Thursday, December 31, 2009

How much magnesium do we need?

From this health blog we keep on facing you and announcing you what the principal nutritive components are, as well as his ideal consumption quantity. In this occasion we have wondered: how much magnesium do we need? It is a question of an essential micronutrient for the correct development of our organism.

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The principal magnesium sources are the cereals and the vegetables, the above mentioned especially those who are of green sheet. There is other food that also have big magnesium quantity in his composition, like the pips of sunflower, the almonds, the hazelnuts or the snails. In general, the dry fruits are an important source of magnesium, a nutrient very necessary for our organism.

But: how much magnesium do we need? It is estimated that close to 360 mg a day. Therefore to eat 100 % of magnesium, that is to say, the Recommended Daily Quantity (CDR), you might eat in one day a filet (for example a good grilled steak) accompanied by parsley, two slices of smoked salmon, 100 grams of lentils, a bunch of grapes, 20 almonds and 15 pistachio nuts. This way you would have the magnesium that your organism needs in one day.

But if you want to complete it with a good menu like principal magnesium source, we can do it with one liter of mineral water (that always contributes magnesium and other micronutrients), 15 grams of hazelnuts, 250 grams of strawberries, four apricots, two kiwis, three figs and 100 grams of bread.

Since you see, the dry fruits are a type of food that contain an important magnesium proportion in his composition. Also you can eat something of brown rice. The magnesium is a mineral that acts in our organism against the nerves and the stress, by what it is considered to be a good tranquilizer. Also, it is beneficial for the heart and for the arteries. The magnesium is the eighth element that more abounds in the Earth.

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