100 factors associated with magnesium deficiency!

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Magnesium is an essential mineral that plays many important roles in our body. Magnesium deficiency can cause a variety of health problems and affect our overall well-being. 

The 100 factors below, grouped into 67 categories, will help you understand why magnesium deficiency may be dangerous or harmful to your health. It is not possible to say how many of these factors are linked to magnesium deficiency in any one person. 

1. Alcoholism - more than seven alcoholic drinks per week.
2. Anger
3. Angina
4. Anxiety
5. Apathy
6. Heart arrhythmias
7. Asthma
8. Blood tests
   1. Low calcium levels
   2. Low potassium levels
   3. Low magnesium levels
9. Bowel problems
   1. Undigested fat in stool
   2. Constipation
   3. Diarrhoea
   4. Alternating constipation and diarrhoea
   5. Irritable bowel syndrome
   6. Crohn's disease
   7. Colitis, microscopic colitis
10. Brain trauma
11. Bronchitis, chronic
12. Caffeine (coffee, tea, chocolate), more than three servings per day.
13. Chronic fatigue syndrome
14. Cold extremities
15. Concentration problems
16. Confusion
17. Convulsions
18. Depression
19. Diabetes
    1. Type I diabetes
    2. Type II diabetes
    3. Gestational diabetes
20. Fibromyalgia
21. Dietary additions
    1. Carbohydrates
    2. Chocolate
    3. Salt
    4. Junk food
22. Dietary imbalance
    1. Limited intake of green leafy vegetables, seeds and fresh fruit
    2. High-protein diet
23. Breathlessness
24. Headaches
25. Heart disease
26. Heart rate
27. High blood pressure
28. Hyperactivity
29. Hyperhomocysteinemia
30. Hyperventilation
31. Infertility
32. Insomnia
33. Irritability
34. Kidney stones
35. Medications
    1. Digitalis
    2. Diuretics
    3. Antibiotics
    4. Steroids
    5. Oral contraceptives
    6. Indomethacin
    7. Cisplatin
    8. Amphotericin B
    9. Cholestyramine
    10. Synthetic oestrogens
36. Memory impairment
37. Menstrual pain and cramps
38. Mercury amalgam dental fillings
39. Migraine
40. Mineral supplements
    1. Taking calcium without magnesium
    2. Taking zinc without magnesium
    3. Poorly absorbed forms of magnesium block iron absorption; well-absorbed forms of magnesium help iron absorption
41. Mitral valve prolapse
42. Muscle cramps or spasms
43. Muscle twitches
44. Muscle weakness
45. Numbness in hands or feet
46. Osteoporosis
47. Paranoia
48. Parathyroid hyperactivity
49. Polycystic ovary disease
50. Pregnancy
    1. Current pregnancy
    2. Pregnancy within the past year
    3. History of pre-eclampsia or eclampsia
    4. Postpartum depression
    5. Child with cerebral palsy
51. Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)
52. Radiation therapy, recent
53. Raynaud's syndrome
54. Restlessness
55. Reduced sexual energy
56. Shortness of breath
57. Smoking
58. Sensitivity to noise
59. Stressful life or circumstances
60. Stroke
61. High daily sugar intake
62. Syndrome X
63. Thyroid hyperactivity
64. Tingling in hands or feet
65. Transplants
    1. Kidney transplant
    2. Liver transplant
    3. Hand tremors
66. Hand tremors
67. Water containing
    1. fluoride
    2. chlorine
    3. calcium

It's incredible how much a single mineral can affect our health, isn't it? Magnesium is an extremely important mineral that helps us fight various health problems as well as stress and anxiety, which are at the root of many health issues.