The Wellness Mama Podcast

The Magnesium Miracle: Why It’s the Most Overlooked Mineral in Women’s Health With Dr. Carolyn Dean

Katie Wells/Dr. Carolyn Dean Episode 988

Episode Highlights with Carolyn

  • Some of the many reasons why magnesium is so important
  • The reasons why magnesium deficiency is so common in the modern world
  • Magnesium is necessary for fertility and healthy pregnancy
  • How it comes into play with detox and sleep
  • Stress depletes magnesium and why it's impossible to get enough from diet anymore
  • How fluoride and related drugs deplete magnesium
  • Calcium and mineral channels and how these can interplay
  • 100 years ago we were getting 500mg a day of magnesium from diet and now we barely get 200mg
  • 800 enzyme processes in the body need magnesium to function properly
  • Why women are especially prone to magnesium deficiency
  • 9 minerals are needed to make thyroid hormones
  • Mitchondria need magnesium to make energy and when we don’t have enough we have lower energy and brain fog
  • How to know if you're low on magnesium and why testing isn’t needed or accurate
  • Magnesium is the most important mineral and only 1% is in the blood so blood testing isn’t accurate

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