Magnesium May Help Arthritis, Osteoporosis
Trainer Becky Kolar in the Sheboygan Press discusses the importance of magnesium for those with arthritis and osteoporosis. Magnesium has been known to help alleviate symptoms of arthritis. But despite that tens of millions of U.S. adults have arthritis, many people are low in magnesium and other important minerals.
Kolar writes:
One cause of this and osteoarthritis is an imbalance in calcium and magnesium ion levels in your body. This natural aging causes an accumulation of calcium (taken from your bones) and depletion in magnesium in tissue. The human body needs an adequate level of magnesium to accurately absorb calcium and to function properly.
If there is a lack of magnesium in your body, the calcium is unsure of where to go, and instead of ending up in your bones to make them stronger, the calcium will be deposited in your kidneys, your coronary arteries and your cartilage (these calcium deposits cause osteoarthritis arthritis).
Another benefit of magnesium in the body is that this mineral stimulates the hormone calcitonin, which decreases the breakdown of calcium in bones, hence preserving bone structure.
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