Magnesium supplementation can be dangerous for sleep apnea patients because magnesium reduces potassium excretion through the kidneys, potentially causing dangerous potassium buildup that stresses the heart and increases arrhythmia risk; to use magnesium safely, patients should get kidney function tests, limit elemental magnesium intake to one source per day, and consider topical magnesium as a gentler alternative.
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There's a lethal magnesium mistake for sleep apnea that you need to know about
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This is critical because sleep apnea stresses out the heart, which makes it more sensitive to changes in electrolytes. Not only magnesium, but the other electrolytes that magnesium impact. The most important one is how magnesium blocks your kidneys from getting rid of potassium, which leads to more potassium in your bloodstream. As a result, when you have more magnesium, you'll have more potassium, and then that could potentially lead to more stress on the heart and arrhythmias.
Now, magnesium is still very beneficial.
You just need some good guardrails in place. Make sure this is the reason you save this or send it to someone taking magnesium. So, first, yeah, get some tests on your kidneys. Number two, you want to set a limit to how much elemental magnesium you're getting per day. Limit it to one source. A lot of people take like five different magnesium supplements. And if you want the safest way, topical. And once you have that taken care of, take care of the oxygen flow as well with FlowBreathe. Go ahead
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