Boost Your Memory with Magnesium Magnesium, a trace mineral, can be found in dark green, leafy vegetables. Researchers have found that not getting the optimal daily intake of magnesium can be associated with: Attention deficit disorder (ADD) http://www.mercola.com/2004/dec/18/magnesium_memory.htm
MIT: Magnesium may reverse middle-age memory loss Magnesium deficits have been tied to allergies, asthma, attention deficit disorder, anxiety, heart disease, muscle cramps and other conditions http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=17114#
Magnesium Clinical indications of magnesium deficiency were associated with the following: ADHD (and many others). Article contains good info on Magnesium to include dosage amounts http://www.enzymestuff.com/magnesium.htm
Magnesium Deficiency Plays Key Role in “ADHD” The researchers proceeded to unveil the results of two studies conducted to examine the relationship between dietary magnesium and hyperactivity symptoms, which they refer to as "ADHD syndrome". http://www.mandalavillage.org/twilight/testimonial_adhd.htm
Magnesium VitB6 Intake Reduces Central Nervous System Hyperexcitability in Children This open study indicates that hyperexcitable children have low ERC-Mg with normal serum Mg2+ values, and that Mg2+/vitamin B6 supplementation can restore normal ERC-Mg levels and improve their abnormal behavior. http://www.jacn.org/cgi/content/abstract/23/5/545S
The effects of magnesium physiological supplementation on hyperactivity in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disord In the group of children given 6 months of magnesium supplementation, independently of other mental disorders coexisting with hyperactivity, an increase in magnesium contents in hair and a significant decrease of hyperactivity of those examined has been achieved, compared to their clinical state before supplementation and compared to the control group which had not been treated with magnesium. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=9368236&query_hl=16