In combination with magnesium, vitamin D can work wonders for blood pressure. It not only helps the blood vessels, but is also said to reduce stress.
High blood pressure is what is commonly called a “widespread disease” these days. In Germany, about every third adult has high blood pressure, that is a blood pressure that exceeds the limit of 140/90 mmHg. According to the “Study on the Health of Adults in Germany” by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) from 2011, that’s around 20 million people. In the 70 to 79 age group, it is even 75 percent of Germans.
Beta blockers are often used to treat this disease, which aim to lower blood pressure and thus reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke. In fact, there are a few other remedies that experts say can improve blood pressure: vitamin D and magnesium.
Vitamin D deficiency promotes hypertension: What researchers found about high blood pressure
According to the ÄrzteZeitung.de Researchers in the USA found out ten years ago as part of the NHANES observational study that a vitamin D deficiency can promote hypertension, which is the technical term for high blood pressure. How exactly this mechanism works was still unclear to the researchers.
A subsequent Danish study, in which 130 subjects with high blood pressure took cholecalciferol, a vitamin D3 preparation, for half a year, further showed that the blood pressure values measured in consultation hours and the values of the central blood pressure decreased on average by 6.8/1, 7 mmHg dropped. In patients who previously had a vitamin D deficiency, even the 24-hour blood pressure dropped by 3.7/2.7 mmHg. The Danish researchers presented these results in 2012 at a conference of the European Society of Hypertension.
Sufficient vitamin D against high blood pressure: This is the best way for the body to absorb the vitamin
According to the German pharmacist newspaper people with a vitamin D deficiency have a 3.2-fold increased risk of developing high blood pressure. But magnesium deficiency is also a common symptom of hypertension. This disease can be prevented with vitamin D, especially in combination with magnesium, which is said to have both a stress-reducing and vasodilating effect.
As is well known, vitamin D is formed in the skin through sunlight and can hardly be ingested through food. In the darker winter months, vitamin D levels can therefore be low, which can promote numerous diseases, including high blood pressure. So far it can be noisy Zentrum-der-Gesundheit.de but not at all if the person is sufficiently supplied with magnesium. If the magnesium level is correct, a vitamin D deficiency is hardly possible.
Conversely, it is difficult to compensate for a vitamin D deficiency with supplements if there is also a lack of magnesium. It is therefore best to take both, for example in the form of tablets or an effervescent drink, in combination with each other. Vitamin D and magnesium usually go hand in hand when used because Vitamin D without the magnesium in the body cannot develop its full effect. Both in combination is all the better for the blood vessels.
Vitamin D and Magnesium: Why this combination works like a “miracle”.
Cardiologist Professor Martin Halle from the Klinikum an der Isar at the Technical University of Munich also swears by magnesium for high blood pressure. In many cases, mild high blood pressure can be controlled by changing your lifestyle, exercising more and eating healthier. However, magnesium must be included in this new way of life.
“Magnesium is one of nature’s miracle drugs,” he says opposite Merkur.de. “Normally, electrolytes, specifically calcium, are responsible for muscle contraction. Magnesium is, so to speak, an opponent of this process, it helps to relax the muscles.” That is why athletes would also take magnesium after training to relax the muscles.
Since there are also muscles in the walls of the blood vessels, magnesium ensures relaxation and therefore expansion of the blood vessels. As a result, blood can flow more easily through the body, which in turn lowers blood pressure because there is less resistance.
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