Just Keep Calm & Take Some Magnesium - Why a “boring” mineral is suddenly hot property for soothing bodies and calming minds Quotes

“Magnesium is believed to reduce the brain damage sustained during a stroke by reducing the massive amount of excitatotoxicity that is associated with this event.  Not only does magnesium help in this context, high magnesium consumption is believed to confer a degree of protection against stroke”
― James Lee, Just Keep Calm & Take Some Magnesium - Why a “boring” mineral is suddenly hot property for soothing bodies and calming minds

“Up until a few years ago, I had always thought that magnesium helped treat anxiety for one reason - muscles need magnesium to relax. They use calcium to contract and magnesium to relax, which is why magnesium deficiency is associated with muscle tightness and cramping.”
― James Lee, Just Keep Calm & Take Some Magnesium - Why a “boring” mineral is suddenly hot property for soothing bodies and calming minds

“With whole foods you often find that magnesium is bound with a range of synergistic vitamins and minerals such as vitamin K.  However, while magnesium consumption in whole foods will help prevent a diagnosable deficiency, it may not be enough to actually treat or prevent a specific illness.”
― James Lee, Just Keep Calm & Take Some Magnesium - Why a “boring” mineral is suddenly hot property for soothing bodies and calming minds

“Magnesium is a little more complicated than most other supplements due to the fact that it not only comes in a range of forms, but also can be either administered orally (with a tablet or capsule) or transdermally (absorbed through the skin). ”
― James Lee, Just Keep Calm & Take Some Magnesium - Why a “boring” mineral is suddenly hot property for soothing bodies and calming minds

“Magnesium not only reduces the secretion of stress hormones such as ACTH (the hormone that drives cortisol release), but also reduces the extent to which these stress hormones can create downstream effects in the brain. ”
― James Lee, Just Keep Calm & Take Some Magnesium - Why a “boring” mineral is suddenly hot property for soothing bodies and calming minds

“high magnesium consumption is believed to confer a degree of protection against stroke in those people with hypertension.”
― James Lee, Just Keep Calm & Take Some Magnesium - Why a “boring” mineral is suddenly hot property for soothing bodies and calming minds

“glutamate and calcium are not inherently toxic, only becoming so when there is excessive activation leading to excitatotoxicity.   This ability of magnesium to prevent excitatotoxicity is not just limited to gradual long term problems either.  Magnesium is believed to reduce the brain damage sustained during a stroke by reducing the massive amount of excitatotoxicity”
― James Lee, Just Keep Calm & Take Some Magnesium - Why a “boring” mineral is suddenly hot property for soothing bodies and calming minds

“what we know about magnesium and your bones, however I should also point out that maintaining appropriate levels of magnesium is one of the most important factors (alongside vitamin D and vitamin K levels) for preventing osteoporosis and osteoarthritis.”
― James Lee, Just Keep Calm & Take Some Magnesium - Why a “boring” mineral is suddenly hot property for soothing bodies and calming minds

“the fact that magnesium deficiency increases the production of free radicals and decreases”
― James Lee, Just Keep Calm & Take Some Magnesium - Why a “boring” mineral is suddenly hot property for soothing bodies and calming minds

“Magnesium plays a central role in allowing your body to properly absorb calcium.  But magnesium doesn’t work alone, and that’s where vitamin D and vitamin K come in.  There is a growing body of evidence that suggests that if you want to correct a vitamin D deficiency by taking large doses of vitamin D, you also need to take vitamin K supplements.  The reason for this is that vitamin D (along with magnesium) is needed for the proper absorption of calcium.  However, it is vitamin K that is needed to then allow your bones to absorb the calcium.  In the absence of vitamin K or magnesium, that calcium can turn up in the worst possible place – your arteries. ”
― James Lee, Just Keep Calm & Take Some Magnesium - Why a “boring” mineral is suddenly hot property for soothing bodies and calming minds

“calcium drives the contraction (tensing) of muscles and magnesium plays the equal and opposite role.  The problem is not, however, too much calcium per se, but too much calcium in proportion to magnesium.  This leads to tense muscles, twitches and spasms.”
― James Lee, Just Keep Calm & Take Some Magnesium - Why a “boring” mineral is suddenly hot property for soothing bodies and calming minds

“C-reactive protein is your main biomarker for inflammation and is therefore commonly tested where there is an elevated risk for heart disease. ”
― James Lee, Just Keep Calm & Take Some Magnesium - Why a “boring” mineral is suddenly hot property for soothing bodies and calming minds

“the topic of cholesterol, magnesium appears to play a potentially beneficial role here as well, by functioning as a kind of natural statin.  The synthesis of cholesterol in your body requires an enzyme known as HMG-CoA reductase.  Statins, which are also known as HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, work by inhibiting this process.  So in cases where there is heightened risk of heart disease or medically-diagnosed hypercholesterolemia (pathologically high levels of LDL cholesterol), magnesium may provide similar protection as statins”
― James Lee, Just Keep Calm & Take Some Magnesium - Why a “boring” mineral is suddenly hot property for soothing bodies and calming minds