Q: What are the benefits of a magnesium supplement?
Dr. Henry Cheng: Magnesium is essential for all cellular functions. It ensures proper heart, skeletal and vascular muscular contraction and relaxation. Hence magnesium may help lower blood pressure, treat muscular cramps, restless leg syndrome, and involuntary movements. Magnesium also supports normal nerve functions and may benefit ADHD, nerve pains, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, migraines, sleep, and PMS. Magnesium is also essential for healthy bones. For the best results choose a chelated form of magnesium reinforced with malic acid, taurine, glutamine and other vitamins for nerve and muscle functions. Lorna Vanderhaeghe’s new MAGsmart is one such preparation that I recommend.
Henry Cheng is a medical graduate of the University of London, England and is now Natural Products Consultant at Pharmasave Health Centre Downtown Cloverdale.
