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Dietary Supplements – Calcium and Magnesium
Many health care professionals
don’t see the need for supplements of vitamins
and minerals, but it is possible to become deficient
in these building blocks for the human body when we
are under the stress of illness, pregnancy or aging.
Many health care professionals
don’t see the need for supplements of vitamins
and minerals, but it is possible to become deficient
in these building blocks for the human body when we
are under the stress of illness, pregnancy or aging.
Children can often eat junk foods to excess and miss
out on their daily nutritional requirements. The unborn
child makes heavy nutritional demands on the mother,
while those in the older age bracket often find their
stomach doesn’t absorb nutrients like it should.
Adolescents and young adults
often have stress of an emotional kind with school exams
and late hours for whatever reason. Mothers of young
children rarely have a moment to call their own so their
bodies are under constant stress and often they have
to cope with sleep deprivation too. Sometimes we can
go for years feeling overtired or with other minor problems
without realizing that they could be alleviated by the
addition of certain dietary supplements.
Cramps in the lower limbs,
restless leg syndrome and sleeplessness are all eased
by the addition of calcium and magnesium to the diet.
Magnesium is more easily absorbed by the body in the
form of dolomite, or with the addition of calcium. People
who are too busy to eat properly, nursing or pregnant
mothers and children who refuse milk and are picky eaters
should all take calcium supplements. Children need lots
of calcium to build strong bones and teeth that will
serve them faithfully for the rest of their lives.
Calcium taken by the older
age group will help to prevent osteoporosis, a disease
that causes bones to become brittle and honeycombed.
Fractures and broken bones in old age take so long to
heal that the unfortunate victim sometimes never recovers
fully from the results of a fall. It makes sense to
prevent the problem rather than wait until it happens,
to do something about it. Why not have a bone density
scan to see if you are at risk of osteoporosis?
Magnesium helps to support
a strong immune system and maintains normal muscle and
nerve function. It is also known to be involved in every
metabolism and protein synthesis and is needed for over
three hundred biochemical reactions in the body, so
it is very important.
One of the benefits of
magnesium is its muscle relaxing properties. The heart
is a muscle and high blood pressure is often caused
by the heart not relaxing sufficiently on its outward
(diastolic) beat. There is increasing interest in the
role magnesium can play in managing hypertension and
cardiovascular disease.
If irritable bowel syndrome
is the problem, a magnesium supplement will help to
reduce the cramping of the intestine by relaxing it.
Add a little peppermint oil in a chelated capsule to
aid in the removal of painful flatulence and gas build-up
and the two main symptoms of this disease are disposed
of or reduced significantly.
If you are taking prescription
medication, always consult your health care professional
before taking supplements.
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