4 Pathways Magnesium Increases Carbohydrate Utilization

The rate of diabetic athletes is on the rise mostly due to genetics however, the overload of sugar in RTD drinks and powdered electrolyte drink mixes, combined with Magnesium deficiency, contributes to the altered genetic replication and insufficient abilities to effectively process sugars and carbohydrates.

Below is the quick list to how Magnesium can help utilize & burn more carbohydrates.

Diabetes and Magnesium, How is Magnesium good for diabetes, How does Magnesium breakdown Sugars and Carbohydrates

  1. Magnesium is necessary to make and secrete insulin.
  2. Magnesium facilitates carbohydrate metabolism.
  3. Magnesium allows insulin to transfer glucose into cells. Otherwise, glucose and insulin build up in the blood causing various types of tissue damage.
  4. Tyrosine kinase, an enzyme that allows glucose entry into the cell (along with insulin) is magnesium-dependent.

The Magnesium bonus to carbohydrate utilization is:

Seven of the ten enzymes needed to metabolize glucose in the process called glycolysis are also magnesium-dependent.

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