A mineral that’s essential for making proteins and promotes normal nerve cell communication, muscle contraction, and a normal heart rhythm.

What is Magnesium?

A mineral that’s essential for making proteins and promotes normal nerve cell communication, muscle contraction, and a normal heart rhythm.

Magnesium is the fourth most abundant mineral in the body and assists with more than 300 bodily reactions that occur constantly. About 50% of magnesium is found in bones, and the other half is divided among cells that make up your tissues and organs.

A mere 1% of the magnesium in your body circulates in the bloodstream, but that small fraction doesn’t accurately convey magnesium’s importance there, as the body makes maintaining blood magnesium levels a high priority.

Why is Magnesium Important?

By assisting in the movement of calcium and potassium across cell membranes, magnesium plays a mighty role in promoting normal nerve cell communication, muscle contraction, and a normal heart rhythm. Magnesium also helps to maintain the strength of cell membranes and bones. Diets that provide recommended levels of magnesium are considered beneficial for bone health.

440 mg/day for Men 

370 mg/day for Women 

Recommended Dietary Allowance

Sources of Magnesium

• Almonds
• Spinach
• Cashews

Show References :

1. Magnesium. The Nutrition Source, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. 

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/magnesium/



2. Office of Dietary Supplements - Magnesium. National Institutes of Health. 

https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Magnesium-Consumer/