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MAGNESIUM: A key player in managing stress

Are you struggling with daily stress? Stress is both a mind and body experience, and magnesium is a key player in our body’s stress response. Adequate magnesium intake can help prevent magnesium depletion caused by stress, reducing the physical symptoms associated with both conditions. By prioritising magnesium-rich foods or recommended supplements, we can support our bodies in managing both physical and mental stress.

Magnesium is an essential mineral that plays a crucial role in numerous bodily functions, including our neurological stress response. In fact, magnesium depletion and stress are related in what researchers term a vicious cycle.

Stress and Magnesium Depletion – a vicious cycle

When we experience stress, our bodies tend to release and excrete more magnesium. As a result magnesium can become deficient in your body if the stressful situation persists.

This magnesium depletion enhances the vicious cycle. As magnesium levels drop, our ability to effectively regulate our stress response diminishes. Consequently, the experience of stress can intensify. This vicious cycle increases the need for magnesium even further. This cycle of stress and magnesium depletion can have significant implications for our overall health and well-being.

Why is adequate magnesium intake essential?

Many of the physical symptoms commonly associated with stress are also indicative of magnesium depletion. Fatigue, anxiety, irritability, headaches, muscle tension or cramps, and gastrointestinal issues are all symptoms that can arise from either stress or low magnesium levels. This overlap suggests that addressing magnesium depletion could be a key strategy in managing stress and its associated symptoms.

Ensuring adequate magnesium intake is therefore essential to help manage daily stress. Dietary sources of magnesium include leafy green vegetables, nuts, seeds, whole grains, and legumes. For those who find it challenging to get enough magnesium through diet alone, supplementation is recommended.

3 reasons to try Vital MagRestore

Vital MagRestore supports your resilience and recovery from daily mental and physical stress.

  • Bioavalable Magnesium:

Vital MagRestore contains magnesium citrate which is an organic magnesium salt and one of the most bioavailable forms of magnesium. This form of magnesium is bound with citric acid, which allows for it to be better absorbed in the human body.

  • Optimal Gut Absorption:

The delayed release vegan capsules are gentle on the stomach and facilitate absorption of magnesium in the small intestine.

  • High Potency Formulation

Each capsule contains 75mg of elemental magnesium – and for very stressful periods you can take up to 3 capsules per day.

references

  1. Pickering G, Mazur A, Trousselard M, Bienkowski P, Yaltsewa N, Amessou M et al. Magnesium status and stress: The vicious circle concept revisited. Nutrients 2020 Nov 28;12(12):3672.

VITAL MAGRESTORE

[S0] Vital® MagRestore delayed-release capsules. Each capsule contains 75 mg Magnesium. Health supplement. This unregistered medicine has not been evaluated by SAHPRA for its quality, safety or intended use. APPLICANT: Vital Health Foods (Pty) Ltd, Reg. no.: 51/03081/07. Lavender Lane, Kuils River, 7580, South Africa. Tel no.: (+27) 21 900 2500. Please refer to the detailed professional information (PI) for full prescribing information.