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Magnesium Deficiency: The Most Overlooked Health Risk of Our Time?

Linked to heart disease, poor sleep, diabetes and even dementia - and half of us have it without knowing.

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Ben Jones MD PhD
Jul 26, 2025
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A middle-aged couple look concerned on a sofa. Overlay reads: ‘Running on Empty? The Silent Magnesium-Deficiency Epidemic.’ A fuel gauge marked ‘Mg’ points to empty.
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I’ll be honest - I used to roll my eyes at magnesium deficiency.

It felt like one of those filler topics: overhyped, oversold, and trotted out by wellness blogs that had run out of steam.

But then I looked at the research. And what I found surprised me.

Magnesium is essential for over 300 cellular processes - yet half of all adults in developed …

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