BODY HEALTH
Magnesium
and your health
By Dr. David Jockers
(NaturalNews) Magnesium is present in all cells of the body and is involved in over
300 enzymatic processes, including energy production. Magnesium is essential for
maintaining normal bone density, normal cardiac rhythmicity, normal pulmonary
function, and normal blood glucose regulation. Magnesium is one of the most
common world-wide deficiencies and it plays a role in most of the common health
struggles people face every day.
Most doctors are not trained to detect magnesium deficiencies. Magnesium deficiency
is often misdiagnosed because it does not show up in blood tests as only 1% of the
body's magnesium is stored in the blood.
Dr. Norman Shealy's, M.D., Ph.D. is an American neurosurgeon and a pioneer in pain
medicine says, "Every known illness is associated with a magnesium deficiency," and
that, "magnesium is the most critical mineral required for electrical stability of every
cell in the body. A magnesium deficiency may be responsible for more diseases than
any other nutrient."
Magnesium deficiency rates:
Research has shown that 68% of individuals in the US do not consume the daily
recommended amount of dietary magnesium and 19% do not ]