Minerals from the soil - plants have an affinity for taking up certain mineral salts from the soil. With the aid of enzymes and soil-based microorganisms, they take up what the soil has to offer via their roots (in plants) and hyphae (in fungus). The minerals in these salts become complexed with the plant's various carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins. And so, by consuming the plant or animals that have eaten these plants, we intake the various minerals necessary for our health.
The best food-sources of magnesium are:
• Crude Rice, Wheat, and Oat Brans - added to breads and breakfast cereals
• Dried Herbs
• Squash, Pumpkin, and Watermelon Seeds - snack or in salads
• Cocoa Powder (Dark Chocolate) - milk chocolate contains only ~25% of the Mg content of dark chocolate
• Flax and Sesame Seeds, and Sesame Butter (Tahini)
• Brazil Nuts
• Sunflower Seeds
• Nuts - Brazil nuts, almonds, cashews, pine nuts
• Molasses - substitute for refined sugar in cakes and breads
Poor magnesium food sources - include highly refined flours, tubers, fruits, fungi, and most fats and oils.
Food Sources containing Significant amountsof Mg (A total Mg intake of ~400-600mg/day is a good ball-park amount for most people) |
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Food | ~mg | Food | ~mg | Food | ~mg |
Protein: | |||||
4oz Halibut, sole, salmon | 120-140 | 1 C Whole milk | 25 | 1 T Spirulina (dried) | 14 |
4oz Tuna | 70 | ||||
Grains/Brans: However, brans contain a high content of Phytic Acid -Malabsorption Agent |
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½C Whole grains (rye, amaranth, quinoa, millet, barley, buckwheat, whole wheat bread) | 40-50 | 1 C Brown Rice | 84 | 1 T Wheat germ | 17 |
¼ C Crude rice bran | 130 | ¼ C Crude wheat bran | 88 | ¼ C Raw oat bran | 55 |
½ C cooked oats | 30 | ||||
Nuts (¼ Cup) : | |||||
6-8 Brazil Nuts | 107 | Almonds | 99 | Cashews (roasted), | 88 |
Pine Nuts |
85 | 14 walnut halves | 45 | ||
Seeds (2+Tbsp): | |||||
Squash, pumpkin | 96 | Flax | 80 | Sesame | 64 |
Sunflower | 58 | Fennel | 50 | ||
Beans (½ C cooked legumes): | |||||
Kidney, navy, pinto beans, chick peas, black-eyed peas, baked beans, black | 40-60 | ||||
Fruits / Vegetables: | |||||
1 med. banana | 30 | 1 med. baked potato with skin | 50 | ½ C boiled Brussels sprouts | 15 |
½ C boiled green peas | 30 | ½ C boiled spinach | 78 |
½ Californian Avocado ½ Florida Avocado |
35 52 |
1 T Molasses | 48 |
½C boiled beets, ½C steamed broccoli |
20 | 1 oz. (60) Raisins | 9 |
1 med. pink grapefruit | 20 | ||||
Chocolate: | |||||
5oz milk chocolate bar w/almonds | 125 | 1 envelope of cocoa mix | 25 | 1 miniature choc. SPECIAL DARK | 3 |
Baking chocolate (1 square) |
93 | 10 Peanut M&M's | 15 | ||
Herbs (1 Tbsp.): | |||||
Dried Coriander | 14 | Chives | 13 | Spearmint | 12 |
Sage, Basil | 8.5 | Dill | 7 |
Mg is at the center of the chlorophyll molecule
The chlorophyll molecule contains magnesium
-but produce will only contain Mg, if farmers have replenished growing
medium with magnesium-rich fertilizers, which they don't typically do.
Model of the chlorophyll a molecule - the magnesium ion (bright green) visible at the center of the porphyrin group, is the coordinating ion in this chelated chlorophyll molecule.
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