 Hello everyone! Today we are talking about magnesium deficiency. So if you have diabetes, high blood pressure, rhythm problems, cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, fragile bones, irritability, anxiety, seizures, if you have any of these stay tuned because we will talk about how magnesium can help you with all of these problems right now. Guys, I'm Dr. Ahmet Ergin. I'm an endocrinologist and a diabetes expert. Today we are talking about the importance of magnesium deficiency. So the magnesium is involved in many processes, especially the muscle function, the nerve function, and in your insulin metabolism. People who drink alcohol, people who are on diuretics, which we call them water pills, or people who have chronic diarrhea may become magnesium deficient way quicker than the others. Now what's interesting is although magnesium is commonly found in a lot of foods like the dairy, the meat, the green leafy vegetables, the nuts, all the good stuff, well as we all know in American diet we these are not super common and a lot of people are magnesium deficient. As a result, you know most people end up having the side effects of magnesium deficiency, which is insulin resistance and diabetes, but also irritability, anxiety, again your muscles and your nerves affect or cause a lot of problems. For example, if your nerves are irritable, you are going to have like symptoms like twitching, you will be irritable, your muscles will cause fatigue and tiredness, even muscle twitching, your digestion is not going to be good, your heart will be very excitable. So as a result, you will have arrhythmia or rhythm problems and the worst is seizures, because if you're overly excited because of magnesium deficiency in your nerves, then it can even lead to seizures, especially if you have a tendency for it. Your endothelium, your blood vessels are lined with nerves and muscles and if it is not appropriately functioning, you will end up with high blood pressure and as a result cardiovascular disease as well. Now the next question is how much magnesium do you really need, right? Well, the magnesium of course, if you're having enough magnesium in your diet, that is great. If you do not, you're looking around 400 milligrams of magnesium. If you go up to 800 or more, you can, but it's going to give you the runs. You may end up with diarrhea. Now, if you are constipated, actually that may not be a bad idea to do so to take more magnesium. Now, when you test your magnesium in your blood, it may not show low. There are some tests out there that actually test intracellular magnesium levels, although they are more expensive, but if your doctor or yourself are very suspicious of it, I would suggest testing the magnesium in the cells because the blood levels do not go down until you are really, really depleted with magnesium. As a result, if your magnesium is like 1.8, 1.9, anything less than 2, I would be very highly suspicious that you actually have significant magnesium deficiency. And remember that if you have symptoms, sometimes you need to proactively go ahead and treat because unless you're over treating with magnesium, magnesium supplementation is not necessarily harmful unless you're having side effects such as diarrhea. Hello, everyone. Did you know that 1 in 10 Americans are acromion deficient? And when you look at the diabetic population, that is far, far above that. Probably every three to four diabetic are acromion deficient. Now, what is acromion to begin with? All right, guys, acromion is a mineral. It is an important mineral. It works in the glucose metabolism. So basically, if you don't have the acromion, your insulin will not function well and you will develop insulin resistance. Now, we are kind of deficient in chromium in America most of the time and the reasons are multiple. Now, number one, our soil and water is not really rich in chromium. So the foods are not rich in chromium and the trivalent form of the chromium is not well absorbed. You're only absorbing one percent of what you're getting in your diet. So that's why there are supplements out there that are chromium picolinate. When you chelate the chromium with picolinate, then the absorption becomes a lot easier. So as a result, you don't need a lot of chromium to be able to replace your deficiency. Chromium is also very important in making protein, cholesterol, and fat in the body. So before I move further, I want to remind you something that we have a quiz. 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And if you're eating a lot of carbs, which is another problem because the more chromium is being lost, the more carbohydrate you're eating because you're basically trying to metabolize those carbohydrates. Like athletes who are working out a lot, they will need carbohydrates and they will need to metabolize those, so they definitely need more chromium. But if you're not an athlete, you know, you shouldn't be eating too much carbohydrate because if you do, then you're going to be losing the chromium and you will end up needing to replace it. So guys, I hope this video is helpful to you. Please remember to share, give it a thumbs up, and remember to take the quiz because this is the end of the video, and then you will have the chance to win a chapter from my diabetes book, the ultimate diabetes book. You can win any chapter, and remember to stay tuned for the next video. Hey guys, I hope you're enjoying this channel so far, and I hope you subscribed already. 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