A Love Letter to Magnesium

A Love Letter to Magnesium

Magnesium is a hot topic these days — and for good reason. Often called the magic mineral, magnesium is a vital electrolyte the body needs to function, supporting hundreds of processes in nearly every cell.

And yet, more than half of Americans don’t get enough magnesium through diet alone. This is especially interesting when you consider that nearly 50% of Americans also experience insomnia, sleep disturbances, or chronic sleep deficiency.

What does a magnesium deficiency look like in real life? 

Insomnia?

Yes! Magnesium deficiency can cause significant disruptions to your life, including sleep deprivation. While magnesium for sleep is often discussed, low magnesium levels can affect far more than rest alone, making it harder to feel your best and live fully. Magnesium deficiency can show up as:

  • Insomnia

  • Fatigue

  • Anxiety

  • Poor sleep quality

  • Low energy

  • Mood swings

  • Constipation

  • Headaches and migraines

  • High blood pressure 

  • Low-grade inflammation

  • Abnormal heart rhythms 

  • Weakness

  • Nausea

  • Muscle cramps and spasms

  • Restless legs (RLS)

Responsible for over 300 biochemical reactions, magnesium has critical functions throughout the body. 

So what does magnesium actually do?

Magnesium is a mineral essential for your health that the body does not make on its own, so you have to ensure you are getting enough! Here are some of the ways magnesium works in the body:

Sleep & Mood

  • Helps you sleep by relaxing the muscles

  • Helps regulate GABA, the neurotransmitter responsible for sleep and relaxation

  • Supports better stress management 

  • Supports nervous system regulation 

  • Supports better moods and reduces irritability by assisting in regulating melatonin and boosting serotonin, your feel good neurotransmitter  

  • Aids in reducing anxiety and depression 

  • Aids in reducing stress hormones like cortisol and adrenaline

Digestion & Body

  • Promotes healthy A1C levels 

  • Promotes healthy insulin response

  • Helps convert food to energy and maintain a healthy metabolism

  • Helps reduce overall inflammation

  • Supports immune function and helps fight pathogens

  • Supports cellular health like cellular repair and new cell growth for healthier skin

  • Supports the heart’s electrical system to maintain normal heartbeats

  • Aids in proper digestion for glucose metabolism and fat breakdown 

  • Aids in relieving PMS symptoms like cramps and bloating and perimenopausal symptoms like hot flashes and brain fog

Brain & Bones

  • Helps blood vessels to relax to maintain healthy blood pressure, reduce headaches and prevent the brain signals that cause migraines 

  • Supports healthy joints by aiding in cartilage maintenance 

  • Supports muscle and nerve function 

  • Supports neuroplasticity, which includes the ability to form new brain connections for learning, memory and executive functioning like reasoning skills and problem solving

  • Supports bone strength and density 

  • Supports bone growth and development in children 

  • Aids in reducing growing pains in children

Magnesium is pretty amazing and totally worthy of all the hype! Supporting your magnesium levels is a no brainer for helping you and your family feel better, naturally. 

How do you get more magnesium?

Supporting healthy magnesium levels can be done with magnesium supplements (always check with your health care provider first), foods and topical applications. Foods high in magnesium are spinach and leafy greens, pumpkin seeds, chia seeds, almonds, legumes, edamame, dark chocolate and avocado. 

Topical magnesium is a gentle and effective way to support healthy magnesium levels and can serve as a natural sleep aid. Magnesium for sleep works by helping the body relax, making it easier to fall asleep, stay asleep, and achieve deeper, more restorative rest.

Magnesium creams like Moon Melt and magnesium sprays like Moon Mist are easy to apply, can be used for localized relief, work quickly, and bypass the digestive system. Topical magnesium may also help reduce muscle cramps and soreness, ease joint discomfort, reduce stress, improve sleep quality, and support a healthy skin barrier.

What makes Moon Melt & Moon Mist different?

Forest Farms Naturals’ Moon Melt magnesium cream and Moon Mist magnesium spray offer all the benefits of magnesium, with the additional benefits of essential oils. Our custom oil blends are selected especially to aid in relaxing the nervous system, reducing stress, calming the mind, soothing the body and nourishing the skin. A clean formulation with a smooth texture and heavenly scent without toxic fragrances, preservatives or chemical ingredients. It’s magnesium, only better. So you can feel better, live better. 

How do I get more magnesium right now?

4 simple steps will support your magnesium levels right away and get you and your family the sleep and relief you deserve. 

  1. Click on The Moonlight Collection page on our website HERE

  2. Order the Moonlight Bundle to try the best of our natural magnesium products

  3. We’ll ship right away so delivery is super quick

  4. Enjoy your sweet dreams!

Feel better, live better. 

Chrisi & Val

 

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