Everyone could benefit from extra magnesium supplementation. However, there is a long list of possible symptoms and behaviors that can identify your need for magnesium. The following 100 factors in 68 categories can help you recognize magnesium deficiency.

There’s no way of knowing how many factors correlate with any one person’s magnesium deficiency, but if you find yourself ticking off a few dozen, you may want see how many of your symptoms improve when you take magnesium supplements.

1. Alcohol intake—more than seven drinks per week
2. Anger
3. Angina
4. Anxiety
5. Apathy
6. Arrhythmia of the heart
7. Asthma
8. Blood tests
a. Low calcium
b. Low potassium
c. Low magnesium
9. Bowel problems
a. Undigested fat in stool
b. Constipation
c. Diarrhea
d. Alternating constipation and diarrhea
e. IBS
f. Crohn’s
g. Colitis
10. Brain trauma
11. Bronchitis, chronic
12. Caffeine (coffee, tea, chocolate), more than three
servings per day
13. Chronic fatigue syndrome
14. Cold extremities
15. Concentration difficulties
16. Confusion
17. Convulsions
18. Depression
19. Diabetes
a. Type I
b. Type II
c. Gestational diabetes
20. Fibromyalgia
21. Food intake imbalances
a. Limited in green leafy vegetables, seeds, and fresh
fruit
b. High protein
22. Food cravings
a. Carbohydrates
b. Chocolate
c. Salt
d. Junk food
23. Gagging or choking on food
24. Headaches
25. Heart disease
26. Heart—rapid rate
27. High blood pressure
28. Homocysteinuria
29. Hyperactivity
30. Hyperventilation
31. Infertility
32. Insomnia
33. Irritability
34. Kidney stones
35. Medications
a. Digitalis
b. Diuretics
c. Antibiotics
d. Steroids
e. Oral contraceptives
f. Indomethacin
g. Cisplatin
h. Amphotericin B
i. Cholestyramine
j. Synthetic estrogens
36. Memory impairment
37. Mercury amalgam dental fillings
38. Menstrual pain and cramps
39. Migraines
40. Mineral supplements
a. Take calcium without magnesium
b. Take zinc without magnesium
c. Take iron without magnesium
41. Mitral valve prolapse
42. Muscle cramps or spasms
43. Muscle twitching or tics
44. Muscle weakness
45. Numbness of hands or feet
46. Osteoporosis
47. Paranoia
48. Parathyroid hyperactivity
49. PMS
50. Polycystic ovarian disease
51. Pregnancy
a. Currently pregnant
b. Pregnant within one year
c. History of preeclampsia or eclampsia
d. Postpartum depression
e. Have a child with cerebral palsy
52. Radiation therapy, recent
53. Raynaud’s syndrome
54. Restlessness
55. Sexual energy diminished
56. Shortness of breath
57. Smoking
58. Startled easily by noise
59. Stressful life or circumstances
60. Stroke
61. Sugar, high intake daily
62. Syndrome X
63. Thyroid hyperactivity
64. Tingling of hands or feet
65. Transplants
a. Kidney
b. Liver
66. Tremor of the hands
67. Water that contains the following
a. Fluoride
b. Chlorine
c. Calcium
68. Wheezing

• Stress
• Fatigue & Low Energy
• Inability to Sleep
• Muscle Tension, Spasms &?Cramps
• Anxiousness and Nervousness
• Irritability
• Headaches
• Weakness
• PMS and Hormonal Imbalances
• Weakening Bones
• Abnormal Heart Rhythm
• Calcification of Organs

Always consult your doctor.