Magnesium deficiency linked to several health problems

Pittsburgh Post Gazzette – Neurosurgeon and pain expert C. Norman Shealy, and a noted holistic medicine proponent, has said that “every known illness is associated with a magnesium deficiency,” adding that magnesium is necessary for “electrical stability of every cell in the body.”

“Magnesium is involved in 700 to 800 enzyme systems body-wide and necessary for proper nerve, bone, muscle and heart function, while playing an important role in energy and digestion. It also is a building block for RNA, DNA and neurotransmitters,” Dr. Carolyn Dean said. http://www.post-gazette.com/news/health/2014/11/25/Publicity-has-led-to-overconsumption-of-the-calcium-with-most-Americans-deficient-in-magnesium/stories/201411250004


Magnesium deficiency linked to several health problems
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