More about Magnesium
All the muscles, including the heart and
blood vessels, contain more magnesium than calcium. If magnesium is deficient,
calcium floods the smooth muscle cells of the blood vessels and causes spasms
leading to constricted blood vessels and therefore higher blood pressure,
arterial spasm, angina, and heart attack. A proper balance of magnesium in
relation to calcium can prevent these symptoms. Calcium excess, stimulating the
cells in the muscular layer of the temporal arteries over the temples, can cause
migraine headaches. Excess calcium can constrict the smooth muscle surrounding
the small airways of the lung, causing restricted breathing and asthma. Finally,
too much calcium, without the protective effect of magnesium, can irritate
delicate nerve cells of the brain. Cells that are irritated by calcium fire
electrical impulses repeatedly, depleting their energy stores and causing cell
death. To understand how you can create a calcium/magnesium imbalance in your own body, try this experiment in your kitchen. Crush a calcium pill and see how much dissolves in 1 oz of water. Then crush a magnesium pill and slowly stir it into the calcium water. When you introduce the magnesium, the remaining calcium dissolves; it becomes more water-soluble. The same thing happens in your bloodstream, heart, brain, kidneys, and all the tissues in your body. If you don’t have enough magnesium to help keep calcium dissolved, you may end up with calcium-excess muscle spasms, fibromyalgia, hardening of the arteries, and even dental cavities. Another scenario plays out in the kidneys. If there is too much calcium in the kidneys and not enough magnesium to dissolve it, you can get kidney stones Find out more about Magnesium |
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