The Salty News — back pain

It's a fair question and we have developed the love for this particular mineral over the years of practice. As a naturopath and osteopath, seeing clients in pain or stress is a daily occurrence. Magnesium has the potential to greatly change conditions such as those, and create a real difference for those individuals. Let’s look at some fun facts about this nurturing mineral.    🌊 It's one of the most abundant minerals in the body Magnesium is the fourth most abundant mineral in the human body. It plays several important roles in the health of your body and brain. It...

Even in the western world with all our health and technological advances, we still fall prey to a few simple nutritional insufficiencies. While they are common and it’s easy to understand how they happen - you should know the symptoms so you can spot them too! Today we’ll chat about the five most common ones health practitioners see and where to find them in food. We won’t go over magnesium deficiency because we talked about that in this blog.  Iron I would argue that this is the most common among young women today. The growing popularity of vegan and vegetarian...

Back pain is so common it’s almost considered a sign of ‘getting old’, however, it doesn’t have to be inevitable. Research by Tarleton, et al [1] tells us that there is a relationship between chronic back pain and magnesium deficiency. Further studies by Boyle, et al [2] suggest that our daily intake of magnesium is wildly inadequate. So much so, that up to 60-70% of adults may actually be magnesium deficient! We have mentioned the benefits of magnesium in our previous blog 'Why Science says to Eat Dark Chocolate’.  Science tells us that stress uses up our magnesium reserves, which...