Magnesium Health Watch

Magnesium is an important element to consider in sports nutrition. Research has indicated that when your muscles are intensely worked out in a gym on a regular basis, lactic acid builds up and magnesium is lost through sweating.   Increased lactic acid has been linked to anxiety.  And, decreased magnesium can lead to injury and longer rehabilitation times.

This article suggests (as we do) that applying magnesium to the skin through an oil or soak is more effective than taking an oral supplement.

Here’s an excerpt:

“Dr. Jeff Schutt insists that hamstring injuries can at least partially be avoided through nutritional support because contraction and relaxation is dependant on adequate cellular levels of magnesium. A shortened hamstring is a result of lack of available magnesium he says. Now we have what is called “Magnesium Oil,” which is a thick magnesium chloride liniment that can be simply sprayed and rubbed into a sore Achilles tendon to decrease swelling. And soaking the feet in a magnesium chloride foot bath is the single best thing – apart from stretching – that you can do for yourself to protect from or recover from hamstring and other injuries. The only thing better is a full body bath or to have a massage therapist use it to rub it in as they work deeply on the muscles. “

::IMVA :: Internacional Medical Veritas Association ::.