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you know magnesium is needed in a lot of  different functions in the body it’s a  

cofactor in many different biochemical  pathways but its primary purpose is  

to act as a calcium antagonist now calcium is very  toxic in the body unless it’s in normal amounts  

and if you are over 50 in female and are told that  you need to take calcium as in some supplement  

this video is for you but if you’re taking  500 milligrams or more of calcium every day  

that has a potential to increase your risk of  heart attacks as well as your risk for a stroke  

why because calcium is very toxic in the body  unless it’s in normal amounts in fact calcium  

is essential we need it desperately but we need it  in smaller amounts calcium does not exit the body  

very easily we tend to hold on it and there’s many  different disease processes out there involving  

the accumulation of calcium especially building  up calcium in your arteries this is why one of  

the best tests that you can do for that would be  a cac test a coronary artery calcification test  

or scan and i personally had that scan  i’ll put a link down below so you can watch  

the video on that but the test is very quick  it’s relatively inexpensive but it’ll give  

you some really good data on predicting mortality  from heart attacks but it’s going to measure the  

calcium in the coronary artery and so magnesium is  the key mineral to help prevent that now there’s  

also vitamin k2 that is also involved right  there i’m just bringing this up because there  

are some people that are taking supplements and  they’re taking calcium every single day and they  

don’t realize that it’s actually quite harmful  i don’t ever recommend taking a lot of calcium  

the way i know that a lot of people are taking  calcium is all you have to do is look at the top  

selling multivitamin minerals in the world  and just pick up the bottle it’s going to be  

really heavy like it’s almost like a paper weight  that’s because the first ingredient is calcium  

carbonate not a good thing to take because of this  right here if you’re taking a multivitamin mineral  

read the ingredients and make sure  it doesn’t have the calcium carbonate  

and it’s really kind of bizarre to me that  you would put that as the first ingredient  

in a multi-vitamin mineral and that’s because  anytime you have the first ingredient that makes  

up the bulk of that product and calcium  carbonate which is limestone is extremely  

cheap it’s like basically eating rocks and they’re  selling these rocks with some synthetic vitamins  

and you think you’re getting something that’s  quality when you’re not and these products are  

very very cheap okay so then we have a condition  called hypercalcemia too much calcium in the blood  

sometimes people ask me what about vitamin d is  that going to cause hypercalcemia first of all you  

would have to take extreme amounts extremely large  amounts of vitamin d like over 100,000 IUs maybe  

over 200,000 IUs and take it for months before  you would develop that okay so when we’re talking  

about much smaller levels like 10,000 or 20,000  or even 30,000 IUs of vitamin d3 that’s not what  

i’m talking about when i’m saying extreme  large amounts but if you have hypercalcemia  

hear the symptoms arrhythmias abdominal pain  paralytic ileus that means your colon has shut  

down it’s obstructed but there’s nothing physical  that’s blocking your colon that’s because the  

calcium is interfering with the other electrolytes  that help you in the contraction of the smooth  

muscle in your in your colon okay vomiting is a  symptom excessive urination or reduced urination  

interesting psychosis strong desire for sleep  and constipation now you can get magnesium  

from consuming a lot of salads like leafy  greens pumpkin seeds have a good amount  

of magnesium avocado is a good source and  nuts are a good source as well if you want  

more information about that cac test i put a link  down before you go if you have a question about a  

product or you’re new to keto and you want to  know how to begin keto or you’re on keto and  

you need a debug because it’s not going as smooth  i have a keto consultant standing by to help you  

this is just for the people in the US hopefully in  the future we’ll be able to answer everyone’s call  

but i put the number down below  so you can call and get some help