Diseases and Conditions Associated with Magnesium Deficiency

A warning about calcium supplementation!

Calcium and magnesium (from all sources) should be consumed in a ratio no greater than 2 calcium to 1 magnesium; it may be desirable to take calcium and magnesium in a 1:1 ratio.

Taking calcium supplements without taking magnesium will induce a magnesium deficiency.

Restated - supplementing with calcium without adding magnesium in the proper ratio will induce a magnesium deficiency and put you at risk for the following:

• ADHD

• Agoraphobia

• Alzheimer’s

• Angina (see also vasospastic angina)

• Anxiety

• Arrhythmia

• Arthritis

• Asthma

• Atrial Fibrillation

• Autism

• Bipolar

• Bizarre facial or eye movements or twitching

• Blood Clots

• Body odor

• Bruxism

• Cardiomyopathy

• Cerebral Palsy

• CFS (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome)

• Chest tightness or sighing

• Chronic Pain

• Compulsions

• Confusion

• Constipation

• Convulsions

• Coprolalia, copropraxia

• Cravings for carbohydrates

• Cravings for chocolate

• Cravings for salt

• Delirium tremens

• Dental caries (cavities)

• Depression

• Diabetes (Type 2)

• Difficulty swallowing

• Dyslipidemia-(irregular cholesterol and blood fats)

• Early Alzheimer’s

• Eczema

• Eclampsia

• Elevated serum phosphorus

• Eosinophilia

• Epilepsy

• Fibromyalgia

• Habituations

• Hallucinations

• Hangover

• Hearing loss, ringing in ear

• Heart palpitations

• Hiccups (chronic)

• Hyperactivity, restlessness, constant movement

• Hyperlipidemia (high cholesterol and blood fats)

• Hypertension (high blood pressure)

• Hypocalcemia

• Inattention

• Insomnia

• Insulin Resistance (Type 2 Diabetes)

• IQ Loss

• Irritability

• Kidney stones

• Low serum calcium or low serum potassium that cannot be corrected with supplements

• Memory Loss

• Meniere’s syndrome

• Menstrual cramps

• Metabolic Syndrome X (Type 2 Diabetes, etc.)

• Migraine, headaches Causes

• Mitral valve prolapse

• Muscle cramps

• Muscle soreness

• Muscle tension

• Muscle tetany

• Muscle twitches

• Neuralgia

• Numbness

• Osteoporosis

• Panic attacks

• Pituitary problems

• PMS

• Preeclampsia

• Pre term labor

• Pseudo senility

• Restless leg syndrome

• Sensitivity to bright lights in the absence of eye disease

• Spontaneous abortion, miscarriage, low birth weight

• “Startle” response: sensitivity to loud noise

• Stroke

• Subluxations

• Sudden Death

• Suicidal Ideation

• Suicide

• Temporomandibular joint dysfunction

• Tetany

• Tingling

• Tinnitus

• Torsade de Pointes

• Tourette’s syndrome

• Tremors

• Urinary spasms

• Vasospastic angina (chest pain due to spasm, rather than blockage of coronary arteries)

• Vitamin D resistance