Perfect Magnesium

There's not enough time to explain why your family needs more magnesium in their lives. 

Magnesium is a life-giving supplement that helps your body and cells function on every level possible. Without it, you can not live at all, and when it's low, which is extremely common, it affects your quality of life in ways we can't explain. 

Magnesium is THE calming mineral. Without it, a person would find it incredibly difficult to fall asleep or relax. Anxiety, depression, mood issues, restlessness, fatigue, hyperactivity, feeling on edge, muscle tension, jaw tension, brain fog, numbness, headaches are just a few, yes a few, low magnesium symptoms. In adults, heart attacks can be one of the most severe magnesium deficiency symptoms and many times the heart attack is blamed on a completely different cause, when lack of magnesium is the real issue. Especially when it happens in someone who is very active.

Kids and teens are more deficient in magnesium than ever seen before. Not only is our soil and produce deficient in this necessary electrolyte, but magnesium drains from the body much faster than we can replenish it. Supplementation in this day and age is crucial to live at your optimal best. 

So, let's start with the things that drain magnesium from the body. Low magnesium diets, which, as stated above, are basically every diet. It's extremely difficult to replenish magnesium on food alone, with the lack of nutrients in the soil. Other things that drain magnesium are processed foods, soda and soft water, along with calcium supplements, prescription and over the counter drugs, alcohol, illness, exercise, sweating, digestive issues, lack of sleep and STRESS all play a huge factor in magnesium loss. These are to name some, not all. 

Oftentimes, you will go to the doctor, get blood tests, they will test a serum magnesium and you will fall into the normal and they will call it a day. However, you should know that most serum magnesium blood tests do not show a true deficiency, which is a huge reason why it's not detected and diagnosed. An RBC magnesium blood test is slightly more accurate on a cellular level but not foolproof.

So, how do you replenish? Well, your body doesn't make magnesium on its own, so you need to feed it magnesium. Some people can get their most basic survival levels through food and a multivitamin, but with those two methods alone, you will likely still run into a deficiency down the road. With that being said, some foods are still much higher in magnesium than others such as dark chocolate, leafy greens, avocados and nuts. So you always want to incorporate some of these into your regular diet.

What you want to do to truly replenish is hit your body with magnesium from multiple angles and pathways, because it leaks from our bodies so quickly and is very hard to replenish properly. You want to take an oral (preferably liquid) supplement, as well as a topical product that is absorbed through the skin. You can buy magnesium oil or gel, which is highest absorption and can tingle on the skin and even have a slight burning sensation if you are highly deficient, but won't hurt you or your skin. For something more suitable for children to start with, you can buy magnesium lotion products and magnesium salts for the bath to soak in. Magnesium skin patches are also available and we list all our favourite product brand below. This is an incredibly safe supplement to take, the main side effect of taking too much oral magnesium is bowel intolerance. If that happens, you would just back off your oral dosage slightly. Many magnesium supplements on the market have very low absorption rates. Some of the best forms out there still can have only a 20% absorption rate, thus also contributing to the epidemic of magnesium deficiency in our society.

So head out to grab yourself some perfect magnesium today! Below are some of our favourite products!

Our favourite product for oral magnesium consumption is Dr. Carolyn Dean's "Remag" products. She is a world renowned magnesium expert and created a revolutionary cellular magnesium chloride product. Our favourtie brand for topical magnesium is Ancient Minerals. Our favourite product for magnesium skin patches is Patch MD Koster Kare has no association with the listed brands and are just sharing the products we personally use on ourselves and families. As always, consult your doctor or naturopath before starting a supplement routine.