镁：神奇的矿物质
We have know多年来，许多糖尿病的人都有太少的镁在他们的身体中。那么为什么我们所有人都不采取这种神奇的矿物质的补充剂？
Everyone seem to recommend magnesium, mostly to reduce the insulin resistance and hence help counteract diabetes. But how much magnesium we have in our bodies is almost impossible to test, because most of it resides in our bones and very little in our blood, according to Dr. Barkat Charania in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He practiced orthopedic surgery for more than 30 years, now blogs atBarkat Charania博士，并帮助我研究了这篇文章。
自从我们的血液水平镁不告诉我们，如果我们有足够的话，研究人员据报道少数人类研究，他告诉我。尽管如此，他仍然引起了对镁，大多数与糖尿病有关的镁的研究。
引用三这些研究足以马ke my point:
1。"Magnesium deficiency is not uncommon among the general population: its intake has decreased over the years especially in the western world[emphasis added]。镁补充剂或静脉内输注可能有益于各种患病状态。特别兴趣是...糖尿病的镁状况。“这来自”镁：生理，临床和分析方面的更新“在Clinica Chimica Acta。
2。参与者的心血管疾病，高血压和糖尿病的参与者的平均血清镁水平显着降低，而不是在没有这些疾病的那些中。这来自“血清和膳食镁与心血管疾病，高血压，糖尿病，胰岛素和颈动脉壁厚的关联：ARIC研究" in the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology.
3.。"A reduced intracellular magnesium content might contribute to the impaired insulin response and action which occurs in Type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus." This comes from "Hypomagnesaemia in Type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus is not corrected by improvement of long-term metabolic control“在糖尿病症。
即便如此，Institute of Medicinehas standard age- and gender-related recommended levels of magnesium. In its[膳食参考钙，磷，镁，维生素D和氟化物]the IOM sets the Recommended Dietary Allowances of magnesium for males 19 to 30 at 400 mg/d, males 31 and up at 420, females 19 to 30 at 310, females 31 and up at 320, and pregnant or lactating women somewhat higher.
更糟糕的是，几乎不可能告诉我们在我们的身体中有多少镁没有阻止某些所谓的当局，比如Celeste Robb-Nicholson，M.D.，主编，哈佛妇女的健康观察那
from writing that "magnesium deficiency " is rare in the United States" and that we get most of the magnesium we need from "whole grains, legumes, and dark-green leafy vegetables."
但是，当我们遵循一个非常低的碳水化合物饮食时，这对我们来说不起作用。例如，根据美国农业部的说法，一杯菠菜仅有24毫克镁国家营养数据库。
但即使是罗伯邦博士也承认镁缺乏“可能导致肌肉弱点，痉挛或心脏有紊乱。”腿部痉挛是让我回到多年后跳到镁补充剂所花费的。
在非常低的碳水化合物上获得足够的镁并不容易。一位记者最近给我写了一汤匙糖蜜，“由于镁中很高。”我回答说，由于果糖也很高，因此我在这里写的肝脏很难“果糖的麻烦。“Besides, it ranks only No. 135 in Nutrition Data's list of "镁中最高的食物。“
In The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living, which I reviewed here at "Low Carbohydrate Living，斯蒂芬Phinney和Jeff Volek建议服用腿部痉挛的镁，我当时遇到了腿部痉挛。除非腿部痉挛返回，否则他们将其推荐将其推荐仅仅20天即可占用20天。
他们建议慢速释放平板电脑，虽然不是昂贵的专有名牌产品，“慢动作”。“Mag-64或Mag-Delay”是“同等效率的普遍存在的名牌价格。”
但我找不到这些推荐品牌中的任何一个品牌。
当我写Phinney博士的建议时，他在购买其中一个的建议时，他送到了我的两个瓶子的Mag 64。随后，我在Amazon.com上找到了“rising mag64。“
I have been taking two tablets daily ever since and now almost never have leg cramps. I am continuing to take this magnesium supplement to prevent the common leg cramps that I once had, because my diabetes indicates that I probably need more magnesium than most people, because I follow a very low-carb diet, and because of a chronic muscle weakness I have in my left leg. That started when I took statins many years ago and has never disappeared, although I am still hopeful that magnesium will eventually overcome this side effect of that drug.
大多数患有糖尿病的人可能需要服用补充镁。但不是每个人。
像任何药物或补充剂一样，镁可以具有我们称之为副作用的意外后果。在镁的情况下，唯一已知的禁忌症是严重的肾功能衰竭。因此，如果您有任何肾脏问题的历史或知道任何肾功能损失，请务必在服用任何镁补充剂之前与医生联系。
然而，在我们其他人，镁的矿物质可能是神奇的。
