April Product of the Month
By Tory Wegner, LAc
?Natural Calm is an amazing water-soluble and highly absorbable magnesium supplement. Every organ in the body, especially the heart, muscles, and kidneys need magnesium to function properly. Magnesium contributes to the makeup of teeth and bones, activates enzymes, and contributes to energy production…a little-thought-of but critically important nutrient. Even though you can get magnesium from many foods including whole grains, nuts, and green vegetables, many people are deficient in magnesium and positively benefit from the right kind of supplementation. Natural Calm has been voted the best-selling magnesium supplement on the market for three years in a row and it’s so popular because it restores healthy magnesium levels and balances calcium intake, which ultimately results in natural stress relief!
?Here’s a quick flashback to biology class: magnesium and calcium are fundamental nutrients that need to be in balance with each other and are important at a cellular level. Calcium and magnesium basically have opposite functions in the body. Calcium excites nerves, contracts muscles, and helps clot blood. On the other hand, magnesium calms nerves, relaxes muscles, and keeps blood flowing freely. You experience the tensing (calcium) and relaxing (magnesium) interaction of these two nutrients every time your heart beats and you take a breath!
?At a cellular level, magnesium is found inside the cell and calcium outside. However, when our bodies are under stress, cellular changes happen and calcium floods into the cell and calcium levels become high. This in turn causes muscles to contract and tense. Then the magnesium works to push the calcium back out of the cell and the cell and muscles return to resting or relaxed state. An easy way to visualize this is that the calcium is the “on” switch and the magnesium is the “off” switch.
?Since this relationship between calcium and magnesium is so vital for our body, having the proper balance is critical. If magnesium is deficient it means that the “off” switch doesn’t work effectively and some calcium remains in the cell. The result is STRESS on the body plus symptoms of magnesium deficiency (anxiety, irritability, insomnia, muscle tension and leg cramps, abnormal hearth rhythms, fatigue, weakness, headaches and more).
?Magnesium deficiency can be caused by many factors including inadequate dietary magnesium, emotional stress, some medications, heavy exercise, too much calcium in the diet, and some illnesses. Natural Calm is an easily absorbed and effective form of magnesium and quickly goes to work to restore balance in the body and provide natural stress and symptom relief.
?In April Natural Calm is 10% off, so stop in and try some today!