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Nov 3rd 2025
New Study Shows Magnesium Protects Knees from Arthritis
. . . nutrients work as a team, and all are needed for health
In all the excitement about glucosamine and MSM for arthritis, it’s important not to forget that nutrients work as a team. No matter what part of the body you’re talking about, all the vitamins and minerals are needed for good health and function.
According to United States Department of Agriculture data, 4 out of 5 Americans are deficient in magnesium. Magnesium deficiency is a major contributor to our epidemic of chronic and degenerative disease, including arrhythmia, chronic fatigue, depression, fibromyalgia, heart disease, and osteoporosis . . . and now a new report links it with osteoarthritis of the knee.
Researchers at the University of North Carolina x-rayed the knees of 2,112 men and women aged 45 or older and also assessed how much magnesium they were getting in their diets. Almost 40% of these men and women showed evidence of osteoarthritis of the knee. Among Caucasians, those who got the least amount of magnesium in their diets (the lowest quintile) were more than twice as likely to have knee osteoarthritis as those in the next highest quintile.
The researchers reported that these results were consistent with other studies that had found a relationship between low magnesium and arthritis as well as many other inflammation-related diseases (increased inflammation is one of the consequences of magnesium deficiency).
Are you magnesium deficient?
Although the following can also be caused by other factors, some common symptoms of magnesium deficiency include: irregular or rapid heartbeat; high blood pressure; muscle spasms, tics, cramps or tremors (especially in hands, feet or face); chronic fatigue, weakness and exhaustion; insomnia; chronic constipation; irritability, nervousness, anxiety, easily upset; depression, apathy; extreme sensitivity to noise and/or pain; confusion, difficulty concentrating, memory problems; tension and/or migraine headaches; poor appetite; chronic excessive muscle tension; clumsiness, lack of coordination; and cravings for sugar and/or chocolate.
Taking the recommended 2 tablets daily of Beyond Health’s multi and the recommended 4 tablets of our Bone Mineral Formula provides sufficient magnesium in the right balance with calcium for most people. However damaged gut tissue (a common problem) can greatly limit magnesium absorption. In this case taking additional magnesium with choline citrate is recommended.