These days, a new health fashion is spreading very fast on social media reels. People are eating magnesium jelly or other supplements like colored toffee and they find it healthy and cool to eat. Many reports have revealed that people are consuming these supplements without any reason because they want to free themselves from stress, get good sleep at night and cure their muscle pain. But do you know that consuming any vitamin or mineral in the form of chocolate can cause great harm to your body. Let us look at the disadvantages of this new trend.
Dr. Madhura Gopichand More (Associate Consultant, Internal Medicine, Yatharth Super Specialty Hospital) says that first of all, magnesium has the biggest effect on your stomach. Excessive magnesium intake will attract water into your stomach, which can cause severe diarrhea, stomach pain, and even gas.
How dangerous is overeating?
Magnesium is essential for the body but should not be taken more than a certain amount. When you take in too much of the mineral, such as by eating too many sweets, the magnesium levels in your body become dangerously high, which is medically called hypermagnesemia. It is recommended that no one take more than 350 mg of magnesium a day. This will cause poisoning of the body.
This is a big loss
Rapid drop in blood pressure, in such a situation, by consuming magnesium, a person’s blood vessels become extremely relaxed. This causes a rapid drop in the blood pressure of the person. Overdosing on it also has a huge impact on the nervous system of our heart. Apart from this, it relaxes the muscles of our lungs which makes breathing even more difficult.
extra pressure on kidneys
Kidneys help us remove excess minerals from our body. Daily consumption of such supplements puts extra stress on our kidneys and can lead to serious complications, especially for those who have kidney disease.
Sugar and tooth damage
The reason gummy candies look so much like toffee is because they are made with artificial sugars, flavors, and syrups to make them taste good. Consuming excessive amounts of these can cause cavities in your teeth and can also lead to excess calories which can lead to obesity and high blood sugar.
Health supplements are the medicines not available on the pharmacy shelf that you should take after seeing everyone taking them on social media. If you are unable to sleep or feel tired, do not take magnesium capsules but choose more natural products like leafy vegetables, almonds, cashews and dried cinnamon. Always discuss with your doctor before taking any supplements.
