Dr. Ashley LucasPhD Nutritionist & Dietitian | Owner & Founder PHD Weight Loss & Dr. Ashley Wellness

Are you high-risk for a magnesium deficiency?

9 Oct 2025 · 0 min

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A short YouTube health video by Dr. Ashley Lucas identifying groups at higher risk for magnesium deficiency. The speaker lists populations (women, people under chronic stress, athletes) and contributing factors including diuretic use, proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), birth control pills, and gut absorption issues.

There are certain people who are at higher risk of being low in magnesium and experiencing deficiency and symptoms associated with it, like women, people under chronic stress, athletes just because they're burning through so much. Those on diuretic medications. If you're on a ppi, which is to help heartburn and gerd, if you take birth control pills, or if you've got gut issues that impair absorption.