West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL (1888PressRelease)
March 28, 2008 - Magnesium helps regulate blood sugar level, keeps the heart rhythm and immune system and keeps bones strong. There is one really interesting role of magnesium - to manage disorders such as hypertension, disease, and diabetes.
Sometimes we called the magnesium "macromineral," which means that our food must provide us with hundreds of milligrams of magnesium every day. Inside us we have magnesium not only in our bones but in the muscles (25%), and in other cell types and body fluids. But we can't make magnesium in our body, we provide it through food and water. Magnesium is sometimes regarded as a "smoothie" mineral, since it has the ability to relax our muscles. Our nerves also depend up on magnesium to avoid becoming overexcited.
Functions of magnesium are really important for us. There are functions like: bone function, nerve and muscle relaxation and others. About two thirds of all magnesium in our body is found in our bones. Researchers have discovered that bone magnesium has two very different roles to play in our health - to give the physical structure of the bone and to stay on the surface of the bone. This surface magnesium doesn't appear to be involved in the bone's structure, but instead acts as a storage site for magnesium which the body can draw upon in times of poor dietary supply. Magnesium regulates the body's nerve and muscle tone. In many nerve cells, magnesium serves as a chemical gate blocker - as long as there is enough magnesium around, calcium can't rush into the nerve cell and activate the nerve. The nerve is kept relaxed. If our diet provides us with too little magnesium, this gate blocking can fail and the nerve cell can become over activated. So, the nerve cells message to the muscles to activate them and muscles become over activated, too. This thing explain how magnesium deficiency can trigger muscle tension, muscle spasms, muscle cramps, and muscle fatigue. Many chemical reactions in the body are provoked by enzymes. They are special proteins that help trigger chemical reactions. Over 300 different enzymes in the body require magnesium in order to function. That is the other important magnesium function - to involve in the metabolism of proteins, carbohydrates, and fats. It helps genes function properly. The metabolic role of magnesium is so diverse that it is difficult to find a body system that is not affected by magnesium deficiency. Our cardiovascular system, nervous system, muscles, kidneys, hormone-secreting glands, liver and brain all rely on magnesium for their metabolic function.
Magnesium in health
In general magnesium is used in engineering and in health, especially in medicine. Magnesium found an exceptional place in curing various diseases and is thus included into many medicines for its exceptional properties. It's the fourth most abundant part from human's body. Nearly 50 percent of the body's magnesium is contained within its cells.
Important to feeding and medicine, magnesium, like calcium and phosphorus, is considered a major mineral. Magnesium carbonate and sulfate forms have been used for centuries. Its main purpose was a resource as a laxative.
Magnesium is an important element in the body because it activates or is involved in many basic processes or functions, like:
1. Cofactor for over 300 enzymes;
2. Oxidation of fatty acids;
3. Activation of amino acids;
4. Synthesis and breakdown of DNA;
5. Neurotransmission;
6. Immune function;
7. Interactions with other nutrients, including potassium, vitamin B6, and boron.
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