Magnesium for hormonal balance (crucial to maintaining health)

Magnesium is needed for cholesterol synthesis (precursor to sex steroids)

Cholesterol is a prerequisite for all the steroid hormones produced in the adrenal cortex.  Such as:

--   ALDOSTERONE.   Regulates body's water and mineral balance, including magnesium

--   DHEA.   Protects the entire body against the aging process; prohormone for all the sex steroid hormones.  E.g. Estrogens, PROGESTERONE, Testosterone; magnesium deficiency is directly related to reduced DHEA.

--   CORTISOL.    Released in response to stress and low blood sugar;

Magnesium status controls uptake and release of many hormones, nutrients and neurotransmitters

This was concluded by recent research in France and several other European countries.    It accomplishes this via its role in maintaining a healthy cell membrane potential (Cell “battery” level).

Magnesium is crucial to the transmission of:

-   Hormones: E.g. INSULIN, thyroid hormones, estrogens, Testosterone, DHEA;

-   NEUROTRANSMITTERS: E.g. DOPAMINE, catecholamines, SEROTONIN, GABA;