Magnesium and Vitamin D - similar, different and synergistic

Magnesium and Vitamin D both help with many of the same diseases, but also have unique capabilities

They are also synergistic, that is, increasing one helps the other.

	Magnesium	not Magnesium
Vitamin D	Magnesium or Vitamin D Aging, Amytrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Alzheimer's Disease; Asthma, Attention Deficit Disorder; Autism,Back pain, Cancer, Cerebrovascular, Chronic Fatigue, Cluster Headaches, Diabetes, Hearing Loss, Heart Disease. Heart Attack, Atherosclerosis, Cardiovascular Disease, HIV, AIDS; Hypertension; Kidney Stones, Migraine Headache, Multiple Sclerosis, Obesity, Osteoporosis; Peripheral vascular disease; Pregnancy-related problems,Rheumatoid Arthritis; SIDS, Sports-related problems,	Vitamin D only Acne, Allergy, Autoimmune, Bone, Breathing, Celiac, Cognition, Colds and Flu, Cystic Fibrosis, Dental, Fertility, Hyperparathyroid, Immunity, Kidney, Liver, Lupus, Osteoarthritis, Pain - chronic, Parkinson, Psoriasis, Rickets, Strokes, Sarcoidosis, Thyroid, Parathyroid, Tuberculosis, Vision, Hair, Skin, Sports
Not Vitamin D	Magnesium only Aggressive Behavior, Alcoholism, Arrhythmia, Cerebral Palsy,Chemical Sensitivity, Cocaine-related Stroke; Constipation, Cramps, Fluoride Toxicity; Head Injuries, Central Nervous System Injuries,Magnesium Deficiency; Menopause, Mitral Valve Prolapsee,Nystagmus, Psychiatric Disorders; Repetitive Strain Injury, Sickle Cell Disease, Stress, Stuttering, Tetanus; Tinnitis, Sound Sensitivity; TMJ; Toxic Shock; Violence	Neither ALL OTHER DISEASES

Interesting to note the similarities and differences of Magnesium and Vitamin D

Similar

• Widespread deficiency of both is due primarily to a single cause during the past century
• Little toxicity
• One needs the other to work properly: being deficient in one can cause problems with the other
• Increasing either decreases the rates of many of the same diseases
• Both have strong interactions with Calcium and Vitamin K2

Different

• Magnesium has no long term storage in the body (not in fat) like Vitamin D does
• Very noticeable reaction if take too much Magnesium, but not vitamin D
• Body can only absorb so much Magnesium per 6 hours – no limit with vitamin D
• There are a variety of magnesium compounds – with different bioavailability and reactions

Built the above table from:

• Vitamin D Wiki home page
• following list of diseases from a Magnesium web site

Aging; Aggressive Behavior; Alcoholism; Amytrophic Lateral Sclerosis; Alzheimer's Disease; Arrhythmia; Asthma; Attention Deficit Disorder; Autism; Cancer; Cerebral Palsy; Cerebrovascular; Chemical Sensitivity; Chronic Fatigue; Cluster Headaches; Cocaine-related Stroke; Constipation; Cramps; Diabetes; Fluoride Toxicity; Head Injuries, Central Nervous System Injuries; Heart Disease. Heart Attack, Atherosclerosis, Cardiovascular Disease, etc.; HIV, AIDS; Hypertension; Kidney Stones; Magnesium Deficiency; Menopause; Migraine Headache; Mitral Valve Prolapse; Multiple Sclerosis; Nystagmus; Osteoporosis; Peripheral vascular disease; Pregnancy-related problems, Eclampsia; Premenstrual Syndrome, PMS; Psychiatric Disorders; Repetitive Strain Injury; Rheumatoid Arthritis; Sickle Cell Disease; SIDS; Sports-related problems; Stress; Stuttering; Tetanus; Tinnitis, Sound Sensitivity; TMJ; Toxic Shock; Violence

Thought of making a Venn Diagram which would look nicer, but words in a graphic diagram cannot be translated

Hearing Loss was originally associated with only Vitamin D

• Search PubMed "hearing loss" AND "magnesium" 90 hits as of Nov 2016
  Generally Magnesium helps treat sudden hearing loss and protects against loss from high intensity sounds
• Phase 2 study examining magnesium-dependent tinnitus 2011
  532 milligrams of Mg daily reduced Tinnitus in 3 months
  No mention of Vitamin D - which often helps Magnesium

 Download the PDF from Vitamin D Life

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See also Vitamin D Life

• Overview of Magnesium
• All items Magnesium and Vitamin D 259 items
• All items Strength of Evidence for D 47 items
• Must balance cofactors when increasing vitamin D
• Magnesium and Vitamin D very synergistic – Aug 2013