34: The One Where I Talk About Topical Magnesium

The Wellness Mama Podcast

Katie Wells

Parenting, Education, Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Motherhood, Mom Life, Wellness, Kids & Family, Organic, Health, Natural Living, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 22 May 2015

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Do you feel like I am a broken record about magnesium lately?

I am, but with good reason…

The more I research, the more I am convinced that magnesium deficiency is going to be one of the biggest health problems of our time for a variety of reasons.

Why Are We Deficient?

Some expert estimate that over 80% of the population are deficient in magnesium while others argue that it’s closer to 95+%. Either way, the statistics aren’t good and it is something we need to remedy, but the question remains why are we deficient to begin with?

Several reasons:

An abundance of dietary calcium and an absence of dietary magnesium
Depleted soil levels of magnesium means less magnesium in the food
Fluoride use in the water supply since fluoride binds to magnesium and makes it unusable in the body
Consumption of caffeine and sugar, which deplete magnesium
Rampant stress (which depletes magnesium)

This magnesium deficiency can manifest as fatigue, mental problems, immune problems, hormone imbalance, cardiovascular issues and much more.

I delve into the widespread problems that stem from magnesium deficiency in this episode (please listen!), but thankfully, it is one of the easier nutrient deficiencies to remedy.

Topical Magnesium

The best solution I’ve ever found for magnesium deficiency (and the one that finally worked for me) is topical magnesium, also called transdermal magnesium.

This is used on the skin as a magnesium spray. It absorbs rapidly and is more bioavailable since it bypasses the digestive system and kidneys.

I’ve also found that topical magnesium is the most cost effective types of magnesium.

Magnesium supplements must be absorbed by the digestive system and pass through the kidneys. Expert estimates are that only 20-55% of internal magnesium from supplements are absorbed, so in most cases, the majority of internal magnesium supplements are exiting the body in urine. (This is also why internal magnesium supplements can stress the kidneys for people with certain conditions).

Resources Mentioned

10 Signs of Magnesium Deficiency
Topical Magnesium (my fave)
Book: The Magnesium Miracle
Book: Vitamin K2 and the Calcium Paradox
Recipe: Magnesium Body Butter
Effective Natural Remedies for Kidney Stones

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to the Wellness Mama Podcast.
0:22.0	I'm Katie from WellnessMama.com.
0:24.8	Did you know that there is one substance that is the eighth most abundant mineral on earth,
0:30.3	the third most abundant in seawater, and more importantly it's the fourth most abundant
0:34.4	mineral in the human body.
0:36.2	It's necessary for over 350 enzymatic reactions in the body and it's used in emergency
0:42.0	rooms to help heart patients as well as on pregnant women to delay early labor and for
0:47.2	many other uses.
0:48.7	And if you haven't guessed by now, this product is magnesium and I'm going to be talking
0:53.2	a lot about it today in this podcast because I feel like it's one of the most important
0:58.6	health issues that's not being talked about is magnesium deficiency.
1:02.4	Before we go on though, I wanted to mention that there's a sponsor for this podcast unofficially
1:07.5	and I'm something I'm just trying out for the podcast to help cover my time and cost of
1:12.2	editing it.
1:13.4	And the sponsor for this first inaugural sponsored podcast is the Wellness Bundle, which is
1:18.9	a bundle of over 40 ebooks and e courses through wellness media.
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1:29.1	The bundle itself is under $30 and you get a literal library of health information and
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