Visualisation showing ocean garbage patches. The Great Pacific garbage patch, also described as the Pacific trash vortex, is a gyre of marine debris particles in the central North Pacific Ocean located roughly between 135Â°W to 155Â°W and 35Â°N and 42Â°N.
Among the known magnesium deficiency causes are prescription medications such as diuretics, antibiotics, painkillers and cortisone, which can deplete magnesium levels in the body by impairing absorption or by increasing excretion by the kidneys.
In both our cases we believe we have traced the problems to a magnesium deficiency. Many of the other problems we have in our family can also be traced to a lack of this important mineral, so we suspect that a predisposition to need higher than normal amounts of magnesium may run in our family.