The Amazing Magnesium Benefits - Dr. Berg

Hey , guys .

Today we're gonna talk about magnesium , a very interesting mineral .

There's a lot to know about it .

I'm just gonna take it from the top .

Magnesium is a cofactor .

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What is a cofactor ?

It's a helper element involved in the activation of certain enzymes .

There's actually 300 enzymes that magnesium is involved with .

And , the one that I'm gonna talk about is involved in the mitochondria , and it has to do with producing energy .

Without getting too technical , it's called the Krebs cycle .

Maybe you took biology in high school and you learned about the Krebs cycle .

Very , very simply , it's the combination of fuel or glucose , if you're gonna use glucose , or there's other fuels too , plus oxygen .

So the bio chemistry , might appear to be very complex , but if you think about a carburetor what is a carburetor ?

It's basically a device in your car or your lawnmower that is mixing a drop of fuel with oxygen in the right ratios to then ignite through a little spark plug to produce energy .

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Well , you have the same thing happening in the mitochondria , but the spark plug that activates the enzyme that ignites this combination of fuel and oxygen is magnesium and vitamin b 1 .

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I mean , there's other , other nutrients as well , but those 2 are the big ones .

So if if you don't have enough magnesium in your body , you're gonna , suffer from low energy .

You're gonna have fatigue .

There's other things too that you might experience .

Inability to relax .

So magnesium helps muscles relax , calms down nerves , slows the rate of nerve impulses , and it's really important in heart physiology .

If you don't have enough magnesium , you get cramps in the calves .

You get spasms .

You your muscles become very , very tight .

You might even develop something called atrial fibrillation .

Now that could also be a potassium mineral , another similar , mineral that has similar functions .

But atrial fibrillation is part of the heart is fibrillating .

It's not in rhythm and it's kinda quivering .

And that could be either a magnesium deficiency or a potassium deficiency .

You can get constipation .

Well , you have muscles around the colon .

You have this pumping action called peristalsis .

So if you don't have enough magnesium , everything kinda backs up and it doesn't work .

It's kind of like your whole colon becomes very , very tight and you might be bloated and you get constipated .

And because the muscles aren't relaxing , your blood pressure goes up .

If you can't relax , you're gonna have insomnia .

You're not gonna be able to sleep .

You're gonna have heart rhythm problems and palpitation , possibly chronic back pain .

A lot of times the muscles are just very , very , very tight .

They're in a spasm and it's gonna pinch around the nerve .

Migraines .

So you can see that magnesium deficiencies can create a lot of problems .

You also need vitamin d to help absorb magnesium .

So a lot of times people associate vitamin d just with calcium absorption , but you also need it for magnesium .

Magnesium and calcium also are needed .

So in other words , if you have too much or too little calcium , that's gonna affect the amount of magnesium that you are gonna be able to utilize and absorb .

Insulin resistance is a situation where you have , insulin doesn't connect with the cell that well .

The receptor is , like , blocking it .

So we have a resistance , which by the way always will increase the amount of insulin because you have the feedback loops aren't connecting .

So the body feels that it's not going in so it produces more .

So insulin resistance is a situation we have too much insulin and it's just blocked .

Well , when you have insulin resistance you can absorb magnesium and other minerals as well .

Now by taking more magnesium , you can improve insulin resistance .

You can increase the sensitivity of insulin and make insulin work better .

And also by taking magnesium , you can help the absorption of potassium .

So you can see there's a lot of relationship between vitamins and minerals and hormones .

They all work together .

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So where do you get magnesium ?

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Well , one of the best places are are foods that are high in chlorophyll .

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Chlorophyll is like the blood of the plant .

The chemistry of chlorophyll is very similar to your own blood , but your blood has iron as its main mineral and chlorophyll has magnesium .

So you wanna consume a lot more leafy greens to get your magnesium .

But the cool thing is you can also get the potassium .

You're gonna get calcium and your vitamins as well .

It's in nuts and seeds .

And as a last side point , the quantity of leafy greens you would need would be roughly around 7 cups to 8 cups or even up to 10 cups per day to get your , minimum amounts of magnesium .

But that way you'll get your potassium as well .

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