Later in this book you will find recipes that will have a good calcium-magnesium ratio, that is, the calcium is closely listed with magnesium as opposed to being separated by other elements. A high-fat diet can steal both magnesium and calcium. R.B. Singh, MD, chief cardiologist and professor of clinical nutrition at the Moradabad Medical Hospital in Moradabad, India, discussed this finding. The study suggested that high dietary fat can inhibit the absorption of magnesium, and that we absorb even less magnesium with saturated than with polyunsaturated fat. The more calcium in the diet, the more magnesium that is needed.
Calcium given alone can induce a magnesium deficiency.
The most serious complications from a deficiency of magnesium are heart conditions such as irregular heartbeat and rapid heartbeat. Gustawa Stendig-Lindberg, MD, of the Sackler School of Medicine at Tel Aviv University, one of the researchers in the study published in the research publication, Medical Tribune, has suggested that, after a woman reaches menopause, bone density usually drops by about one percent a year. It is believed that magnesium may halt the loss of bone because it aids in the transport of calcium in and out of the cells. Magnesium plays an important part in converting vitamin D to its active form. Another good reason to include magnesium in our diet.