Magnesium cannot be produced by the body, it must be taken exclusively through diet or nutritional supplements. Magnesium is a necessary ingredient in the energy production process that takes place within the tiny structures inside the cells.
Without magnesium, we have a problem producing energy, muscles are in a constant state of contraction without it, and we also have a problem adjusting the level of cholesterol that is produced and released into the bloodstream.
Magnesium is the central element in chlorophyll and the basis of early life on the planet. Literally, magnesium is the mineral of life. It also plays a vital role in the reactions that create and use ATP, the basic unit of energy within the body’s cells.
Why does magnesium have such a far-reaching effect on the body?
The secret is how it works inside the cells.
Enzyme activity that enables thousands of biochemical processes, energy production and ATP, the energy storage unit of cells in the body
DNA and RNA, the body’s internal instructions for building proteins and new cells Mineral balance, necessary to maintain cell life.
Magnesium is responsible for all this. Literally, if we don’t have enough magnesium in our body, we die. Or explained even more simply, magnesium is like electricity and your body is like a cell phone battery, if you don’t charge it with electricity it can’t work because the battery is empty. A question for all of us? If we charge the cell phone battery every day with electricity, why do we neglect to charge ourselves with energy? Is the mobile phone more important than ourselves
What is so special about magnesium?
Magnesium is the second most abundant element inside human cells and the fourth most desirable in the human body. Inside the cells of the body, it serves literally hundreds of functions.
All organic substances – plants, animals and the human body – are made up of combinations of elements such as oxygen, carbon and hydrogen.
Microscopic elements that regulate body function.
Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen form the basis of compounds found in all living substances. Apart from the compounds built from these four most common elements, the rest of the body’s content consists of minerals.
Magnesium is a macro-mineral (Macroelements are those elements that are present in significant quantities in the human body: calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, sodium, potassium, chlorides and sulfur), which, unlike trace minerals (Trace elements are those that are not in large quantities in the body: iron, manganese, copper, iodine, zinc, cobalt, fluoride and selenium.), are needed by the body in large quantities.
When magnesium enters the body through food, supplements, or topical applications, it is broken down and released to form independent magnesium atoms, or “ions.” Magnesium in its ionic form has a positive charge, usually recorded as Mg2 +.
Very often, people in groups write that magnesium is an ion, and then mix up the terms ion and ionized. I will also write about it to explain the difference. Unfortunately, people don’t know, so they mix up the terms.
Magnesium cations act as part of the body’s structure through their presence in the bones. However, its most important function is as cell regulators in hundreds of chemical reactions throughout the body.
Like most vitamins, the role of magnesium is primarily regulatory. It allows enzymes to function properly, which in turn enables most chemical reactions in the body.
Enzymes are the basis of the body’s ability to function and for us to be alive, without magnesium there is no life. Many of the necessary chemical reactions that the body performs, such as the breakdown of sugar in the digestive system, can normally only be carried out under extreme heat or acid. Enzymes, however, allow these reactions to take place without damaging the body’s fragile tissues and organs.
However, enzymes do not work alone. Substances known as enzyme co-factors must regulate enzyme functions in order to control the rate of reactions within the body. These cofactors act as switch “keys” within each enzyme, instructing it to start or stop activity.
Magnesium is one of the most common factors in the body or its cofactors. Its presence is essential for:
- breakdown of glucose and fat,
- production of proteins, enzymes and antioxidants such as glutathione.
Magnesium cannot be produced by the body, it must be taken exclusively through diet or nutritional supplements.
Magnesium is a necessary ingredient in the energy production process that takes place within the tiny structures inside the cells.
Mitochondria inside the cell act as the cell’s powerhouse and constantly produce ATP by converting simple units of glucose, fatty acids or amino acids. Without the presence of sufficient magnesium, the nutrients we take in through food or dietary supplements cannot be metabolized into useful units.
