9 signs you could be magnesium deficient

Magnesium plays an important role in close to 300 different enzymatic reactions in the body everyday.Magnesium deficiency or hypomagnesia (not to be confused with hypomagnesemia ) refers to inadequate intake of dietary magnesium or impaired absorption of magnesium, which can result in numerous symptoms and diseases. It is generally corrected by an increase of magnesium in diet, oral supplements, and in severe cases, intravenous supplementation.
Have adequate amounts of it can ensure better quality sleep, as well as improve headaches, chronic pain, exhaustion and your mood.

Here are some of the signs you may be deficient-
1. Can't sleep: Magnesium increases gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), a chemical neurotransmitter in the brain which helps you relax and fall asleep.
2. Feel depressed: In the brain, positive neurotransmitters like serotonin are regulated by magnesium. It can also help balance blood sugar. As magnesium deficiency can affect the central nervous system, more specifically the GABA cycle in the body, its side effects can include irritability and nervousness. As the deficiency worsens, it causes high levels of anxiety and, in severe cases, depression and hallucinations.
In fact, magnesium has been shown to help calm the body, the muscles and help improve mood. It’s a vital mineral for overall mood. One of the things I’ve recommended to patients over time with anxiety is taking magnesium on a daily basis, and they’ve seen great results.
Magnesium is needed for every cell function from the gut to the brain, so it’s no wonder that it affects so many systems.
3. Frequent headaches: Magnesium can help reduce the risk of suffering from a migraine. Magnesium deficiency has been linked to migraine headaches due to its importance in balancing neurotransmitters in the body. Double-blind, placebo-controlled studies have shown that 360–600 milligrams of magnesium daily can reduce the frequency of migraine headaches by up to 42 percent.
4. Chocolate beckons you: The delicious sweet treat is high in this mineral.
5. Muscle spasms: Magnesium and calcium work together to regulate muscle movement.. Muscle Pain/Fibromyalgia- A study examined the role magnesium plays in fibromyalgia symptoms, and it uncovered that increasing magnesium consumption reduced pain and tenderness and also improved immune blood markers.
Oftentimes linked to autoimmune disorders, this research should encourage fibromyalgia patients because it highlights the systemic effects that magnesium supplements have on the body.
6. Eye twitches: Too little of the mineral and you eyes can twitch.
7. Suffer an irregular heartbeat: This causes levels of nutrients like calcium in the blood to drop.
8. Constantly tired: The mineral is part of the body's system that produces energy. Low energy, weakness and fatigue are common symptoms of magnesium deficiency. Most chronic fatigue syndrome patients are also magnesium-deficient. The researchers report that 300–1,000 milligrams of magnesium per day can help, but you do also want to be careful, as too much magnesium can also cause diarrhea.
If you experience this side effect, you can simply reduce your dosage a little until the side effect subsides.
9. You have skin issues like acne and eczema: It normally helps reduce inflammation.
10.Leg Cramps- Seventy percent of adults and 7 percent of children experience leg cramps on a regular basis. Turns out, leg cramps can more than a nuisance — they can also be downright excruciating! Because of magnesium’s role in neuromuscular signals and muscle contraction, researchers have observed that magnesium deficiency is often to blame.
More and more health care professionals are prescribing magnesium supplements to help their patients. Restless leg syndrome is another warning sign of a magnesium deficiency. To overcome both leg cramps and restless leg syndrome, you will want to increase your intake of both magnesium and potassium.

11. High Blood Pressure- Magnesium works partnered with calcium to support proper blood pressure and protect the heart. So when you are magnesium-deficient, often you are also low in calcium and tend toward hypertension or high blood pressure.
A study with 241,378 participants published  uncovered that a diet high in magnesium foods could reduce the risk of a stroke by 8 percent.  This is profound considering that hypertension causes 50 percent of ischemic strokes in the world.
12. Type II Diabetes- One of the four main causes of magnesium deficiency is type II diabetes, but it’s also a common symptom. Researchers, for example, uncovered that of the 1,452 adults they examined, low magnesium levels were 10 times more common with new diabetics and 8.6 times more common with known diabetics. 
As expected from this data, diets rich in magnesium has been shown to significantly lower the risk of type 2 diabetes because of magnesium’s role in sugar metabolism. Another study discovered that the simple addition of magnesium supplementation (100 milligrams/day) lowered the risk of diabetes by 15 percent!

 13. Osteoporosis - The researchers report that, “The average person’s body contains about 25 grams of magnesium, and about half of that is in the bones.”  This is important to realize, especially for the elderly, who are at risk of bone weakening.
Thankfully, there’s hope! A study published  uncovered that supplementing with magnesium slowed the development of osteoporosis “significantly” after just 30 days. In addition to taking magnesium supplement, you will also want to consider getting more vitamin D3 and K2 to naturally build bone density. 


Other  Symptoms of magnesium deficiency include hyperexcitability, muscular symptoms (cramps, tremor,fasciculations, spasms,weakness),  loss of appetite, apathy, confusion, irritability, poor memory, and reduced ability to learn. Moderate to severe magnesium deficiency can cause tingling or numbness, heart changes, rapid heartbeat, continued muscle contractions, nausea, vomiting, personality changes, delirium, hallucinations, low calcium levels, low serum potassium levels, retention of sodium, low circulating levels of parathyroid hormone (PTH), and potentially death from heart failure. Magnesium plays an important role in carbohydrate metabolism and its deficiency may worsen insulin resistance, a condition that often precedes diabetes, or may be a consequence of insulin resistance.

Treatment
Magnesium deficiency can often be effectively treated with an oral magnesium preparation. It can also be treated by using a nebulizer filled with magnesium sulphate or magnesium chloride dissolved in water. Nebulising has the advantage of taking effect within minutes, relieving muscle pain, tension or breathing difficulties. Nebulizers can be bought without prescription in a country, as can magnesium sulphate and magnesium chloride. For those that require frequent doses, a portable, battery driven nebulizer is useful although more expensive and prone to break down than older style plug in nebulizers.
Severe hypomagnesemia is often treated medically with intravenous or intramuscular magnesium sulfate solution, which is completely bio-available, and effective.

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