And not only do so many of us fail to get the recommended daily amount of magnesium in our diet, but this deficiency is further exacerbated by asthma, diabetes, antibiotics, contraceptives, blood pressure drugs, diuretics, and potentially any medication.

Now at last, Carolyn Dean, MD, presents a thoroughly-researched, user-friendly guide to this crucial and underexplored mineral. An authority on magnesium who has used it with dramatic success in her own practice, she explains:

*which types of diets and lifestyles can create a dangerous magnesium deficiency and which keep you healthy

*why other elements, such as calcium, need to be taken with magnesium to become potent

*which magnesium supplements are best for the reader's needs.

Whether readers have a serious health problem or merely want to protect their health, this book will answer all their questions.