Excessive magnesium supplementation can lead to several adverse effects, including: 1. **Diarrhea**: One of the most common side effects, excessive magnesium can have a laxative effect, leading to frequent, loose stools. 2. **Nausea and Vomiting**: High doses may cause gastrointestinal distress, resulting in feelings of nausea and potential vomiting. 3. **Abdominal Cramping**: Alongside diarrhea, magnesium overload can lead to upset stomach and cramping. 4. **Low Blood Pressure**: High levels of magnesium can cause hypotension (low blood pressure), leading to dizziness, lightheadedness, or fainting. 5. **Muscle Weakness**: Excess magnesium can interfere with neuromuscular function, causing weakness and fatigue. 6. **Irregular Heartbeat**: Hypermagnesemia can affect heart rhythms, potentially leading to arrhythmias or other cardiovascular issues. 7. **Respiratory Issues**: Severe cases of magnesium toxicity may lead to difficulty breathing due to its effects on neuromuscular function. 8...
Benefits of Beet Supplements Beetroot has been gaining in popularity as a new super food. Consuming fruits and vegetables of all kinds has long been associated with a reduced risk of many lifestyle-related health conditions. Many studies indicate that eating more plant foods, like beetroot, decreases the risk of obesity, overall mortality, diabetes, and heart disease and promotes a healthy complexion and hair, increased energy, and overall lower weight. Heart health and blood pressure : A 2008 study published in Hypertension examined the effects of ingesting beetroot in healthy volunteers and found that blood pressure was significantly lowered after ingestion. Researchers hypothesized this was likely due to the high nitrate levels contained in beets and that the high nitrate vegetables could prove to be a low-cost and effective way to treat cardiovascular conditions and blood pressure. Another study condu...
Want to live a longer and better life? Increase your happiness!
Contrary to old notions that happiness is shallow or naïve, there is a growing body of evidence that happiness is beneficial for morbidity (risk of illness), survival of illness and longevity (Diener & Chan 2011).
Diener and Chan’s research review suggests that high subjective well-being may add 4–10 years of life compared with low subjective well-being (and the years will also be more enjoyable than they would have been for less happy people, the authors note!).
So how do you become happier? Mary Monroe, a freelance writer in the Los Angeles area, shares some insights from happiness experts.
Exercise Helps “Exercise may well be the most effective instant happiness booster of all activities,” says researcher Sonja Lyubomirsky in her book, The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life You Want (Penguin 2007). A review of over 50 studies confirmed that there is sufficient evidence to show th...
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