Why your body needs magnesium
Magnesium is an essential mineral your body can’t make on its own, and it’s used in more than 300 processes, from energy to heart rhythm to strong bones. Yet nearly half of U.S. adults don’t get enough from food. Processed diets, stress, alcohol and age all drain it.
Most people take magnesium to help them unwind, and for good reason:
- It quiets a busy mind by supporting GABA, the brain’s calming messenger.*
- It lets your muscles let go, balancing the calcium that makes them tense.*
- It supports deeper sleep by helping regulate melatonin, your body’s sleep signal.*
Stress also uses up magnesium, and low magnesium makes stress harder to handle. Keeping your levels topped up helps break that cycle.
