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While I was going through chemotherapy, my kidneys went toxic, flushing out magnesium and potassium.  The body needs these minerals, among others, to function properly.  In fact, without these two minerals, the body will not function at all.  Potassium helps with muscle growth and nerve cell function, and can be found in many common foods that we eat on a regular basis.  Magnesium, on the other hand, helps with the health of the heart, blood pressure, and circulation, as well as muscle relaxation.  When your potassium or magnesium gets too low, your heart can go into arrhythmia, an erratic heartbeat.  Your muscles can go rigid, and a tingling sensation might occur in your arms, legs, face, or chest.  Again, this mineral can also be found in many foods that we eat.  The problem that is occurring is that we are changing our eating habits, and the ways we prepare our foods, making sure we don’t eat much red meat, drinking bottled water, purifying our water in general.  We are taking out these minerals that our body needs to survive.  We are going to the other extreme.  There are a lot of foods that are not good for us in mass doses, but we have to learn moderation.  Many of those foods may contain vitamins or minerals that we need, and can be good for us in small doses.  Take chocolate; did you know that that is high in magnesium?  In fact, a craving for chocolate may be an indication of a magnesium deficiency.  Now if that isn’t a good reason to eat chocolate.  But again, we can not go overboard on it.  Just to let you know, you get the same symptoms when you have too much magnesium and potassium as you do when you have too little.