Advanced Magnesium Complex 90 caps - glycinate, aspartate, malate, ascorbate | AOR

AOR Advanced Magnesium Complex provides four sources of magnesium and helps the body to metabolize carboyhdryates, proteins and fats, supports tissue and connective tissue formation and helps in the development and maintenance of proper muscle function and is an antioxidant for the maintenance of good health.

• contains four bioavailable magnesium sources (glycinate, aspartate, malate, ascorbate)
• provides dually beneficial forms
• supports muscle function, bone health and heart health
• most advanced magnesium supplement available

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Introducing the Most Advanced Magnesium Complex Available
Advanced Magnesium Complex is a highly bioavailable formula that combines four types of magnesium into one comprehensive magnesium supplement to ensure the body’s magnesium needs are met. This formula includes Magnesium Aspartate, Magnesium Ascorbate, Magnesium Malate and Magnesium Glycinate. These four forms of magnesium were included in the formula as they are the forms that various body systems can most easily metabolize, and each form provides more benefits than just magnesium!

Why So Many Forms?
Magnesium ascorbate was included in the formula because magnesium and vitamin C are both beneficial for the heart among other things, and because decreased serum magnesium is correlated with decreased serum vitamin C. The malate and aspartate ions are present in the formula in equal amounts for the support of the malate/aspartate shuttle involved with energy production in the body. Malate and aspartate are both included to ensure that the aspartate does not cause excessive stimulation in the body. Magnesium glycinate is included as the primary source of magnesium, as it is the least likely to cause diarrhea.

Magnesium Deficiency
The daily recommended intake for women is about 320 mg and about 420 mg for men. In 2004, it was estimated that almost half of Canadians do not consume enough magnesium. In a 1988 study on the prevalence of magnesium deficiency, it was reported that “Magnesium is the most under-diagnosed electrolyte abnormality.” In addition to not getting enough, people who consume high amounts of coffee, tea, alcohol, carbonated beverages and processed foods are at higher risk of deficiency. In addition, overexcretion can occur in older adults, those with gastrointestinal disorders involving diarrhea and fat malabsorption, type 2 diabetes, kidney disorders and those taking diuretics (a class of blood pressure medications) or proton pump inhibitors (a type of heartburn medication). Epidemiological studies (long term observational studies that review population statistics) have shown that regions of the world that have ‘hard’ drinking water (water which is high in minerals including magnesium) have lower mortality rates from heart attacks.

How Do You Know You’re Deficient in Magnesium?
How Do You Know You’re Deficient in Magnesium? Unfortunately, there’s no easily available commercial lab test that will provide a truly accurate reading of the magnesium status in the body’s tissues. Only 1% of magnesium in your body is distributed in your blood, making a simple magnesium blood test highly inaccurate. Some specialty labs do provide an RBC magnesium test which is reasonably accurate. Symptoms generally are the first sign of a deficiency. Early signs of magnesium deficiency include loss of appetite, headaches, PMS, nausea, fatigue, weakness and kidney stones. An ongoing magnesium deficiency can lead to more serious symptoms, including: numbness and tingling, muscle contractions and cramps, personality changes, migraines, sleep disturbances, seizures, abnormal heart rhythms and coronary spasms.

Why Is Magnesium So Important?
Magnesium is an essential nutrient that is vital for good health. This mineral is involved with at least 300 essential biochemical reactions including testosterone production, insulin sensitivity, calcium absorption, regulation of the sympathetic nervous system, immunity, protein synthesis among other activities in the body. Many people are deficient in magnesium, leaving the body vulnerable to stress, fatigue, illness, poor recovery from injury, nerve and cardiovascular problems.

Magnesium for the Heart
Magnesium is a mineral electrolyte that is in startling short supply in modern society. Too little magnesium directly affects your heart health, causing your blood pressure to elevate and dramatically raising your chances of a heart attack and/or stroke. Magnesium helps the heart muscles work together and the nerves that initiate the heartbeat to maintain their regular function and rhythm, and it minimizes the negative effects of heart ailments. As an electrolyte, magnesium helps to keep nerves and muscles active, regulate water levels, and maintain acid-base balance.

Magnesium for Relaxation and Energy
Magnesium is responsible for helping muscles relax after a contraction. This is partly how it influences cardiovascular function. Magnesium also stabilizes ATP, the energy produced in the body so that cells can function. Without magnesium, ATP degrades quickly and becomes useless.

Magnesium for DNA Repair
Magnesium also has an important role in protecting the genome. It helps to stabilize DNA, since its positive charge balances the negative charge on DNA. It is also required as a cofactor by many of the enzymes that are involved in DNA repair. Furthermore, magnesium has been suggested to help protect against oxidative stress, a main cause of genetic damage, and against systemic inflammation.

Magnesium for the Brain
An emerging area of interest is magnesium’s importance in cognitive function, migraine headaches and mood balance including mood swings in PMS.