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  • 3 Tip 300-399

  • 3.9.9 Tip 380: Take Magnesium for Better Performance: How It Affects Vitamin D, Calcium & Zinc

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  • Why does magnesium enables optimal performance? What processes does it stimulate?

    - The body can better use energy

    - The body can perform better contractions

  • What affect does magnesium supplementation have on red blood cell production?

    It increases red blood cell production

  • What effect does magnesium supplementation have on zinc and magnesium during energy production?

    Zinc and magnesium will be better available

  • 500 mg a day is a reasonable dose for magnesium supplementation. When do you need a higher dose?

    - When you are a heavy sweater

    - When you experience fatigue during training

    - Muscle spasms

    -Arrythmias

  • Why will the rate of muscle contractions be impaired when magnesium deficient?

    Because the body is not able to transport enough calcium (via calcium pump) to the sarcoplasmatic reticulum. 

  • What is the highly absorbable form of magnesium supplement?

    Magnesium glycinate

  • What effect does magnesium have on bone health?

    - It activates enzymes to transform vitamin D into it's active form, to strengthen the bone

    - It effects calcitonine which can use calcium from the intestines and other soft tissues to transport it to the bone

  • A study by Nielson et al. (2006) showed a relationship between magnesium, zinc and calcium. What did lead to this conclusion?

    During increasing the abdominal pressure the concentration of these minerals did change significantly in the brain blood.

  • 5 Tip 500-599

  • 5.2.4 Tip 513: Gain Muscle & Improve Body Composition By Getting Adequate Zinc

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  • Zinc affects many functions of the body. Name some of them.

    - Anabolic hormone levels of testosterone and IGF-1 
    - insulin sensitivity 
    -blood sugar management 
    - protein synthesis
    - recovery 
    - cognitive function 
    - immune system,
  • Supplementation of magnesium and zinc causes increased levels of what hormones? (2)

    Testosteron and IGF-1
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