What are Symptoms of Too much magnesium?

Answer 1

It can cause anxiety agitation and risk of heart attack and stroke!

Answer 2

Approximately 50% of total body magnesium is found in bone. The other half is found predominantly inside cells of body tissues and organs. Only 1% of magnesium is found in blood, but the body works very hard to keep blood levels of magnesium constant.

Magnesium is needed for more than 300 biochemical reactions in the body. It helps maintain normal muscle and nerve function, keeps heart rhythm steady, supports a healthy immune system, and keeps bones strong. Magnesium also helps regulate blood sugar levels, promotes normal blood pressure, and is known to be involved in energy metabolism and protein synthesis.

There is an increased interest in the role of magnesium in preventing and managing disorders such as hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and Diabetes. Dietary magnesium is absorbed in the small intestines. Magnesium is excreted through the kidneys.

1. Needed for the proper functioning of muscles and nerves (inhibitory to muscle contraction).
2. Activates cellular enzymatic activity.
3. Important for calcium, vitamin C, phosphorus, sodium and potassium metabolism.
4. Important for converting blood sugar into energy.
5. Anti-stress

Answer 3

More then 300 biochemical reactions in the body involve Magnesium. it maintains normal muscle and nerve function, controls steady heart rhythm , plays an important role in the immune system, and strengthens bones. it helps regulate blood sugar levels, normal blood pressure, and is involved in energy metabolism and protein synthesis . There is an increased interest in the role of magnesium in preventing and managing disorders such as hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes. A lack of Magnesium may be a major contributor in the case of many common health problems in industrialized countries. Conditions such as mitral valve prolapse, migraine head aches, A.D.D, fibro myalgia, Asthma and various Allergies have been linked to a Magnesium deficiency. Often several of these conditions will appear in persons with an MG deficiency

Answer 4

Dietary magnesium does not pose a health risk, however pharmacologic doses of magnesium in supplements can promote adverse effects such as diarrhea and abdominal cramping. Risk of magnesium toxicity increases with kidney failure, when the kidney loses the ability to remove excess magnesium. Very large doses of magnesium-containing laxatives and antacids also have been associated with magnesium toxicity. It is important for medical professionals to be aware of the use of any magnesium-containing laxatives or antacids. Signs of excess magnesium can be similar to magnesium deficiency and include changes in mental status, nausea, diarrhea, appetite loss, muscle weakness, difficulty breathing, extremely low blood pressure, and irregular heartbeat.

Answer 5

There are many things it can cause. Early symptoms of magnesium deficiency can include body aches, chronic constipation, headaches and migraines, insulin resistance, high blood pressure, PMS, leg cramps, muscle spasms, anxiety, depression and more.

Left untreated, a magnesium deficiency can lead to more life-threatening conditions such as Heart disease, stroke, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, osteoporosis and others.

These lists were taken from Dr. Carolyn Dean's (M.D. & N.D.) book called The Magnesium Miracle. Dr. Dean is widely regarded in the medical community as one of the experts on magnesium and health. If you don't have time to read this though, a company called Jigsaw Health gives a good (brief) synopsis of her book (see Related Links below).

From The Magnesium Miracle:

"Magnesium deficiency triggers or causes the following 22 conditions; the introduction of magnesium, either by a high-magnesium diet, with green drinks, or magnesium supplements, can help alleviate these conditions:

• Anxiety and panic attacks
• Asthma
• Blood clots
• Bowel disease
• Cystitis
• Depression
• Detoxification
• Diabetes, Syndrome X,
  and Metabolic Syndrome
• Fatigue
• Heart disease
• Hypertension
• Hypoglycemia
• Insomnia
• Kidney Disease
• Liver Disease
• Migraine
• Musculoskeletal conditions
• Nerve problems
• Obstetrics and Gynecology - premenstrual syndrome, dysmenorrhea (cramping pain during menses), infertility, premature contractions, preeclampsia, and eclampsia in pregnancy, lessens the risk of cerebral palsy and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
• Osteoporosis
• Raynaud's Syndrome
• Tooth decay

(Again, see Related Links to read a synopsis of Dean's book which explains why and how magnesium deficiency causes these things.)

Answer 6

Magnesium is needed for normal muscle and nerve function

Answer 7

it makes it turn into a walking plant and it can turn whatever it touches into a tumbleweed.

Answer 8

Magnesium oxide was used as an antacid and laxative.