What Your Magnesium Level Says About Your Risk For Dementia
07/17/2019 | By: Abbey Ryan.png)
Your magnesium levels have a lot to do with the current state of your health, as well as your future health! While no cause-and-effect relationship has been established, recent research suggests a possible link between magnesium levels and your risk for Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. In 2017, Brenda C.T. Kieboom, MD, MSc, of Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands released a study consisting of over 9,500 men and women. The results revealed that those with the highest or lowest levels of magnesium appear to have up to a 30 percent increased risk of developing dementia. (1)
Magnesium and Dementia
We’ve been learning more and more about how important magnesium is to your daily diet. Proper magnesium levels are necessary for your body to be able to perform essential tasks. According to Dr. Kieboom, “At this moment, magnesium levels are not routinely measured in daily clinical practice. If our study results are replicated, magnesium levels could be used to screen for dementia, especially in people at risk for low magnesium levels.” Keiboom went on to explain that “we cannot prove that low or high magnesium causes dementia on the basis of our data. For that, we need studies to see if supplements will reduce the risk.” (1)
Since magnesium has only more recently been recognized as such a hugely important nutrient for the human body, there isn’t an excess of research data available as to its long-term effects. As Keiboom says, more studies are required to be able to determine what low and high levels of magnesium levels do to the body, or how it’s associated with a decline in mental function. Keiboom suggests that mental function is specifically important since it can be seen as a precursor state of dementia. If a link is to be proved between magnesium levels and increased risk for dementia, more research on mental function must be assumed. (1)
How to Get Good Magnesium Levels
The study does appear to indicate that both high and low levels of magnesium reflect a potential increase in health risk. However, the researchers believe that low magnesium levels are a greater concern, especially in malnourished individuals or with people struggling with alcoholism. The researchers were unable to identify if magnesium levels alone could lead to an increased risk of dementia or if other aspects are at play. Making sure your magnesium levels are at a reasonable level is important to your overall health. (1)
Finding ways to get more magnesium into your diet is important for anyone concerned about a magnesium deficiency. There are plenty of supplements available, making it much easier to increase your magnesium levels. There are also plenty of food items rich in magnesium, such as spinach, almonds, cashews, black beans, whole grains, avocados, and yogurt. When taking supplements, be sure to take as directed in order to avoid an excess of magnesium. (1)
Making sure you maintain a well-rounded diet with plenty of nutrient-rich and magnesium-rich foods is the best way to naturally maintain your magnesium levels. Unfortunately, our soil is not as rich in essential nutrients like magnesium as it once was, so getting your optimal daily amount of magnesium can be challenging through food alone. (2) That’s why oral or topical supplements such as the pure magnesium oil from myKore Essentials may be necessary.
A Personal Testimonial
I don’t often align myself with products but this is one that I just had to share! My name is Michelle Toole and I am the founder of Healthy-Holistic-Living.com.
Some of you may already know years ago, I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis.
I can still recall what it felt like to have my life change overnight…
I went from an Executive Director of a non-profit organization, running marathons, rock climbing, hiking canyons and kayaking to being completely bedridden and staring at a wall for 15 hours a day.
Of course, I went to see many doctors but unfortunately I didn’t find the help I needed. So, I had to set off on my own journey to learn my true path to healing.
I’d pretty much turned-over every rock trying to find relief for my pain, sleep issues and myriad of other symptoms…
Fast-forward 18 years.
I was determined to climb one of the true wonders of the natural world, Machu Picchu, the mystical home of the Incas in Peru.
It was there, after a grueling day when my feet, knees, legs, and lower back hurt so bad, that I thought I would have to abandon hopes of our next climb which was Rainbow Mountain! That night I pulled out a little spray bottle of “aceite de magnesio” that a friend had given me before I left on my trip.
What the heck, I thought. I was desperate. And I applied it all over my body before bed.
Because of the grueling day, I woke up expecting to be immobilized, but instead we were off to climb Rainbow Mountain and…I was totally pain-free!
I know it sounds impossible, but it’s 1000% the truth.
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