Magnesium-OK contains 8 vitamins and 6 minerals to support general health and vitality throughout the monthly cycle, from teenage years into healthy female adulthood and as the body matures before, during and after the menopause. About 60% of the magnesium is present in bone, of which 30% is exchangeable and functions as a reservoir to stabilize the serum concentration. About 20% is found in skeletal muscle, 19% in other soft tissues and less than 1% in the extracellular fluid. Many patients with hypomagnesemia and magnesium deficiency remain asymptomatic. Manifestations may depend more on the rate of development of magnesium deficiency and/or on the total body deficit rather than the actual serum magnesium concentration.
Daily consumption of 500 mg magnesium oxide tablets for ≥8 wk by depressed patients suffering from magnesium deficiency leads to improvements in depression status and magnesium levels.
Magnesium plays a key role in bone health and may, therefore, represents an interesting nutrient for the prevention of bone loss and osteoporosis.
Daily magnesium oxide supplementation for 12 wk seems to improve physical performance in healthy elderly women. These findings suggest a role for magnesium supplementation in preventing or delaying the age-related decline in physical performance.
A growing amount of evidence suggests that magnesium deficiency may play an important role in several clinical conditions concerning women health such as premenstrual syndrome, dysmenorrhea, and postmenopausal symptoms.
