Other causes
of magnesium loss and deficiency include sweating, poorly controlled diabetes and alcohol use.
Studies have shown ZMA supplements to effectively fight off Zinc and
Magnesium loss.
This magnesium loss appears to be secondary to increased urinary glucose, which increases urinary output.7
The higher the stress level, the greater
the magnesium loss.
Stress also raises the hormone aldosterone which contributes to water retention and
magnesium loss.
One of the most common nutritional side effects of estrogen prescriptive pills is
magnesium loss.
The magnesium loss appears to be secondary to higher concentrations of glucose in the kidney that increase urine output [2].