Research has found that
magnesium supplementation helped improve all the major physiological markers associated with insomnia.
Magnesium supplementation helps to boost GABA production in two ways, by binding and stimulating GABA receptors and by increasing the conversion of glutamate into GABA (5).
Not exact matches
Many breastfeeding moms notice a milk - supply drop coinciding with sugar cravings during certain times of their menstrual cycles and have found that
magnesium (and calcium)
supplementation can
help them to avoid this supply drop.
Strategic
supplementation: Natural anti-inflammatories like polyunsaturated fats (evening primrose oil and fish oil), vitamin D, N - acetylcysteine,
magnesium, curcumin (the active component of turmeric), and probiotics can
help promote a synergy of beneficial effects from the above interventions.
Magnesium supplementation may
help to negate this inflammatory effect.
Sometimes
supplementation can
help as well, in which case, at Parsley we recommend
magnesium glycinate taken daily before bed.
Individuals having optimum levels of
magnesium require less vitamin D supplementation for achieving adequate levels of vitamin D. Magnesium also helps to reduce the risk of osteoporosis, which helps in mitigating bone fracture risk which can be attributed to low vitamin
magnesium require less vitamin D
supplementation for achieving adequate levels of vitamin D.
Magnesium also helps to reduce the risk of osteoporosis, which helps in mitigating bone fracture risk which can be attributed to low vitamin
Magnesium also
helps to reduce the risk of osteoporosis, which
helps in mitigating bone fracture risk which can be attributed to low vitamin D levels.
The consumption of adequate
magnesium could
help to lower the risk of a deficiency of vitamin D, and reduce the need for vitamin D
supplementation.
In addition to
supplementation, proper stress and sleep management as well as eating a wide variety of unrefined plant foods can
help with
magnesium status.
Obviously I want you to eat as many leafy greens as possible (they are super high in
magnesium and other minerals), but as I said above,
supplementation helps tremendously.
The extra
help comes in the form of completely legal sports nutrition
supplementation like digestive enzymes, fish oil, vitamin D, greens supplements,
magnesium and Chinese adaptogenic herbs.
Low
magnesium makes elimination more difficult, so
supplementation can
help with regularity and minimizing constipation.
Now let's take a look at how
magnesium works in your body and how the
supplementation of
magnesium can actually
help you fight that stress.