Episode Highlights With Patrick Sullivan
- My experience with leg cramps, especially during pregnancy
- Patrick’s experience with leg cramps
- The two different types of leg cramps and the root cause of each
- What is the difference between leg cramps during exercise and at other times, and why is this different
- Is potassium deficiency the root problem? Why it sometimes isn’t
- How calcium and magnesium work in tandem with each other and why the right balance is important
- Why the modern lifestyle has led to so much magnesium deficiency
- Most of us don’t get close to the minimum daily requirement of magnesium
- The easiest way to know if you might be deficient in magnesium
- Why it’s tough to fix magnesium deficiency with food in the modern world
- The thousands of reasons that the body needs magnesium: at least 3,751, to be exact!
- How magnesium is needed for ATP production
- The richest dietary sources of magnesium
- Minimum vs optimal intake of magnesium per day
- Lifestyle factors and drugs that deplete the body of magnesium
- Understanding vitamin D, sunshine, and magnesium
- Magnesium and pregnancy and why magnesium is extra helpful
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