Vitamins and Minerals Associated with Magnesium

Magnesium, like all minerals, is important for your health. Your body uses magnesium extensively in many of its biological processes. But magnesium doesn't work alone. It works in conjunction with other minerals and vitamins, both synergistically (working together) and antagonistically (working against each other).

The vitamins and minerals that work with magnesium - synergistically - include:

• calcium
  
• potassium
  
• phosphorus
  
• zinc
  
• chromium
  
• manganese
  
• vitamin A
  
• vitamin B1
  
• vitamin B2
  
• vitamin B3
  
• vitamin C
  
• vitamin E

The vitamins and minerals that work against magnesium - antagonistically - include:

• calcium
  
• potassium
  
• phosphorus
  
• sodium
  
• iron
  
• manganese
  
• cadmium
  
• lead
  
• vitamin B1
  
• vitamin B6
  
• vitamin B10
  
• vitamin B12
  
• vitamin C
  
• vitamin D
  
• vitamin E

Take a look at these lists carefully. You'll notice that there are some of the same minerals and vitamins that are both synergists and antagonists.

How can this be?

It depends on the amount of the nutrient present in your body. If you get too much magnesium, too much calcium, too much iron, too much of any vitamin or mineral, it can have an adverse effect rather than beneficial. According to Dr. David Watts, author of Trace Elements and Other Essential Nutrients, "maintaining mineral content in the body is like walking a tightrope."

If you really want to feel good, not catch every cold or flu that goes around, and protect yourself from the modern diseases that are rampant in our society today, then you need to maintain an optimal vitamin and mineral balance in your body.

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