Aug. 4, 2025

Magnesium: The Heart's Missing Mineral

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Welcome back to Chasing Eden, where we dive deep into the hidden truths of wellness, healing, and natural health. Today we’re exploring one of the most vital yet most overlooked minerals in the body: magnesium.It’s involved in over 600 enzymatic reactions, it’s used in emergency cardiac care, and it could be the missing piece in your journey toward better heart health, mental clarity, sleep, and immunity.Today we’ll explore:

How magnesium supports heart function
Its role in emergency medicine
Different types and what they’re best for
Symptoms of deficiency
How to choose a supplement or boost your intake naturally

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Welcome back to Chasing Eden, where we dive deep into

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the hidden truths of wellness, healing, and natural health. Today,

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we're exploring one of the most vital yet most overlooked

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minerals in the body, magnesium. It's involved in over six

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hundred enzymatic reactions, it's used in emergency cardiac care, and

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it could be the missing piece in your journey toward

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better heart health, mental clarity, sleep, and immunity. Today we'll

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explore how magnesium supports heart function, its role in emergency medicine,

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different types and what they're best for, symptoms of deficiency,

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and how to choose a supplement or boost your intake. Naturally,

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let's get started. Why does the heart love magnesium Because

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magnesium helps It helps regulate heart beat rhythm, maintain healthy

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blood pressure, prevent calcium overload in cells, which can lead

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to errythmias, dilate blood vessels, and reduce vascular resistance. Magnesium

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relaxes the heart, it keeps the rhythm stable and prevents

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excessive strain. A deficiency in magnesium increases the risk of arrythmias,

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high blood pressure, arterial calcification, even sudden cardiac death. Magnesium

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sulfate is administered intravenously in some er protocols at the

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scene of a heart attack. Particularly in older protocols, it

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can reduce the area of heart damage, prevent arrythmius, stabilize

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the myocardium. The isis for trial and other. Major studies

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in the nineteen nineties showed early promise for magnesium in

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reducing postmi mortality, but big pharmas pushed for beta blockers,

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ACE inhibitors and statins sidelined it. Magnesium is good for

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the brain, mood, and sleep. It also regulates GABBA, the

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brain's calming neurotransmitter. It helps with insomnia, anxiety, and depression.

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It lures cortisol levels, reducing the impact of chronic stress.

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A magnesium deficiency can lead to things like brain fog, irritability,

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sleep disorders, panic attacks, and migraines. Studies show that magnesium

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may be as effective as some anti anxiety medications without

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side effect. Magnesium is also crucial in preventing neurodegenerative disease.

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It protects neurons from calcium toxicity, it supports mitochondrial energy

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in brain cells, and it boosts cognition. So here are

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some types of magnesium and what they're best for. Not

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all magnesium supplements are created equal, so let's break down

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the types. Magnesium glycinate bound to glycine and amino acid.

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Best for anxiety, insomnia, stress relief. It's highly bioavailable and

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it's gentle on the stomach. That's important because around here

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we oftentimes will take magnesium citrate. Now, magnesium citrate, it's

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common and it's cheap. It's best for constipation and digestive

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support that it can cause loose stools. Magnesium mallate it's

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bound to melic acid. It's best for energy, muscle pain, fibermyelga,

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and it may help with chronic fatigue. Then there's magnesium

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threeon eight. I've taken this over the years. The little

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bottle I have has a picture of a brain on

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the front. This crosses the blood brain barrier. It's best

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for brain fog, memory, learning, and often marketed for new

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tropic use. Magnesium torrate it's bound to taurine, which is

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a heart friendly amino acid. It's best for cardiovascular health

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and arrhythmia. It's gentle on the system and supports blood pressure.

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Then we have magnesium side it's got poor absorption. Often

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used as a laxative. It's best for occasional constipation only

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magnesium chloride. It's topical and there are oral versions. It's

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best for detox, muscle cramps, and absorption via the skin.

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So do you have a magnesium deficiency? Are you running

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low on magnesium? Well? Up to seventy to eighty percent

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of Americans are deficient in magnesium. Why Well, modern agriculture

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can deplete the soil of magnesium. Surprise, surprise, right, Processed

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food diets lack minerals. Remember, minerals are in our bones.

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We needed the minerals. Stress, caffeine and alcohol burn through

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your magnesium reserves. I have experiences myself. I take magnesium regularly,

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and when I up my coffee intake, I start to

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get some muscle cramping and I do realize that my

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coffee is starting to use up my magnesium. Medications like PPIs, diuretics,

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and birth control can deplete your magnesium. Hard water filtering

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removes natural magnesium. Now, Some signs of magnesium deficiency include

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muscle twitches or cramps, heart palpitations, anxiety or insomnia. You

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have in trouble getting to sleep at night. Oftentimes I

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will take magnesium. If I realize my brain just won't

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shut up and I need to quiet it down and

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I need to get to sleep, I'll go take some

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of my magnesium. There's a product called calm that we

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will take oftentimes in our home. It's a little powder.

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We mix it with some water, drink it down, and

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oftentimes it just puts your righteous sleep. Another sign of

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magnesium deficiency. Deficiency might be constipation, headaches, definitely, cold extremities,

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and tonitis. A chronic lack of magnesium often mimics more

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serious health problems, many of which improve when magnesium is restored.

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Some food sources that could help you replenish your body

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and some top magnesium rich foods include dark leafy greens

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like spinach and charred pumpkin seats, avocados, almonds, in cashews.

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As far as almonds are concerned, there is some disturbing

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data that has come out about almonds being very high

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in glyphosate. So if you're going to consume almonds, you

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need to stick with organic almonds. I know it's expensive,

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but that particular nut is going to be higher in glyphosate,

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and it's just better to be safe than sorry. Another

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top Magnesium rich food are black beans and lentils, wild salmon,

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and dark chocolate that is seventy percent or higher. However,

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food alone may not be enough, especially during stress or illness.

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Supplementation is often necessary. Start low one hundred and fifty

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to three hundred milligrams a day and increase as needed.

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Pair it with BE six and tourine for better absorption.

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Avoid magnesium steer rate and fillers in cheap brands for

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a fast relief, and consider this the topical magnesium oil

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or lotion. Magnesium baths with epsom salt and time released

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oral capsules. So what's the bottom line. Magnesium isn't just

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a supplement. It's a corner storm of heart, brain, and

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muscle health. It's used in emergency cardiac protocols. It calms

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the brain, it helps you sleep, lowers your blood pressure,

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and it recharges your mitochondria. And yet millions of people

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walk around unknowingly deficient. So what can you do? Add

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magnesium rich foods into your diet, consider targeted supplementation. Look

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at your symptoms, are their signs of magnesium loss? Talk

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to your doctor or integrative health provider about testing your

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magnesium levels. Thank you for joining Chasing Eeden today. If

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this episode resonated with you, you share it with someone

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you love. Magnesium just might change their life. Mmm mm

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hmm