With the fact that magnesium is such a crucial and lacking nutrient in our culture (see my article: mag benefits are huge and up to 80% of the population is deficient!), I decided to look into magnesium sources. Generally, it looks like common sense. Of course we are supposed to be eating a wide variety of plants and animals in as close to a natural state as possible. Also, keep in mind that the mineral content of plant foods are probably not what they used to be due to soil conditions. Generally speaking at least.
- Green Leafy Vegetables
- Nuts -walnuts, almonds, cashews, brazil
- Seeds
- Bananas
- Baked Potato
- Chocolate
Aside from soil problems, my guess is that one of the main sources of our magnesium problems is that we don’t eat enough green leafy vegetables. There’s just too much other stuff to choose from for most of us. On top of that, I think we are meant to eat bones.
That’s right I said it. We’re meant to eat bones. That is to chew on them and drain the marrow. Yeah, it is a great source of magnesium.
How else can you explain that we are so deficient of such a crucial nutrient.
Here is a more complete list of common high magnesium foods with the amount of magnesium per 1 ounce unless otherwise stated:
pumpkin & squash seeds -153mg
brazil nuts -107mg
wheat bran -103
quiona, 1/4 cup -89
canned spinach, 1/2 cup -81
almonds -78
fresh cooked spinach -78mg
buckwheat, 1/4 cup -75
cashews -74mg
black beans, 1/2 cup -60mg
oat bran, 1/4 cup -55mg
artichokes, 1/2 cup – 50mg
lima beans, 1/2 cup -50mg
beat greens, 12 cup -49mg
navy beans, 1/2 cup -48mg
okra, 1/2 cup -47mg
hazelnuts -46mg
brown rice, 1/2 cup -42mg
halibut – 30mg
pollock -20mg
tuna, yellow fin -15mg
The whole magnesium conundrum is starting to make more sense to me at least.
