Ultimate Vegan Magnesium Blend

Magnesium is an important nutrient that the body needs to function healthily.

It’s also one of the most abundant minerals in your body. It’s needed for hundreds of processes, including:

1. Supporting the nervous system

2. Breaking down food into nutrients

3. Muscle function, including heart muscle

4. Maintaining electrolyte balanceHealthy bones and teeth

5. Normal cell division

Yes, magnesium is a metal! Weird, right?

The same metal that’s used to make heat-resistant bricks for fireplaces and furnaces helps our bodies to run normally.

Magnesium is a trace metal, which means that although it is important for overall health, we don’t need large amounts of it.    

Magnesium benefits many enzymes in the body, some of which are responsible for converting the food you eat into energy.

Women need 270mg a day, while breast-feeding women need an extra 50mg a day. Men need 300mg a day.

That’s about the amount found in 30g of pumpkin seeds, an avocado, a banana or an 80g portion of spinach.

Magnesium deficiency is rare as it is found in so many of the foods we eat every day. Our kidneys also help to regulate magnesium levels in the body by limiting the amount we lose when we urinate.

Early signs and symptoms of magnesium deficiency include:

Appetite loss

Nausea

Fatigue

Weakness

Diarrhoea

Symptoms of a moderate deficiency include numbness, tingling and an abnormal heart rhythm.

If you eat a balanced diet with a wide range of foods every day, you should get all the magnesium you need.

However, you can take magnesium as a supplement if you think you’re lacking or deficient.

You can get all the magnesium you need from your diet during pregnancy.

However, a 2017 report in Advanced Biomedical Research found that many pregnant women are deficient in this mineral.

Ask your GP for a blood test if you think you may have low levels of magnesium.

It doesn’t really matter what time you take magnesium supplements, unless you plan on using them to help you sleep.

Take magnesium 1-2 hours before going to bed if you want to use it as a sleep aid.

Make sure you take magnesium supplements with a meal.

Due to its laxative effects, you should avoid taking it on an empty stomach or in-between meals or you may have some tummy troubles.

This is for information only and should not replace professional advice. Please check with your GP before taking supplements.