What causes magnesium deficiency?

What happens when you eat processed sugar without magnesium? If it's got added sweetener, added sugar in it, understand that for every carbohydrate sugar that you eat to break down one molecule of of sugar and running it through the proper biochemistry, there are eight different steps in that cycle.

So if you're eating foods high in sugar, your body steals that magnesium from your own storage to process that sugar and try to convert it into energy. If that stress goes chronic, you're losing magnesium consistently.

For coffee drinkers, the 20 ouncers, these big jugs, if you're drinking three, four cups a day, if you're the pot-a-day kind of person, the quantity of caffeine that you're consuming, know that caffeine is a diuretic that depletes magnesium at higher doses.

Blood pressure medications deplete magnesium. Antacid medications deplete magnesium.
Some antibiotics can deplete magnesium. Some antidepressants deplete magnesium. Some antiseizure medications can deplete magnesium.

Either they deplete the nutrient itself or they inhibit your body to be able to use the nutrient or they actually cause an excessive excretion of that nutrient.

If you've got inflammation in your GI tract and it's hindering or affecting your body's ability to digest and absorb nutrients from the food that you eat, then you are at risk for deficiency.

Let's say your blood pressure's up and so the doctor prescribed you medicine for that and the medicine depletes your magnesium. Low Magnesium is known to cause your blood pressure to go up. It's partly because magnesium regulates muscle tension.

Your heart's a muscle and so are your blood vessels and so if your blood vessels can't properly dilate and contract and dilate and contract and they're stuck kind of in a spastic or a spasmodic position, then it's going to increase the tension or the pressure on the wall of the arteries and that's what blood pressure elevations are.

When we measure blood pressure, we're actually measuring the pressure on the arterial wall.

And so if magnesium deficiency is present, it increases the pressure on that wall because it causes a vasoconstriction or a constriction of the blood vessel.

So my point in saying this is if you're on the medicine to lower your blood pressure, but the medicine causes magnesium deficiency and magnesium deficiency, increases muscular tension on your vascular arterial tree and it creates an increase in your blood pressure.

You can't just go after it with a medicine and expect that medicine is somehow miraculously going to fix why your body is driving up your blood pressure in the first place.

Remember, elevations in blood pressure are a symptom of a deeper problem.

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[johnnytaylor]

did you know that vitamin D supplements depletes your magnesium storage? after taking Vitamin D supplements for 3 months i had really bad symptoms like insomnia, extreme fatigue, tremor, escaping heartbeat and it took me very long time to find out what was the problem !!!
i had magnesium deficiency! why? because in order for your body to activate vitamin D it needs magnesium! so please guys this is important always take vitamin D supplement with magnesium !!!

[Janet_scribbles]

No kidney problems, no diarrhea or vomiting, no kidney disease, no alcohol use, decent diet, 800 mg magnesium supplement each night and level is 1.5., one small cup of coffee a day, not stressed.

[lisavg]

Johnny Taylor seems you found an important link between magnesium and vitamin D. A recent MedicalNewsToday article confirms this: 'Does magnesium hold the key to vitamin D benefits?' 30 December 2018. And many people are also magnesium deficient because of the phytic acid, oxalates and/or lectins in vegetables, nuts, seeds and legumes. Searching for root causes also consider these.

[MMpinkflowers]

This is true. Especially with stress. I hated my job and had other issues and started having horrible leg cramps and developed varicose veins too

[lindaholding]

Thank you for the information wow! That's something to think about. Thank you Dr Osborne.

[finnster]

How long does it take to correct mag deficiency?

[reginarianellirianelli.hom]

What another Great Video, Dr. Osborne!
Always amazing information to a better and improved quality Life.
You are changing lives worldwide, plus NO GRAIN NO PAIN: Thank You!
many Blessings your way,
Regina Rianelli, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, South America

[zhermenroman]

Thank you, dr.‼️ I’m learning a lot from ur videos 👍🏻 thank you for working hard trying to educate us all . Blessings 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️❤️❤️
I understand about HBP, but how about Low blood pressure, I’m talking about really low for years.
Is that could be magnesium deficiency as well?
My BP usually 80/50 or slightly higher or slightly lower. It’s scars me .
Only when I was pregnant it would go to normal range.
Would u, please explain? 🙏🏻❤️ thank you 🙏🏻

[jaderose]

Thankyou Dr Osborne excellent information and illustrations! 🙂

[e.pharis]

Could you add references? Would be very helpful! Didn't find any here or on your website.

[Guidlen]

Where is alcool ? You said before it was a diuretic...

[asmahkhan]

Which Magnesium Supplement is the Safest to take Daily, as read that Magnesium Citrate causes Diarrhoea..& is only good for constipation..Then Magnesium oxide is not safe..So Which Magnesium is Best & Safe & how much mg of magnesium is Safe to Take Along with Food Containing Mg with High BP meds & for Everyone Young or Old...! Please Reply as its Important to know About All

[DennisBolanos]

Dr. Osborne, is it true that Ritalin depletes magnesium? I heard this from a pharmacist.

[Iamjazminmariah]

Ok so that’s why when taking HBP meds your pressure is still high smh

[kathleenearle]

Doctor your writing is terrible, some of us are deaf so don't hear every word. Then we can't read what your explaining.

[andreaschristodoulou]

At the first minute this guy said SUGAR (refer the mag deficiency) i said to my self ...this person has no idea what she is saying. There are millions of people consuming sugar other little and other more and they still have NORMAL magnesium..Please mister start searching some other reasons SUGAR ITS NOT THE ANSWER !!!