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A male over 31 should get at least 420 mg of magnesium a day according to the Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA).
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Athletes Lose Magnesium When They Sweat During Intense Physical Activity
USDA Researchers Show Positive Trend Between Energy and Magnesium Levels in Women.
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Sports medicine specialists have long been interested in the impact of physical activity on magnesium levels in athletes.
Do you lose energy and feel that you are working harder than you should to maintain your pace?
Studies have shown that decreased levels of magnesium cause the body to use more oxygen and thus fatigue more quickly during workouts.
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Did you know that magnesium deficiency is a real threat to marathon runners?
Researchers have confirmed that serum and urinary magnesium concentrations decrease significantly while running a marathon, enough to produce magnesium deficiency.
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Sweating can drain magnesium from your body.
As with all of the important electrolytes except calcium, runners lose magnesium when they sweat. Sweating heavily drains magnesium and other electrolytes to a point that can interfere with important functions in the body.
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A study by the Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center in North Dakota examined the magnesium levels of athletes involved in varied activities, including a small sample of female collegiate runners. The researchers reported, "a positive trend existed between energy and magnesium intakes in these women. These limited findings suggest that dietary magnesium may be limiting among some physically active women."
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Ludaski, Henry C., "Magnesium, zinc, and chromium nutriture and physical activity" From the US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center, Grand Forks, ND. (Published in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 72, No. 2, 585S-593s, August 2000; website
http://ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/72/2/585S#SEC6
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Buchman Al, et al. "The effect of a marathon run on plasma and urine mineral and metal concentrations." Journal of the American Colege of Nutrition, 1998; 17(2):124-127. (Cited by Nelson, Terry J., "The dangers of magnesium deficiency in endurance athletes" Original Internist, Dec, 2007 by Terry J. Nelson; website
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FDL/is_4_14/ai_n24940334/pg_1?tag=artBody;col1
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National Institute of Health, "Magnesium: What Is It?" Office of Dietary Supplements, NIH website:
http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/magnesium.asp
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