HEALTH - Why magnesium is a good stress buster

Use magnesium to beat stress

 

There’s a good reason why magnesium is known as “the great calmer”. 

“Increased magnesium relaxes nerves and muscles while also building and strengthening bones and aiding smooth blood circulation,” nutritionist Michele Chevalley Hedge  says. 

“Stress, poor quality sleep, constipation, muscle spasms, headaches and migraines are just some of the symptoms you may experience if your diet is lacking in magnesium.”

Eating magnesium-rich foods such as kale, pumpkin seeds, spinach, beetroot, bananas and quinoa will help, and Chevalley Hedge advises having a bath daily with half a cup of Epsom salts, and sipping a rooibos tea, as these both contain magnesium.

Source: http://www.bodyandsoul.com.au/