It plays an essential role in health through its involvement in some 200 plus chemical reactions involved in a vast range of essential bodily functions. This includes having an involvement in the digestion of carbohydrates, fats and proteins.
Also, bone building, nervous as well as muscular functions and making energy available in the body from food.
Considering that most people don’t realise that they have magnesium deficiency it is worth looking at the signs and symptoms when deficient.
Signs that could indicate a magnesium deficiency are:
Feelings of tiredness and fatigue
Sure this could be due to a number of things such as an iron mineral deficiency leading to anaemia or erratic blood sugar levels caused by poor diet or body control. But remember; low magnesium levels could be the reason since this mineral has an involvement in energy production.
Arrhythmia (irregular heartbeats)
As stated earlier magnesium has an important involvement in muscle function. Irregular heartbeats (of the heart muscle) could be due to a deficiency in this mineral.
Cramps, spasms or muscle contractions
Keep in mind that these things could happen without exercising or hard work. These things can happen during the advanced stages of magnesium deficiency. A spasm could occur through the narrowing of the coronary arteries restricting blood flow to the heart… This may lead to chest pain (angina) or even a heart attack (myocardial infarction)…
Dizzy spells
Another one that could be due to many different reasons but a magnesium deficiency cannot be ruled out as a possible cause. The more deficient in this mineral the greater the dizziness or vertigo becomes.
Depression
Depression could also be linked to a deficiency since magnesium has an involvement in the making of serotonin the neurotransmitter in the brain.
This is known for making us feel good.
