Magnesium (whole blood) - the stable total image

Magnesium deficiency? If your magnesium level is too low, you may suffer from restless legs.

Magnesium is important for the functioning of many enzymes and therefore indispensable. As a result, a deficiency leads to numerous health problems. Magnesium is found in almost all foods. Because of this, the chance of a magnesium deficiency is not so great.

With a long-term magnesium deficiency, symptoms such as irritation of the nerves in the muscles, cardiac arrhythmia, stomach cramps and fatigue occur.

Magnesium is an essential mineral for humans. Magnesium is involved in numerous metabolic reactions in the body. It is found in almost all of our cells. Magnesium activates more than 300 different enzymes, most of which are involved in the metabolism of carbohydrates, fats and proteins (enzymes are proteins that act as a biological catalyst, i.e., accelerator of (bio)chemical processes taking place in living organisms). The theory is that magnesium supplementation promotes protein building, especially muscle mass building, which gives an increase in strength and power. Also, magnesium supplementation would promote carbohydrate and fat metabolism with a possible beneficial effect on endurance sports ability.

What does it measure? An average magnesium value of plasma and blood cells together.

Reference values: 1.1 - 1.8 mmol/L

Advantages

• Gives a stable and representative overview of the magnesium status.
• Less influenced by snapshots (meal, single supplement)
• Great for:
• general screening
• following magnesium supplementation
• periodic health checks
• Technically often very reproducible with repetition

Disadvantages

• Only one average value
• Does not distinguish between intra- and extracellular deficiency
• Less sensitive than intracellular in muscle, stress and nerve complaints.

Whole blood magnesium is especially ideal for screening and monitoring.

For a more accurate determination it is better to measure Magnesium Intracellular.