siliconindia | | DECEMBER 20258Feeling Wrecked After Your Workout? Let Magnesium Hit the Reset Button!Healing is like shaking the foam off the water, ice down and magic pills that promise it all and deliver little. Amongst these band Aid solutions, magnesium remains the silent lead of action that drives more than 300 biochemical processes that cause muscles to relax, nerves to relax, and provide energy.It maintains cortisol equilibrium, relieves stress and enhances deep sleep, a natural body and mind relaxant. Magnesium deficiency causes slowing of recoveries, anxiety and even an incomplete rest.Researchers describe a vicious circle, stress hormones cause us to lose more magnesium, and low magnesium in turn makes us more susceptible to stress. By keeping magnesium in check, we help break that cycle and let the body switch into its rest-and-digest mode more easily.Better Sleep and RelaxationA calm nervous system leads right into better sleep, and magnesium is key to drifting off It is a natural relaxant that works by clinging to GABA receptors and silencing excitatory messages and suppressing stress hormones such as NMDA which helps to relax the muscles and the mind.Even in animal research, magnesium deficiency causes a decrease in melatonin (the sleep hormone) in the blood, and magnesium supplementation has been found to decrease cortisol and increase sleep architecture.This is supported by clinical trials such as when older adults were given magnesium it facilitated faster falling down, fell asleep better and rose less frequently with more melatonin in the body than previously. In simple terms, magnesium usually determines whether one gets a good night sleep or not.Having sufficient amount of magnesium in the body, the brain gets to relax and the body goes into deeper restful sleep, which leaves you with that feeling of getting up refreshed and full of energy.C.S Jadhav, Director, Inner Being Wellness, says,"Jowar is known to be easier to digest than wheat packed with fiber, protein, energy and magnesium (Magnesium increases calcium absorption)".The Top 10 Magnesium Powerhouses You're IgnoringForget chalky supplements nature packed magnesium into foods that come with flavor, fiber, and antioxidants. Rotate these through your day and you'll hit 300-400 mg before even touching a bottle:· Pumpkin Seeds - 535 mg per cup roasted; crunch them with sea salt post-workout.· Spinach - 157 mg per cooked cup, saute with garlic and olive oil.· Almonds - 80 mg per ounce, a handful funds recovery and kills cravings.· Dark Chocolate(70 percent) - 64 mg per ounce, bitterness is the medicine.· Black Beans - 120 mg per cup, carbs and minerals in perfect balance.EDITORIAL EXCLUSIVEHERE'S WHY MAGNESIUM IS THE ULTIMATE RECOVERY FIX
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