What a time we live in! Never before in the history of mankind have so many people been able to reach their full potential. People are doing amazing things these days. In the sports world, incredible performances are achieved and records are broken that seemed unthinkable 50 years ago. Even many of today’s recreational endurance athletes can compare their results with Olympic champions from the past. Further, the group of fit and healthy elderly people is growing. It is not uncommon for many to have a biological age is far below their actual age. Life expectancy is increasing, which gives many people even more years in the prime of their health.
Physical health and happiness today is more attainable than ever.
We owe these amazing improvements not only to advances in medicine and pharmaceutical products, but also safety and quality of our food and living conditions. Today, we can maintain varied and balanced diet year-round. Compare that to our great-grandparents who ate pickled and canned food in winter or even experienced extreme hunger during times of war. Additionally, our living standards have improved. Today, we take for granted having a heated home and a five day work week with public holidays off! We have the luxury of a rewarding work-life balance, but recognize that this is not the case for everyone.
Health Optimization through micronutrients
An optimal nutritive supply, e. g. with micronutrients, is available to us and can help regulate nutritional balances, in order to avoid deficits in the case of sudden increase in demand. Beyond just about avoiding nutritional deficits, most fascinating, we have the possibility to optimize our health.
New research and statistics help us recognize the advantages of optimization. Comparisons between groups of people in differing states of health is particularly interesting. In a publication in Trace Elements and Electrolytes 8/2015, nutritionist Dr. Ina Viebahn and stress researcher Prof. Sepp Porta studied the mineral magnesium and demonstrated that the presence of sufficient magnesium correlates positively with several factors related to quality of life. The two researchers compared magnesium values of individual participants with the results obtained in the SF-36 – a standardized and internationally used instrument for measuring health and quality of life.
Magnesium correlates positively with quality of life.
Lo and behold! In the study, people with sufficient magnesium levels achieved a higher score in the SF-36 than those participants with lower magnesium values. Therefore, people with higher magnesium levels feel better, are healthier, and have a higher quality of life than those with lower levels of magnesium.
This is exactly what is possible in health optimization.
