Magnesium

Important for nerves and muscles

All essential nutrients, whether minerals or vitamins, are important for the human body in their own specific way. Magnesium is one of these vital minerals that our body needs to activate and maintain numerous biological processes in the body. Magnesium is involved in many reactions in the human body in which energy is produced. Our body cells can only produce energy with magnesium. In combination with calcium, magnesium also plays an important role in muscle function.
Magnesium is essential for muscle movement, but it is also of great importance for many other tasks in our body. In combination with other important electrolytes and nutrients, for example, it is involved in the transmission of excitation from the nerves to the muscles.

Magnesium

contributes to normal muscle function
contributes to the normal function of the nervous system
contributes to the maintenance of normal bones
contributes to the maintenance of normal teeth
contributes to normal energy metabolism
contributes to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue
contributes to normal protein synthesis
contributes to electrolyte balance
has a function in cell division
contributes to normal mental function

As the human body cannot produce minerals itself, we need to consume sufficient amounts of magnesium through our daily diet or a high-quality dietary supplement. Foods such as wholegrain rice, wholegrain pasta and oatmeal provide plenty of magnesium, but sunflower seeds and nuts are also good sources of magnesium.

If we do not consume enough magnesium, the body suffers from a magnesium deficiency, which can manifest itself in a wide range of symptoms. These include, for example, muscle cramps and tension, but also nervousness, restlessness or even headaches and stomach aches.

The intake of magnesium is particularly recommended for athletes, in stressful situations, during growth, pregnancy and breastfeeding and for people who do not eat a balanced diet.