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You all have heard me yap about Matcha (over coffee) before, but let me tell you about another staple in my day... Magnesium glycinate at night.
Magnesium is involved in 300+ biochemical processes in the body. Everything from muscle aches, to heart arrhythmias, to migraines, to insomnia, to mental illnesses like anxiety/depression/mania/bi-polar, eye-twitching, can all have one underlying contributor: low magnesium
There are studies that show our current crop production in 2020 contains 90% less of the micronutrients these foods had 100 years ago due to over farming. So it is rare to get the full amount in your diet.
One study even cites that 75% of participants were not meeting their Mag recommending intake [1], but foods like nuts (almonds), spinach, and avocado are great natural sources
Things that deplete our magnesium stores: stress, alcohol, caffeine... three common things in our daily modern lives
Interesting correlations I’ve made around magnesium and lifestyle is that our daily requirements double at the same time we go to college, and our nutritional diet plummets, alcohol consumption sky rockets, and stress builds
In America, psychosis typically sets in at 18-22 years of age... when we nutritionally need more & the average college student treats their body the worst.
I can only speculate for others, but I can say that for myself, lower back pain, hearth arrhythmia, and migraines went away once I began to limit caffeine in combo with supplementation of magnesium.
My Oura ring sleep tracker also shows an increase of sleep quality by 20% when I take my magnesium before bed.
There are many forms of magnesium one can take to supplement diets that are low in magnesium... citrate, oxide, malate, threonate, and glycinate are examples... some are much better absorbed than others, some cause side effects for people, I take glycinate for example. [2]
It can take a few days to get used to magnesium supplementation, most people take it right before bed, but it actually kept me up.. until I got used to it 6-7 days in, so I would take a half dose in the mornings until I adjusted.
But stick with it because you may feel a bit weird at first, but that’s because it could be due to 300+ different processes coming “online”
There are ailments that proper amounts of magnesium helps with, mentioned above, and there are also pro-active benefits that we’ve observed: anti-inflammatory benefits, fighting depression, lower blood pressure, boosting exercise performance, improve PMS symptoms are a few
It’s hard to tell if one has low magnesium intracellularly, because blood panel tests will just test magnesium in the blood... not what’s making into the cells of your body. If you test for this, test intracellularly
Before costly prescriptions, if you have any of these issues mentioned, try an inexpensive natural option first... more magnesium in your diet. Would love to know if you anyone has had any positive or negative experiences related to this thread.
