Eat More Magnesium Foods and You'll Feel a Lot Better

Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast

Dr. Eric Berg

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🗓️ 28 April 2020

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Today we're going to talk about magnesium and why you may feel a lot better if you start eating more magnesium foods.

If you go to the doctor, and you have a magnesium deficiency, it won't show up in a blood test. This is because 99% of that magnesium is inside of the cell, not outside of the cell in the blood. Just because the test is normal, doesn't mean you're not deficient. There is something called a subclinical deficiency where you might have some magnesium, but not the full amount.

There are over 300 enzymes that are involved in many different biochemical reactions that require magnesium.

Out of all of the minerals, magnesium is the second most important to potassium. You need both of these in pretty large quantities. 90% of the magnesium is located in the muscles and bones. If you have low magnesium, you may have bone problems and problems with the muscles like muscle cramps, muscle weakness, or muscle stiffness. Another key function of magnesium is maintaining electrical charge in the cells.

Another symptom of a subclinical magnesium deficiency is vascular calcification. Calcium and magnesium work together. It's not just about taking too much calcium. It could be a deficiency in magnesium or a deficiency in vitamin K2.

The two main causes of a magnesium deficiency:

1. Consuming too many refined foods

2. Not consuming enough foods high in magnesium

If you don't feel quite right or you don't have enough energy, consider increasing your magnesium intake for one week and see what happens.

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Dr. Berg, 51 years of age is a chiropractor who specializes in weight loss through nutritional & natural methods. His private practice is located in Alexandria, Virginia. His clients include senior officials in the U.S. government & the Justice Department, ambassadors, medical doctors, high-level executives of prominent corporations, scientists, engineers, professors, and other clients from all walks of life. He is the author of The 7 Principles of Fat Burning.

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0:00.0	So if you guys have any questions whatsoever about keto or intermittent fasting, whether you're starting
0:05.3	keto as a new person or just need to debug your program or you have a question about a product,
0:10.6	call one of our keto consultants. They'll be able to help you. Call 540-299-1557. That's 540-299-1557.
0:21.6	Welcome to the Dr. Berg's Healthy Keto and Interminute Fasting Podcast, where Dr. Berg takes you on the journey for the truth about getting healthy and losing healthy weight. So this video is on magnesium and why you're going to feel a lot better if you get
0:48.7	enough from your diet. And if you go to the doctor and you get a blood test and you're
0:53.9	magnesium deficient, it's not going to
0:55.9	show up because 99% of that magnesium is inside the cell, not outside the cell in your blood.
1:03.6	So just because it comes out normal doesn't mean you're not deficient.
1:07.7	There's something called a subclinical deficiency where you might be getting enough to run
1:12.4	the basic machinery of the body, but you're not getting the full amount to run all of the functions.
1:18.5	And as far as magnesium, there are over 300 enzymes involved in many different biochemical reactions
1:24.4	that require magnesium. So out of all the minerals, magnesium is the second most
1:29.3	important to potassium. Why? Well, simply because you need a lot of potassium. Ideally, you need 300 to 400 milligrams.
1:38.5	Now, potassium, you need like 4,700 milligrams. That's 4,700 milligrams every single day. So obviously with magnesium,
1:47.0	you need much less. But if we compare these minerals to all the other ones, you need both of these
1:51.2	in pretty large quantities. 90% of all the magnesium is located in the muscle and the bone.
1:58.8	And I did mention this before, but 99% of all this magnesium is inside
2:03.9	the cell not outside the cell so if you're deficient you may have bone problems like osteopenia
2:11.7	eventually osteoporosis you can have a lot of muscle cramps weak muscles and also realize that certain parts of the vascular system have a lot of muscle cramps, weak muscles, and also realize that certain parts of the
2:19.1	vascular system have a type of muscle as well. So if you're losing magnesium, your muscles can get
2:24.9	stiff and you're going to get high blood pressure from that. Another really key function of magnesium
2:30.0	is maintaining electrical charge in your cells. So without magnesium, the electrical system shuts down
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