Magnesium: Are We Consuming Enough?
Nutrients 2018, 10(12), 1863; https://doi.org/10.3390/nu10121863
Mohammed S. Razzaque 1,2,3,4
1 Department of Pathology, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Erie, PA 16509, USA
2 Department of Oral Health Policy & Epidemiology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA 02115, USA
3 Department of Preventive & Community Dentistry, School of Dentistry, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of Rwanda, Kigali, Rwanda
4 College of Advancing & Professional Studies (CAPS), University of Massachusetts Boston (UMB), Boston, MA 02125, USA
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Nutritional Status and Bone Health)
Magnesium and Vitamin D contains the following summary
- Overview Magnesium and vitamin D
- Magnesium deficiency – causes and symptoms – May 2016
- Vitamins and Metals needed by the Immune System – Jan 2020
- Magnesium deficiency estimated by just 6 Yes No questions - Dec 2019
- Magnesium etc. reduced in crops (must supplement) – 2009
- The Importance of Magnesium in Clinical Healthcare (with level of evidence) – Sept 2017
- Magnesium is great for health, topical much faster than oral, MgCl is the best – 2019
- Magnesium is important for health but levels are low – July 2018
- 500 mg of Magnesium for 8 weeks increased Vitamin D about 30 pcnt – RCT July 2020
- Dr. Coimbra interview covering Vitamin D, Magnesium, Folate, Vaccines - Oct 2018
- How to get lots of Magnesium – especially needed for Coimbra MS and Autoimmune Protocol
Mg and Vitamin D
- Why Vitamin D is Useless without This Critical Nutrient (Magnesium) - Jan 2019
- Magnesium supplementation raises Vitamin D if initially less than 30 ng – RCT Dec 2018
- Magnesium is vital to Vitamin D in 4 places (maybe 8) – March 2018
- Magnesium and Vitamin D – recent deficiencies, needed, synergistic - good overview 2017
- Vitamin D Cofactors in a nutshell
- Magnesium and Vitamin D - similar, different and synergistic
Dr. Dean
- Some Podcasts by Dr. C Dean – Magnesium, Vitamin D, Iodine, etc.
- Magnesium and the body - depletion and reduced intake - Dean Oct 2019
- Magnesium, Vitamin D, Omega-3, TSH - importance and testing - Dean and Baggerly - Oct 2019
Number of studies in both of the categories of Magnesium and:
Bone
Overview Magnesium and vitamin D Has a svenn diagram of relationship of Mg and Vit D
| Magnesium | not Magnesium | |
| Vitamin D | Magnesium or Vitamin D Aging, Amytrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Alzheimer's Disease; Asthma, Attention Deficit Disorder; Autism, Cancer, Cerebrovascular, Chronic Fatigue, Diabetes, Hearing Loss, Heart Disease, Heart Attack, Atherosclerosis, Cardiovascular Disease, HIV, AIDS; Hypertension; Kidney Stones, Migraine Headache, Multiple Sclerosis, Obesity, Osteoporosis; Peripheral vascular disease; Pregnancy-related problems,Rheumatoid Arthritis; Sports-related problems, | Vitamin D only Acne, Allergy, Autoimmune, Bone, Breathing, Celiac, Cognition, Colds and Flu, Cystic Fibrosis, Dental, Fertility, Hyperparathyroid, Immunity, Kidney, Liver, Lupus, Osteoarthritis, Pain - chronic, Parkinson, Psoriasis, Rickets, Strokes, Sarcoidosis, Thyroid, Parathyroid, Tuberculosis, Vision, Hair, Skin, Sports |
| Not Vitamin D | Magnesium only Aggressive Behavior, Alcoholism, Arrhythmia, Cerebral Palsy, Chemical Sensitivity, Cluster Headaches; Cocaine-related Stroke; Constipation, Cramps, Fluoride Toxicity; Head Injuries, Central Nervous System Injuries, Magnesium Deficiency; Menopause, Mitral Valve Prolapse, Nystagmus, Psychiatric Disorders; Repetitive Strain Injury, Sickle Cell Disease, SIDS, Stress, Stuttering, Tetanus; Tinnitis, Sound Sensitivity; TMJ; Toxic Shock; Violence | Neither ALL OTHER DISEASES |
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Magnesium is essential for maintaining normal cellular and organ function. In-adequate magnesium balance is associated with various disorders, such as skeletal deformities, cardiovascular diseases, and metabolic syndrome. Unfortunately, routinely measured serum magnesium levels do not always reflect total body magnesium status. Thus, normal blood magnesium levels eclipse the wide-spread magnesium deficiency. Other magnesium measuring methods, including the magnesium loading test, may provide more accurate reflections of total body magnesium status and thus improve identification of magnesium-deficient individuals, and prevent magnesium deficiency related complications.
Magnesium Tests
Total serum magnesium -The most popular test, but only measures 1% of body content
Oral magnesium loading test
Intravenous magnesium loading test
RBC (red blood cell) magnesium content
Hair magnesium content
Muscle magnesium content (biopsy)
Bone magnesium content
24-h urinary magnesium
The ratio of ionized to total magnesium
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