Suffer from headaches? Or have problems sleeping? Then it might be worth increasing your magnesium dose! I used to suffer from both, and magnesium has really helped! It also has lots of other amazing health boosting properties too.
Health Benefits of Magnesium
- Helps migraines and headaches
- Help with depression
- Helps fight inflammation in the body
- Increase energy
- Calm nerves and anxiety
- Treat insomnia and helps you fall asleep
- Help with digestion by relieving constipation
- Relieve muscle aches and spasms
- Important for heart health
- Help reduce insulin resistance and guard against type 2 diabetes
- Help with PMS symptoms
Obviously it's best to try and get all the magnesium your body needs naturally through your diet. Foods high in magnesium include:
- seeds like pumpkin or squash
- spinach or swiss chard
- quinoa
- cashews
- almonds
- mackerel, tuna and pollock
- low-fat yoghurt of kefir
- black beans and lentils
- avocado
- figs
- bananas
- dark chocolate (awesome!)
You can get your magnesium levels checked via a blood test and if you require supplements then they are easy to get hold of in any health food shop. Do check with a health practitioner before taking them as too much in your body can be dangerous.