Top 10 reasons to be taking magnesium

TOP TEN REASONS YOU SHOULD BE TAKING MAGNESIUM

Why do I need supplements, Cant I just get all the vitamins and minerals I need from my diet?

This such a common question,  which many clients pose and yes! Of

course you should be able to get all your requirements for health and fat loss from the food that you eat. Yet, sadly with today’s agricultural changes, often our soils are stripped of the very elements we need from our fruits and vegetables & meat,  fish and poultry sources, plus the fact that we are so time poor therefore the variety within most of most our our diets to tell you the truth ....really suck! We often eat refined foods, that are poor quality at best, so we just don’t consume the amounts of minerals and vitamins in our diets required to support training, energy, optimal health and fat loss.

What foods contain magnesium? Spinach, pumpkin seeds flaxseeds cashew nuts, artichokes, wild salmon, grapefruit and bananas to name a few. 

1. Since every organ within our body requires magnesium for optimal function, highlights it's importance. It is involved in a whopping 300 biochemical reactions with our body. Because magnesium enables energy production it's super important for training! It also helps to regulate calcium protein synthesis, copper, zinc, potassium and vitamin D levels.

2. Up to 75% of the worlds population has magnesium deficiency which highlights the fact that our soils are stripped of the micronutrients therefore not allowing us to digest this in our foods.

3. Magnesium helps to promote recovery by supporting sleep, it has a calming effect on your body. From a fat loss point of view getting good quality sleep is essential for fat loss as it aids growth hormone release, the hormone that is released during sleep and helps you to become leaner and stronger.

4. Helps you to get leaner and protects you against type 2 diabetes. Magnesium enables your body to be sensitive enough for insulin which then allows you to process all your food better, promoting fat loss enabling you to become leaner and protects your health against type 2 diabetes

5. Helps depression. Magnesium is required for serotonin release in your brain. This is your feel good hormone in your body. Deficiencies in magnesium can lead to stunted serotonin release which then can lead to depression.

6. Improves testosterone levels. We need testosterone, ladies you too! Testosterone levels are important for muscle growth and body fat stripping AKA body shape improvement. If you want to rip up those abs... 

7. Helps you to cope with DIS-stress better. Adrenaline is released in droves when your put under too much DIS-stress, which then depletes your magnesium supplies, in effect hindering your ability for fat loss.

8. Slows down the ageing process. Protects you from wrinkly skin on the outside and keeps your organs healthy on the inside as it works on your bodies processes at a DNA level, helping to divide and stabilise.

9. Plays an active role in promoting bone density. Because it helps to regulate calcium and vitamin D in your body Magnesium helps to promote bone density.

10.Helps with muscle spasms. Magnesium supports muscular contractions and neuromuscular signals so your muscles contract and relax properly. If you cramp or your muscles go into spasm this can be a sign of magnesium deficiency.

Which magnesium supplements should you be taking? There are many magnesium supplements out there on the market which makes it very confusing at best. Important to note you must consult with your health professional before taking any supplements. It’s believed that magnesium in citrate, chelate and chloride forms are absorbed better than magnesium supplements in oxide and magnesium sulphate form.