Foods That Contain Magnesium

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"Hi I'm Ashleigh Gass, Strength and Conditioning Specialist with brilliantathlete.com. Foods that contain magnesium. Magnesium is a very critical mineral and you will find it usually in the presence of calcium and different vitamin supplements. Magnesium is really important for metabolism of carbohydrates. It is also very critical for muscle contraction. Depletion of magnesium can actually show up as muscle cramping at night so that would be one thing to get checked out if you are going through muscle cramps in your calf muscles at night, that is something to talk to your doctor about. The best food sources of magnesium are grains and dark leafy green vegetables. In fact, dark leafy green vegetables are your best sources of many minerals so you have got to make sure that your diet includes a variety of vegetables like broccoli, spinach, different types of lettuce and anything that is dark green really is going to be fantastic to increase mineral content but magnesium in particular. Since the majority of commercially available foods are thought to be very depleted in minerals really do your best to purchase organic foods and really consider taking a pharmaceutical grade multivitamin product. If you're curious about brands that I recommend you can contact me directly at brilliantathlete.com. So again to increase the amount of magnesium and other minerals in your diet make sure that you are intaking vegetables, particularly dark leafy greens increases. Thanks, I'm Ashleigh Gass."