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Having a healthy balance of magnesium in your diet can not only decrease the number of sweet cravings you have, but also help improve sleep, digestion, and immune health.
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Read More »Well... yes, high amounts of chocolate cravings are a sign of magnesium deficiency. Magnesium regulates glucose (blood sugar) and insulin levels (helps the body use and store glucose), as well as the neurotransmitter dopamine. A deficiency will cause intense sugar cravings, especially for chocolate, because cacao is considered the food with the highest amount of magnesium per gram. With that fact stated, it's no wonder, chocolate is the first thing we reach for when we encounter such a deficiency. If science isn't enough, I personally can actually attest to magnesium‘s craving curbing powers. A couple of years ago, after a couple of months of going through what seemed at the time a random burst of chocoholic cravings for everything chocolatey from Kit Kats to plain ol' Hershey's chocolate bars, I heard about chocolate cravings being a sign of magnesium cravings so I started to supplement with magnesium and that actually helped reduce my chocolate obsession. While estimations predict that only 2% of Americans have experienced magnesium deficiency, a new study suggests that up to 75% are not meeting their recommended intake and deficiency may be underdiagnosed since the obvious signs commonly don’t appear until your levels become severely low. This means you could be experiencing a minor magnesium deficiency without any obvious indicators. Furthermore, research says that "magnesium depletion has been found in 75% and 30.8% of patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes based on serum and intracellular magnesium status, respectively. Magnesium deficiency can be present despite normal serum magnesium levels". Magnesium deficiency is widespread yet undiagnosed around the world - we're simply not getting enough of it through diet alone. New research published in Open Heart discusses this essential nutrient, how deficiency is negatively impacting health across the globe, and calls the situation "a public health crisis". They said this: "Subclinical magnesium deficiency increases the risk of numerous types of cardiovascular disease, costs nations around the world an incalculable amount of healthcare costs and suffering, and should be considered a public health crisis." You see, adequate magnesium doesn't just keep your chocoholic tendencies at bay—it also plays a critical role in overall well-being. Magnesium is one of the most abundant minerals in our bodies. As a nutrient, magnesium is necessary for the function of more than 300 enzymes in the human body and is used in hundreds of different chemical reactions in the body every single day. That means this very crucial nutrient is constantly in high demand and if you aren’t taking in enough there will be some warning signs popping up. A severe lack of magnesium can be so dangerous that chronically low levels could increase your chances of having high blood pressure, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and osteoporosis.
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