Why test magnesium

• Health Check

  Discover your risk factors for lifestyle diseases in time to do something about them.

• Lifestyle Factors

  You drink a lot of alcohol and/or eat a poor diet low in fruits and vegetables, nuts, seeds and beans.

• Health History

  You have had magnesium deficiency or suffer from digestive complaints, especially diarrhoea or constipation, since diarrhoea can reduce magnesium and constipation is associated with low intake.

• Monitoring

  Monitor changes to your blood values as you make lifestyle changes or take supplements.

• Medications

  You take a drug, such as statins or anti-depressants, which increase the need for magnesium.

• What happens next?

  The lab sends the results to your personal dashboard, with comments from both a doctor and a nutritionist. If results are abnormal, we recommend seeing a doctor and, if appropriate, booking an appointment with a Nordic Wellth nutrition lifestyle specialist.

• More Information

  Serum magnesium levels must be kept within a tight range, and serum levels are maintained preferentially to those inside cells. If this test is normal, it is still possible that your cell levels of magnesium are low.