Source for at least a portion of Part One:
http://www.bodyandfitness.com/Information/Health/Research/magnesium1.htm

Source for some of Part One is unknown

Part One:

DID YOU KNOW?

Very few people are aware of the enormous role magnesium plays in our bodies. After oxygen, water, and basic food, magnesium may be the most important element needed by our bodies. So vitally important, yet hardly known.

Magnesium is by far the most important mineral in the body, activating over 300 different biochemical reactions in your body all necessary for your body to function properly.

Magnesium is more important than calcium, potassium or sodium and regulates all three of them. When we get too low on oxygen, water or food, the consequences are serious. Yet, we often don't realize the consequences of magnesium deficiency.

The improper use of magnesium among health professionals and the population in general, is deeply responsible for many of the failures encountered daily in treating chronic health conditions nationwide.
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What are the symptoms of a magnesium deficiency? Millions suffer daily from:

Insomnia
Sleep-disorders
Fatigue
Body-tension
Headaches
Heart-disorders
Low energy
High Blood Pressure
PMS
Muscle tension
Backaches
Constipation
Kidney stones
Osteoporosis
Accelerated aging
Depression
Irregular-heartbeat
Anxiety
Muscle cramps
Spasms
Irritability
and the list goes on....

90-95% of the population is deficient, including many of those who already
supplement it. Why? Due to the misleading information presented in common
magnesium texts. As a result, magnesium remains largely misunderstood,
largely misused and the problem goes on undetected.

CALCIUM WARNING

The use of magnesium today is often incorrect, resulting in frequent failure to improve common conditions and complaints. One reason is this: Calcium needs magnesium in order to assimilate into the body. However, when too much calcium is consumed, it will pull magnesium out of the body parts in order to assimilate. This creates a magnesium deficiency and the person will get worse and feel accordingly.

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"Contrary to common belief, magnesium deficiency is very common even amongst those who supplement it regularly"
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Excess calcium (in the wrong form/size for proper assimilation) in the body results in calcium deposits on joints (often called arthritis). All of these have been known to disappear after taking extra magnesium especially the drink form.

BECOME AN EXPERT

After reading this data you will become your own expert on how to handle a magnesium deficiency, which strikes most of our unknowing population. This data is vital for everybody to know. It has changed the lives of many. It may change your own as well.

The fact remains that many of us suffer for months and years from chronic conditions, which no one seems to detect the source of (not even the so-called experts). With all the myriad of solutions we have sought, only a lucky handful amongst us realize that the true source of these conditions lies with a mineral deficiency. Many of these conditions listed before are caused primarily by magnesium deficiency.

This information may bring new hope to those who have already grown hopeless about improving their condition.

90-95% of the population is deficient, and many of them have thought that regular magnesium supplements will fix magnesium deficiency. Unfortunately, this isn't the case. Read on to understand this in full, and why water soluble magnesium (angstrom in size) is the answer.

To understand the importance of magnesium let's consider this:

Magnesium is the most important mineral in the body, activating over 300 different processes in your body; Among these functions are digestion, energy production, muscle function, bone formation, creation of new cells, activation of B vitamins, relaxation of muscles, the functioning of your heart, kidneys, adrenals, brain, as well as the nervous system.

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