An intensive mental coaching period also incites interactive changes in metabolic parameters and electrolytes – a peculiar role for Mg

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Abstract. Eight managers were subjected to a 3-day intensive coaching including guided relaxation. Metabolic markers (pH, pCO 2 , BE, HCO 3 , pO 2 ) and electrolyte levels (ion.Mg) improved along with mental amelioration even to the extent that mental scores and Mg concentrations correlated linearly after coaching, as did heart rate and ion.Mg levels. Successful mental intervention correlates with improvement of metabolic and cardiovascular parameters and even with electrolyte levels, whereby Mg correlations prove themselves as salient markers of Mg state. 

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Update on the relationship between magnesium and exercise.

Sune Nielsen, H C Lukaski (2006)

Magnesium is involved in numerous processes that affect muscle function including oxygen uptake, energy production and electrolyte balance. Thus, the relationship between magnesium status and exercise has received significant research attention. This research has shown that exercise induces a redistribution of magnesium in the body to accommodate metabolic needs. There is evidence that marginal magnesium deficiency impairs exercise performance and amplifies the negative consequences of strenuous exercise (e.g., oxidative stress). Strenuous exercise apparently increases urinary and sweat losses that may increase magnesium requirements by 10-20%. Based on dietary surveys and recent human experiments, a magnesium intake less than 260 mg/day for male and 220 mg/day for female athletes may result in a magnesium-deficient status. Recent surveys also indicate that a significant number of individuals routinely have magnesium intakes that may result in a deficient status. Athletes participating in sports requiring weight control (e.g., wrestling, gymnastics) are apparently especially vulnerable to an inadequate magnesium status. Magnesium supplementation or increased dietary intake of magnesium will have beneficial effects on exercise performance in magnesium-deficient individuals. Magnesium supplementation of physically active individuals with adequate magnesium status has not been shown to enhance physical performance. An activity-linked RNI or RDA based on long-term balance data from well-controlled human experiments should be determined so that physically active individuals can ascertain whether they have a magnesium intake that may affect their performance or enhance their risk to adverse health consequences (e.g., immunosuppression, oxidative damage, arrhythmias).