ELECTROLYTES FOR A HEALTHY HEART
- Supports normal activity of the brain and heart
- Helps regulate blood pressure
- Protects the heart from cellular damage
- Maintains the activity of nerves and muscles
90 Vegi-Caps
Serving Size: 1 Capsule
Magnesium (Citrate) 70 mg
Potassium (Chloride) 25 mg
Taurine 375 mg
Non-medical ingredients: silicon dioxide. Capsule: hypromellose
Key Features: Cardiovascular Support.
Suggested Use:
Take 1 capsule 4 times daily with/without food, or as directed by a qualified health care practitioner.
Source:
Pharmaceutical synthesis.
Cautions: None Known.
Pregnancy / Nursing
Safe at one to four capsules per day.
Main Indications:
Supports cardiovascular function Supports brain function.
Complementary Products:
Omega Cardio, Co-Q Plus, Gingko Biloba
Essential Heart Support
Mag K Taurine contains magnesium, potassium and taurine, three important electrolytes for optimal function of the cardiovascular and nervous systems. Both potassium and magnesium are required to control blood pressure. Taurine protects the heart through its antioxidant functions and by stabilizing membranes, it lowers blood pressure and it helps prevent arrhythmias. Studies have found that taurine can reduce the damage of congestive heart failure.
Low on Electrolytes
The importance of these nutrients is illustrated by the detrimental effects seen by their deficiency. Low levels of potassium create imbalances in heart electrolytes and contribute to nervous disorders, sleep disorders, irregular heartbeats, and problematic blood pressure. Due to the prevalence of high salt diets and alcohol consumption, potassium deficiencies are fairly common. Magnesium deficiencies are also extremely common, and lead to high blood pressure.
Keep the Heart Running
Mag K Taurine contains a synergistic combination of nutrients to regulate ion flow and maintain normal electrical activity in the brain, blood vessels and heart. This combination can prevent damaging deficiencies of essential minerals, and help maintain optimal heart health.
Electrolytes are conductors of electricity, but they are better summarized as substances that dissociate in solution to form ions. Electrolytes, such as magnesium and potassium, have many major functions, including:
- Impulse transmission activity – electrolytes maintain activity of nerves and muscles.
- Help regulate water levels in the body. Shifts of fluids are controlled by electrolytes.
- Help regulate acid-base balance.
Potassium
Potassium is a mineral that is often recognized as one of the body’s many resident electrolytes. Deficiencies in potassium can be caused by magnesium deficiency, refined glucose intake, alcohol, exercise-induced water loss, dieting (decreased dietary intake), gastrointestinal losses (i.e. diarrhea), and many other dietary factors. Potassium deficiencies have become much more common today because of refined high salt diets and the increasing levels of alcohol consumption.
Low levels of potassium directly result in an electrolyte imbalance in the heart (salt concentrations in the heart muscle increase.) Even mild deficiencies in potassium may result in nervous disorders, insomnia, and irregular heartbeat. Also, potassium has a definite impact upon blood pressure. In study after study, the efficacy of using potassium supplementation for lowering blood pressure has been established.
Magnesium
When a magnesium deficiency arises, the result is high blood pressure. In a 1988 study on the prevalence of magnesium deficiency, it was reported that “Magnesium is the most under-diagnosed electrolyte abnormality.” How prevalent are magnesium deficiencies? In a nationwide study conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 1977-78, only 25% of 37,785 people surveyed had magnesium intake at or greater than the RDA. That means 75% of the population was deficient!
Taurine
Taurine is the most abundant free amino acid in the blood of mammals. Within the heart muscle, taurine is again the most abundant amino acid. A variety of studies have shown taurine to be an effective modulator of heart activity, although the mechanism still has not been clarified.
Nutritional research has been gathered upon taurine’s effects on the cardiovascular system. Some of the results are astounding, especially for an unpopular (but well researched) amino acid: hypotensive activity, membrane stabilizing effects, and antiarrhythmic activity. In repeated studies, taurine has been effective in minimizing the injurious effects of congestive heart failure.
The beneficial effects of taurine reach past cardiovascular system: taurine protects the cellular membranes from being damaged by toxic compounds, such as oxidants, bile acids, and xenobiotics. The cellular membranes are protected by taurine because it:
- Acts as a direct antioxidant: It protects tissues from oxidative stress because of its ability to scavenge free
- Acts as an indirect antioxidant by preventing the disruption of ion transport and membrane permeability that results from oxidative damage. It protects the heart against free radical damage by its ability to stabilize the membranes.
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