Essential for the manufacture of the DNA and RNA coding in your cells. Protects you from heart disease. Helps lower high blood pressure. Helps relieve migraines. Makes your exercising muscles stronger and increases your endurance to prolonged exercise.
Supplements can help prevent recurrent kidney stones.
Works with calcium to protect against postmenopausal bone loss. Enhances the health of pregnant and nursing women. May help relieve premenstrual tension. Over time, a deficiency may create cardiovascular problems. The average American gets barely three quarters of the RDA for this mineral.