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Magnesium Rich Foods
are Heart Healthy Foods

magnesium rich foods

Magnesium rich foods will help you achieve the Magnesium RDA for your health and well being. One of the key health benefits of magnesium is being an anti-stress mineral.

Another of the important health benefits of magnesium is being good for your heart and including magnesium rich foods is an important step towards avoiding heart attacks and strokes.

Heart healthy foods are found in plentiful amounts in certain animal and plant foods which you can include with your daily meals.

It's important to note that the Magnesium RDA may not be sufficient for people suffering from mal-nutrition, intestinal disorders, or have become too toxic.

What is Magnesium?

Find out how important this mineral really is to your well being and find out some of the most important facts about magnesium.



Heart Healthy Foods and Magnesium

Magnesium and magnesium rich foods play a major role in the health of your heart and several studies have linked magnesium deficiency with high blood pressure and heart disease.

Magnesium is very involved with the prevention of blood clots or platelet clumping and the regulation of your heart rhythm.

Magnesium also helps to balance out any excess calcium that you consume and helps to prevent muscle spasms or tightening of your heart muscles.

Health Benefits of Magnesium

  • Co-factor for Hundreds of Enzymes

  • Keeps Heart Rhythm Steady

  • Relieves Stiff Muscles

  • Relieves Muscle Cramping

  • Reduces Kidney Stones

  • Relieves Migraines

  • Helps Relieve Constipation

  • Helps Control Bladder Problems

  • Aids Absorption of Calcium

  • Required for Transportation of Calcium

  • Required for Glutathione Synthesis

  • Required for Carbohydrate Synthesis

  • Helps Regulate Blood Sugar

  • Required for Lipid Synthesis

  • Provides a Calming
    Effect to Body

  • Helps decrease
    Hyperactivity

  • Helps Balance
    pH of Body

  • Required for Transport
    of Potassium

  • Required for DNA & RNA Synthesis

  • Required for
    Protein Synthesis

  • Helps increase
    Wound Healing

  • Crucial for
    Detoxification Process

  • Protects from
    Heavy Metal Poisoning

  • Protects against
    Free Radical Damage

  • Protects your Brain
    from Toxins and MSG

Magnesium Deficiency Symptoms

Find out what the symptoms of a magnesium deficiency are as most Americans are probably deficient in this important and essential mineral.

Magnesium Rich Foods

Fish - Halibut and Yellow Fin Tuna

Seafood - Oysters, Shrimp, and Scallops

Chocolate - Chocolate Nibs, Dark Chocolate, and Milk Chocolate

heart healthy foods

Beans - Black Beans, White Beans, Soybeans, Kidney Beans, Lima Beans, Navy Beans, and Pinto Beans

Nuts & Seeds - Pumpkin Seeds, Almonds, Pine Nuts, Brazil Nuts, and Cashews

Dairy - Chocolate Milk and Organic Raw Milk

Leafy Greens - Spinach, Kale, Dandelion Greens, and Beet Greens

magnesium rich foods

Vegetables - Artichokes, Pumpkin, Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Okra, Squash, and Parsnips

Sea Vegetables - Kelp and Seaweed

Fruit - Dried Figs, Dried Apricots, Prune Juice, Bananas, Avocados and Raisins

Heart Healthy Foods

Other Legumes - Peanuts, Chickpeas or Garbanzo, Cowpeas, Black-Eyed Peas, and Lentils

Grains - Buckwheat, Oat Bran, Brown Rice, Millet, Cornmeal, Spelt Grain, Barley, and Whole Wheat

Tomato Products - Tomato Paste and Sun Dried Tomatoes

Blue Green Algaes - Spirulina, Chlorella, and Klamath Lake Blue Green Algae

magnesium rich foods



Supplemental Sources of Magnesium

Supplemental sources of magnesium covers magnesium supplements as well as Epsom salt baths and bottled water that contains magnesium.

Magnesium RDA for Men and Women

Males
  • 0 - 6 Months..........30 mg.
  • 7 - 12 Months........75 mg.
  • 1 - 3 Years............80 mg.
  • 4 - 8 Years...........130 mg.
  • 9 - 13 Years.........240 mg.
  • 14 - 18 Years........410 mg.
  • 19 - 30 Years........400 mg.
  • 31 + Years............420 mg.
Females
  • 0 - 6 Months..........30 mg.
  • 7 - 12 Months........75 mg.
  • 1 - 3 Years............80 mg.
  • 4 - 8 Years...........130 mg.
  • 9 - 13 Years.........240 mg.
  • 14 - 18 Years........360 mg.
  • 19 - 30 Years........310 mg.
  • 31 + Years............320 mg.

Magnesium may be the most under-rated mineral in human nutrition and most people are probably very deficient.

Studies indicate that as much as 3 times the Magnesium RDA for adults may be needed to correct deficiencies.

Poor farming, too many cooked and processed foods, removal from our drinking water by distillation, etc., Medications, decreased absorption from intestinal disorders like Celiac Disease, and diuretics like Coffee are some of the reasons we have become very deficient in magnesium.

Including magnesium rich foods in your diet everyday will help to give your body its daily requirement of this vital and necessary mineral.

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