency. Symptoms can include weakness, confusion, convulsions, bizarre muscle movements or cramps, hallucination, facial tics, poor sleep, difficulty in swallowing, chronic pain and growth failure in children. Severe deficiency can result in hypocalcemia or hypokalemia. People with gastrointestinal disease, type 2 diabetes, alcohol dependency, and the elderly are more at risk for deficiency (ODS)
In healthy individuals, an oversupply of magnesium through diet does not pose a threat because the kidneys eliminate the excess amount through urine. However, magnesium toxicity can occur through dietary supplements or medication. Symptoms can include hypotension, nausea, vomiting, retention of urine, muscle weakness, difficulty breathing, irregular heartbeat and cardiac arrest. Impaired renal function or kidney failure can increase the risk because excess magnesium cannot be