The problem is, those same women are not relayed the importance of also taking magnesium.
The two minerals work in combination: magnesium relaxes muscles, calcium tightens muscles. If you don't have enough magnesium, your muscles won't go to rest. This includes your heart muscle.
According to Dr. Carolyn Dean, author of The Magnesium Miracle and Atrial Fibrillation: Remineralize Your Heart, there is a dilemma in magnesium deficiency diagnosis because there aren't very good good methods for measuring magnesium levels in the body.
However, there are a number of symptoms that might indicate a magnesium deficiency, including insomnia, migraine, heartburn, colitis flares, eye twitches, leg pain, constipation, depression, and chest pains.
Listen in as Dr. Dean joins Naturally Savvy hosts Andrea and Lisa to explain the connection between magnesium and heart health.
Carolyn Dean, MD, ND, is a medical doctor and naturopath. She is the author of 110 Kindle books and 33 health books covering a wide variety of topics, including The Magnesium Miracle and Atrial Fibrillation: Remineralize Your Heart.