| What is magnesium good for? | | | | |
| | | | Magnesium is found in all of the foods you |
| Magnesium is used in over 300 enzymatic | | | | know you should be eating and probably are |
| reactions, which ranks it as the most used | | | | not. Whole grains and green leafy vegetables |
| mineral in the body. Patients with heart | | | | are a good source of magnesium and should be |
| disease, osteoporosis, migraines, high blood | | | | part of every meal. Fruit and nuts are a good |
| pressure, blood sugar disorders, muscle | | | | source of magnesium and can be used as foods |
| weakness, cramps and tremors usually have | | | | to snack on. |
| below normal levels of magnesium. Did you | | | | |
| know that over 80 percent of Americans are | | | | What is the Chiropractic connection? |
| deficient in magnesium? | | | | |
| | | | I have found patients with low levels of |
| Why are we deficient? | | | | magnesium who complain of tension headaches |
| | | | are prime candidates for magnesium |
| The reason most Americans do not receive | | | | supplementation. After a course of adjustive |
| enough magnesium is due to our diet and | | | | treatments along with restoring magnesium to |
| stress levels. Most Americans eat foods that | | | | proper levels I have seen tension headaches |
| are processed or enriched which contain | | | | disappear and not return. Athletes who |
| little or even no magnesium. The body expends | | | | complain of abnormal fatigue and chronic |
| much of its paltry supply to process | | | | injuries see vast improvement once proper |
| carbohydrates, cleanse itself of smog, | | | | biomechanics and magnesium levels are |
| pesticides and other daily toxins while | | | | restored. |
| perspiration and stress drain what is left. | | | | |
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| While some Americans claim they take a | | | | |
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| magnesium, in reality they are not getting | | | | Brandon Di Novi visit |
| what they are paying for. Most companies use | | | | |
| magnesium oxide as their source of magnesium. | | | | To order "Working Toward Wellness" Audio CD |
| This allows the supplement company to keep | | | | by Dr. Brandon DiNovi download your copy |
| costs low (which keeps profits up) and still | | | | today at |
| make the dose look appealing to the unknowing | | | | |
| consumer. Yet research shows that you only | | | | Dr. Brandon DiNovi received his Doctoral |
| absorb 1/10th of magnesium oxide! You should | | | | degree from Logan College of Chiropractic and |
| choose a supplement that contains magnesium | | | | a bachelor's degree in Exercise Science and |
| aspartate as the main source, which is a | | | | Wellness at Bastyr University. He received a |
| Krebs cycle intermediate and enhances the | | | | second bachelor's degree, in Biology, from |
| absorption rate. The Optimal Daily Allowance | | | | Logan College. |
| (ODA) is between 400-600 mg; this allowance | | | | |
| is for the elemental form of the mineral | | | | While attending Bastyr University Dr. DiNovi |
| hence why you want to take the aspartate | | | | focused on advanced nutritional therapies and |
| form. | | | | biomechanics. Dr. DiNovi secured an |
| | | | internship position with HealthSouth working |
| What foods contain magnesium? | | | | with their physical therapy department. |