Are you Missing Magnesium?
Early signs of magnesium deficiency can include:
Stress, nervousness, anxiety and insomnia with lead to tiredness, lethargy and fatigue – not having
enough energy to get through the day.
Other signs are; all form of muscle tension, cramping and spasms, including tension headaches and migraines, Premenstrual tension or syndrome (PMS) and finally, high blood pressure.
If you’re experiencing one or more of these symptoms
on a regular basis, or have one of these conditions,
you may be magnesium deficient.
Most Diets are deficient in
Magnesium, and because the Australian soil is deficient, anything grown in that soil may be deficient too.
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Farmers or people living on the land, "drinking rainwater" are usually deficient.
Magnesium is found in a wide range
of foods, especially green vegetables,
grains, nuts, legumes and chocolate.
Regarding chocolate, it needs to be the dark variety the one with the highest cocao content.
However, the bad news is that it can
be difficult to get an adequate supply
of magnesium from your diet.
In fact,
a recent scientific study found that
the daily intake of magnesium was
below the Recommended Daily
Intake (RDI) for 76% of men
and 86% of women tested!
Compounding this is the
fact that modern
lifestyles actually increase your daily magnesium
requirements significantly. For example, stress can
deplete magnesium levels, as can a high consumption
of tea, coffee and alcohol.
Exercise can also increase
your magnesium requirements.
Stressed Out?
If you are stressed, you actually need more magnesium than
usual to keep your muscles relaxed and keep your nervous
system going. The irony is that during times of stress, you
excrete more magnesium, leaving your stores of magnesium
depleted.
This depletion of magnesium can leave you feeling
anxious, uptight and can even affect your sleep.
This results
in a vicious cycle, whereby stress lowers your magnesium
levels and low magnesium levels increase your stress!
Break the Stress Cycle!
To break the vicious stress cycle, you may need to take some
supplemental magnesium.
There are many different forms
of magnesium, and having the correct form of magnesium
is extremely important when it comes to supplementation.
Some forms of magnesium can cause gastric upsets and
diarrhoea for many individuals.
Magnesium diglycinate is
a form of magnesium that does not cause digestive upsets.
This form of magnesium is highly absorbable and can
help alleviate stress, anxiety and insomnia.
Need a Magnesium Boost?
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