Heart Muscles ~ the Heartbeat of Your Life

The heart muscle continuously contracts and relaxes, pumping blood throughout the whole human body.

What pushes a heart and other muscles to contract is the mineral calcium. What makes a heart and other muscles relax is the mineral magnesium. Therefore, calcium and magnesium are essential minerals for whole body health and function. All muscles and organs in your body depend upon your heart working this way.

Just as spark plugs fire up and run a car’s engine, calcium and magnesium spark the human nervous system’s electrical nerve flow, and control heartbeat patterns and blood pressure.

Mineral Deficiencies & Heartbeat

Calcium and/or magnesium deficiencies adversely affect the human nervous system. Nerves receive and transmit signals (messages) to every body organ and muscle. If the nerves are unable to send these signals, the result is organ and muscle malfunction. The effects of this chain reaction range from mild through various stages of increased discomfort (irregular heartbeat, for instance) to severe pain (as in a heart attack).

When calcium levels are low, the blood vessels can’t contract and push blood through the body. Low magnesium levels prevent blood-vessel relaxation, which can result in a muscle spasm of the heart – heart failure.

Adrenal glands are responsible for the contraction and relaxation of the blood vessels that lead to your heart. They, too, must have calcium and magnesium, and salt and potassium. Deficiencies of these minerals can also lead to heart problems, including failure.