Magnesium Benefits?

Question

Magnesium Benefits?
I bought a bottle of Tension RX at the health food store, for tension/anxiety. I haven't found it helpful at all. It contains B-6 100mg. and Magnesium 116 mg., Hops Extract 100mg. Anyone familiar with what these ingredients are good for?

Answer 1

. VITAMIN [B.sub.6] This B vitamin serves three purposes: It helps protein metabolism, builds hemoglobin and, perhaps most importantly, assists red-blood-cell formation. Muscles need oxygen for metabolism to occur, and red blood cells help carry the oxygen to them. The more red blood cells you have, says DeSesa, "the more `cars' you have to carry the oxygen to your muscles, so the less your heart, theoretically, would have to pump to get it there."

How much per day: 1.3 to 2 milligrams

Where to get it: Tuna, salmon, beans, potatoes, bananas, chicken and turkey.

2. VITAMIN [B.sub.12] Another member of the B family, [B.sub.12] also helps with red-blood-cell formation, and as a bonus acts as a growth-and-repair catalyst for DNA. "DNA is the code map for protein synthesis," says DeSesa. "It sets up the template for proteins to be built inside the cell from amino acids. In fact, it gives the instructions for making every protein in a person's body."

How much per day: 2.4 micrograms

Where to get it: Fish, milk, eggs, meat and poultry.

3. VlTAMIN C Yes, the same wonder vitamin that seems to lower incidences of everything from the common cold to cancer also helps build the connective-tissue formation for joints and ligaments. Not only is vitamin C a major component of synovial fluid--the stuff that lubricates your joints--it's also an antioxidant, meaning it helps protect cells from being broken down and destroyed.

How much per day: Ninety milligrams is the minimum, but if you train intensely--and can tolerate it--you may benefit from up to 2,000 mg (broken into two or three doses).

Where to get it: Citrus fruits and juices; green and red peppers; peaches; broccoli.

4. VITAMIN E Just like C, vitamin E is an antioxidant that attacks free radicals and helps suppress their ruinous swath. "Free radicals cause oxidative stress, damaging normal healthy cells in the body," says Phillip W. Harvey, Ph.D. R.D., F.A.C.N., chief science officer for the National Nutritional Foods Association. A recent study at Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., showed that taking vitamin E after a workout may help lessen muscle soreness by reducing the number of exercise-induced free radicals.

Since vitamin E is fat-soluble, be careful not to take too much of it. Fat-soluble vitamins are stored in your fat cells, which means they're not so easily discarded. Taking too much can cause a buildup, which can eventually lead to toxicity.

How much per day: 400 to 800 IU

Where to get it: Nuts, seeds, vegetable oils, dark-green leafy vegetables, whole grains.

MINERALS

5. CALCIUM Calcium doesn't help build muscles necessarily, but it does help contract them, which is exactly what you do in the gym. For proper muscle contraction--such as during a biceps curl--you need calcium to shift across the muscle fibers at the cellular level. This includes voluntary muscle contraction, like weightlifting, as well as involuntary movements, such as your heart beating.

Unfortunately, calcium molecules bind like a wet T-shirt on Pamela Anderson, and so are easily excreted from the body. Weight trainers need to make sure they're getting enough calcium, because diets that are high in protein increase urinary excretion of this critical mineral. If your urine contains more calcium than you'll find in whole milk, your body will make up the deficit by pulling calcium from its most readily available source: your bones. Since one of the main benefits of weightlifting is to increase bone strength and density, you're simply spinning your wheels in the gym if you're chronically low on calcium.

How much per day: 1,200 milligrams

Where to get it: Low-fat dairy products such as yogurt, milk and nonfat sour cream, as well as green leafy vegetables, sardines and Salmon.

6. MAGNESIUM Because of its role as a catalyst in protein synthesis, if you don't have magnesium in your body you simply won't build muscle. "Magnesium functions in the activation of amino acids as proteins are being made," says Harvey. "Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins."

Uses of Hops

Hops are perhaps best known for their use as a bitter agent in brewing beer. But hops also are a nerve sedative and hormonal agent. Because they promote stomach secretions, bitter herbs are good digestive tonics. The bitter principles in hops are particularly useful for indigestion aggravated by stress or insufficient stomach acid and for gassiness and sour burping. Research has shown that hops also may help the body metabolize natural toxins, such as those produced by bacteria.

Hops contain plant estrogens, and women who harvest hops flowers for an extended time sometimes develop menstrual-cycle abnormalities. Its estrogenic constituents make this plant useful in treating menopausal complaints, such as insomnia and hot flashes.

You also may use hops for anxiety and nervous complaints or for indigestion and cramps resulting from anxiety. Use the tincture or tea before bed if you experience insomnia.

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Answer 2

Alexis, I see you are looking for herbal alternatives, one thing important about herbals is that you need to have a good base . This is why it is recommended you take a women's multivitamin to give you all the antioxidants, minerals, vitamins etc. to start with then you can take your magnesium for reducing anxiety and other specific agents like ginseng or ginko bilboa, It's hard to explain but if you use just one specific substance it will cancel out another substance/ nutrient to make up for the high dose of magnesium for eg. But if you have the good base as i say your body will have adequate levels of everything and when you want to take magnesium or beta caritones, Valerian root, you'll have a high success rate of getting the benefits out of them. you may have noticed that herbals are pretty expensive. I suggest you get a brand called SWISSE they are the best so get the SWISSE Women's multivitamin and you'll pretty much get all the good stuff a healthy woman;s body needs, more iron, magnesium etc. It really is the best brand if you wanna try herbal.

Answer 3

Signs of a Vitamin B6 deficiency include depression and anxiety. Magensium deficiency has been linked to anxiety. Hops help support the nervous system. Tension RX is probably not going to work if you don't find out the cause of your tension and anxiety. Anxiety is a symptom of a problem that could be low serotonin, hyperthyroid, hypoglycemia, estrogen dominance if you've used birth control pills or have had children. Anxiety means something is out of balance in your body or your life- or both.

Answer 4

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magnesium takes a year to build up your levels anyway, i think