January 11, 2009
Study Links Panic Disorder and Heart Disease
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Magnesium rules, or the lack of it rules the lives of those who become lacking. It has been found that 7 out of 10 women are reported as having inadequate intakes of this important mineral. Along with zinc this is the most frequent mineral deficiency found in the UK population. Deficiency symptoms for magnesium include tiredness, weakness, poor appetite, arrhythmia, anaemia, panic disorders and tremors.
Magnesium inadequacy affects more than half of the U.S. population and is associated with increased risk for many age-related diseases, yet the underlying mechanisms are unknown. Altered cellular physiology has been demonstrated after acute exposure to severe magnesium deficiency, but few reports have addressed the consequences of long-term exposure to moderate magnesium deficiency in human cells. Panic disorders may be just one of may maladies influenced by magnesium levels within the human body.
Panic Disorder sufferers usually have a series of intense episodes of extreme anxiety during panic attacks. Some individuals deal with these events on a regular basis; sometimes daily or weekly. The outward symptoms of a panic attack often cause negative social experiences (i.e. embarrassment, social stigma, social isolation, etc.). However, experienced sufferers can often have intense panic attacks with very little outward manifestations of the attack occurring.The calcium-magnesium balance is important. Our body needs twice as much calcium as magnesium. Consumption of excessive amounts of magnesium inhibits bone formation, whereas excessive consumption of calcium produces symptoms that resemble magnesium deficiency.
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