Antiaging Food Facts - M
Magnesium
For magnesium, seek out soybeans, cashews, tomato paste,
salmon, and spinach to get 400–500 milligrams
per day.
Magnesium aids carbohydrate metabolism and is essential
to cardiovascular
health by:
Magnesium deficiency has been linked to:
- Metabolic syndrome - a condition that includes abdominal
obesity
- High
cholesterol, high blood pressure, and insulin
resistance.
- Poor metabolism of carbohydrates may contribute
to type 2 diabetes.
Foods high in magnesium
include halibut, tofu, whole grains, spinach, and avocado.
Adequate magnesium intake [400 milligrams per day for
women, 333 milligrams per day for men]. More
on Magnesium.
Milk
Drinking fat-free milk after resistance exercise has
a greater effect on helping to increase lean body
mass compared to soy or carbohydrates in young male
weightlifters. Milk after a work-out promotes a greater
protein
balance than consuming a soy protein drink.[ Researchers
from McMaster University, Canada] and promotes
recovery and rehydration better than water or an isotonic
sports drink. [UK's Loughborough University's School
of Sports and Exercise Sciences]
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