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Published in Carolyn Torkelson, Catherine Marienau, Beyond Menopause, 2023
Carolyn Torkelson, Catherine Marienau
Magnesium is an essential mineral that plays an important role in many biological functions, including nerve and muscle function. Older people tend to have lower levels of magnesium than younger adults. A complicating factor is that certain medications often taken by aging women, such as hydrochlorothiazide (a diuretic) or proton-pump inhibitors (eg, omeprazole), can interfere with magnesium absorption.
Anxiety
Published in Charles Theisler, Adjuvant Medical Care, 2023
Magnesium is indicated for anxiety to help alleviate symptoms.2 Several forms of magnesium supplements are effective, including magnesium oxide and magnesium lactate; the latter has more magnesium per dose.3
Naturopathic Medicine and the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease
Published in Stephen T. Sinatra, Mark C. Houston, Nutritional and Integrative Strategies in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022
The average intake of magnesium by healthy adults in the United States ranges from 143 to 266 mg/day. This level is well below even the recommended daily allowance (RDA) of 350 mg for men and 300 mg for women. Food choices are the main reason. Because magnesium occurs abundantly in whole foods, most nutritionists and dietitians assume that most Americans get enough magnesium in their diets. But most Americans are not eating whole, natural foods. They are consuming large quantities of processed foods. Because food processing refines a large portion of magnesium, most Americans are not getting the RDA for magnesium.
Oral formulation of Prussian blue with improved efficacy for prophylactic use against thallium
Published in Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy, 2023
Nidhi Sandal, Vivek Kumar, Pooja Sharma, Mahendra Yadav
Tl adsorption of FF1-FF3 was studied in SGF (pH 2.5) and compared with F15 (PB granules only). The percentage adsorption of FF1-FF3 showed a significant increase with 2–3 times higher than F15 alone. These results indicated that the pH of SGF (pH 2.5) was increased due to the addition of pH modifying agents, resulting in increased binding of Tl to PB. However, magnesium hydroxide granules showed three times higher percentage adsorption suggesting the combination of PB granules with magnesium hydroxide granules as the best strategy to achieve the objective of the present study. Magnesium hydroxide also has the added advantage of being used in PB therapy. One of the side effects of PB therapy is constipation and the removal of fecal matter having Cs/Tl bound with PB should be excreted out at the earliest. Magnesium hydroxide suspension is recommended for easing constipation and improving the therapeutic effectiveness of PB.
Patterns of Nutritional Supplement Use in Children with Tourette Syndrome
Published in Journal of Dietary Supplements, 2023
Bobbie L. Smith, Amanda K. Ludlow
In relation to tics, magnesium was reported to improve both vocal and motor tics. Magnesium is a mineral that has a critical role in many aspects of body regulation and functioning, including regulating muscle and nerve function, blood pressure and blood glucose control (34). Importantly, a magnesium deficiency has been suggested as being commonly reported in children with TS and anecdotal reports suggest a reduction in symptoms when taking magnesium supplements (35). Consistent with this, some caregivers noted that magnesium needed to be continuously taken for symptoms to remain improved. A deficiency of magnesium leads to symptoms, such as fatigue, migraines, depression, muscle spasms (36), which mirrors that found in other neurodevelopmental disorders, such as ASD. Randomized controlled trials need to be conducted to assess the effectiveness and efficacy of using magnesium in the treatment of TS (37).
Lower dietary intake of magnesium is associated with more callous–unemotional traits in children
Published in Nutritional Neuroscience, 2022
Jill Portnoy, Samantha H. McGouldrick, Adrian Raine, Babette S. Zemel, Katherine L. Tucker, Jianghong Liu
Many Americans have insufficient dietary intake of magnesium due to Western diets low in magnesium and high consumption of processed foods [41]. While moderate-to-severe magnesium deficiency and chronic latent deficiency have been associated with seizures, cardiac arrhythmia, osteoporosis, and hypertension [14], inadequate magnesium intake is also thought to be implicated in mental health disorders including depression [42,43] and anxiety [44]. The current study extended these findings by demonstrating an association between magnesium intake and CU traits. Although we cannot determine why dietary intake of magnesium was associated with CU traits, but not antisocial behavior, there are several possibilities. CU traits and antisocial behavior are distinct constructs that may have unique etiologies and CU traits have a stronger biological basis than antisocial behavior without CU traits [45,46]. Although diet is an environmental factor, its hypothesized mechanism of action on behavior is via neurological mechanisms. Therefore, magnesium consumption may play a more important role in the development of CU traits than antisocial behavior without CU traits, where etiology may be more environmentally driven [18]. In addition, magnesium is involved in modulating activity of the HPA axis and NMDA receptors [13], both of which are thought to be implicated in deficits in fear conditioning and emotional responses observed in children with CU traits [19,47].