INFORMATION ON MAGNESIUM CITRATE (8.5% ELEMENT)
Magnesium citrate is a magnesium preparation in salt form, with citric acid.
Magnesium is an essential mineral and an important electrolyte in the body. If a deficiency is treated with supplementation, magnesium has a sedative affect resulting in a reduction of blood pressure and an increase in insulin sensitivity.
Research has shown that magnesium could improve both performance under extreme physical stress, as well as oxygenation of the muscles.
It has also been found that maintaining appropriate magnesium levels in the body, protects it against depression and ADHD.
Magnesium citrate increases water in the intestines and thereby relieving constipation.
Citric Acid is an intermediate in the Krebs Cycle, and crucial for cellular functioning and energy production, as well as increasing the water solubility of magnesium, in magnesium citrate.
Citric acid is protective, the more citric acid in your urine, the more protected you are against forming renal stones.
How it works:
Magnesium citrate works through osmosis - a process where water is attracted through the tissues. Once in the intestine, it can attract enough water into the intestine to help bowel motility and acts as a laxative, hence its usage in treatment of rectal and colon problems.
POPULAR USE & PUBLISHED BENEFITS bbbb
- Lowers blood pressure
- Reduces glucose tolerance
- Help reduce asthmatic symptoms
- Aerobic exercise capacity and muscle oxygenation
- Increase mineral bone density
- Reduces migraine symptoms
- Sleep quality / psychological health
- Reduces PMS symptoms
- Constipation / GIT health
- Prevent renal stones
WHOLE FOODS
Magnesium rich foods:
- Dark leafy greens (spinach, swiss chard, kale)
- Brazil nuts, sesame seeds, almonds, cashews, pine nuts, mixed nuts, peanuts, pecans, walnuts, squash and pumpkin seed
- Fish: mackerel, pollock, turbot, tuna
- Soybeans, white beans, french beans, black-eyed peas, kidney beans, chickpeas, lentils, pinto beans
- Whole grains, quinoa, millet, bulgur, buckwheat, wild rice, whole wheat pasta, barley, oats
- Avocados, Bananas, dried fruits (prunes, apricots, dates and raisins)
- Dairy, yogurt, goats cheese, mozzarella
- Dark chocolate
RECOMMENDED USE
- Range: 50 - 1000mg daily
- Popular use: 250mg daily
- Single / divided doses
- Should be taken with food