Mike Mahler swears by magnesium oil - other big names too - and now there is a study supporting their position. Check this out:
http://www.herts.ac.uk/about-us/news/2017/april/magnesium-cream-absorbed-through-skin-significantly-boosts-magnesium-levels-in-the-blood,-first-study-on-humans-finds"Magnesium cream absorbed through skin significantly boosts magnesium levels in the blood, first study on humans finds"
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The first study into the effectiveness of magnesium creams on humans, published in the journal PLOS One, has found that topical application does boost magnesium levels in the blood.
The University of Hertfordshire research is a first step to showing that transdermal magnesium creams could be a viable addition or alternative to oral supplementation, to combat the range of health problems linked to low magnesium levels, including high blood pressure and poor immune function.
Only 86% of the population currently meet recommended magnesium levels in their diet and oral magnesium is commonly used to support a low magnesium diet. Supplementation is proven to improve various health factors, including blood pressure, immune function, cardiovascular system and metabolic syndrome.
An alternative -
particularly for people who have difficulties in taking pills - could be topical application through magnesium oils and trans-dermal creams, from which magnesium is absorbed through the skin. However up to this point no study had been carried out on human subjects to look at the effectiveness of this.
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Baseline urine and blood samples were taken and participants were randomly assigned into magnesium cream or placebo control cream groups, then instructed to
apply 2 x 5ml spoonfuls of cream per day for two weeks. The resulting d
aily dose received in the magnesium cream group consisted of 56mg. After 12-14 days final urine and blood samples were collected and compared to the original findings.
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