Far less Magnesium available in the body now

Decreased Magnesium Intake

• Chemical fertilizers do not restore Magnesium in the ground

• Meat from farm animals has less Magnesium due to chemical fertilizers

• Refining of sugar, rice, wheat removes the Magnesium

• Softening of water removes Magnesium - also bottled water

Decreased absorption of Magnesium

• Decreased Vitamin D - which is needed for absorption

• Less stomach acid in elderly - reduced acid ==> reduced Mg absorption

• Increased use of Tums/ant-acid medications - reduced acid ==> reduced Mg absorption

Increased consumption of Magnesium in the body

• Fluoridated water chemically bonds with Magnesium (US and a few other countries)
  •     US reduced upper limit for Fluoridation of water by 40% April 2015

• Fluoride in toothpaste and mouth rinses chemically bonds with Magnesium - when swallowed

• Sugar consumes Magnesium (28 molecules of Magnesium for 1 molecule of sugar)

• HFCS consumes 2X more than sugar 56 instead of 28

• Stress increases the consumption of Magnesium

• Many drugs have flouride - which chemically bonds with Magnesium

See also VitaminDWiki

• Hypothesis: Magnesium accounts for some of the variation in vitamin D response – Oct 2013

• Overview Magnesium and vitamin D which has the following chart