Every woman needs a little magnesium! This super mineral works in partnership with calcium and is often overlooked. Everyone worries about being calcium deficient, but magnesium is just as important.
Magnesium is involved in 80% of reactions that make energy.
No magnesium, no energy. Stress, alcohol, processed foods and modern life rapidly depletes your body of magnesium. Exercise and sweating also results in depleted magnesium levels. The ultimate expression of magnesium deficiency is muscle twitching, including those little eye ticks as well as muscle cramps (especially of the toes, calves and those screamers that can wake you up in the night). People who get migraines have been found to have low brain magnesium, so supplementation could be beneficial in these cases too. Magnesium is found in lots of foods including dark green leafy vegetables, (the type that most don’t get enough of!), almonds and bananas. Our lifestyles can often require us to have more magnesium than we get through our diet. If you have tight muscles, get cramps, are stressed or have poor energy, then magnesium supplementation could make a difference to you. Magnesium doesn’t occur by itself. It occurs bound to another molecule that affects the absorption of magnesium in your body. One of the best types of magnesium to go for is magnesium diglycinate in the range of 300-600mg of elemental magnesium. Next time you are feeling a little low in energy, don’t reach for the coffee, reach for a hit of magnesium and feel the difference!
