The soft yellow metal has been quite popular of late. Silver and copper haven’t been standing back either. Metal fever has seemingly gripped investors, but are they missing something?
There is a soft, grey metal that literally powers your body, but you won’t read about it in investment reports. Curiously, you will barely read about it in medical journals, either.
We’re talking magnesium, of course. Today, we focus on magnesium’s brain benefits.
Magnesium And The Brain – A Quick Recap
- Limits brain damage during trauma (as in stroke or injury).
- Magnesium is essential for depositing and recalling long-term memories.
- Magnesium plays a crucial role in the production of neurotransmitters, the chemicals that help brain cells talk to each other.
- Magnesium is essential for energy production in all cells, including brain cells.
- Magnesium stabilises neuronal membranes. This means a reduction in excitability, such as found in epilepsy or emotional outbursts.
- Magnesium reduces pain sensitivity (of importance in conditions such as migraine and fibromyalgia).
- Magnesium enhances the communication between nerves and muscles, leading to better muscle control (important in Parkinson’s Disease).
- Magnesium reduces inflammation in the brain (the key driver of Alzheimer’s Diseases).
- Magnesium improves the function of the blood-brain barrier, the brain’s defence mechanism against toxic influx.
- Magnesium promotes deep sleep by enhancing GABA_A receptor function as well as helping with the production of GABA, the “sleep hormone”.
- By boosting serotonin and GABA_A receptor function, magnesium plays a key role in mood. Low magnesium levels lead to depression and anxiety, while adequate levels are linked to a calm, happy mood.
- Magnesium is important in nerve repair, leading to healthy nerve function. This is especially important in neuro-degenerative diseases such as peripheral neuropathy, but also motor-neuron diseases.
- Magnesium improves blood flow to the brain (important in conditions such as dementia, migraine and pre-eclampsia).
- Magnesium opposes aluminium in the brain at multiple levels. Studies link Aluminium in the brain with many brain conditions, including autism. Magnesium drives aluminium from the brain and stops the damage it does to the brain.
That’s 14 benefits and we’re only getting started…
Clearly, if you wish to make a wise investment in your brain health, you need to invest heavily in magnesium.
But there is a “but”. There is always a “but”.
Magnesium is poorly absorbed into the brain.
In fact, you need magnesium in the brain to transport magnesium into the brain.
How’s THAT for irony?
You see, several hundred years ago, adequate magnesium was easily obtained from well water. Then we got clever and began cleaning our water sources and piping the clean water into our homes. From that point forward, things went south for human health, specifically with reference to chronic diseases. We solved the infectious disease problem, but unwittingly created another, much bigger problem.
Getting adequate magnesium from food sources is not viable. Anyone who tells you otherwise is smoking something really strong. In our current situation, supplementation becomes the only viable alternative.
What Magnesium Is Best?
If you want to start a fight among supplement users, ask them to tell you which form of magnesium is the best to take. It will end in fisticuffs. People feel stronger about the “right type” of magnesium than they feel about their favourite rugby team (we know it’s the Springboks, right?).
Fortunately, when it comes to the best magnesium for the brain, science has made matters easy for us. To date, only one type of magnesium has been shown to easily penetrate the blood-brain barrier: Magnesium-L-threonate.
If you can’t pronounce that, don’t worry. We just call it “Brain-Mag” for short.
The Many Benefits Of Brain-Mag
Look what science has found out about Brain-Mag:
- Raises brain magnesium levels
- Improves overall brain function (“cognition”)
- Improves brain blood flow
- Prevents memory loss
- Reverses memory loss
- Prevents / Reduces fear and anxiety
- Increases attention span
- Enhances learning capacity
- Protects the brain from age-related shrinkage
- Triggers the production of new neurons
- Reverses neuropathic pain (common in diabetics)
- Reverses nerve damage related to paralysis
- Reduces pain in chronic pain conditions
- Has antiviral benefits, such as in Epstein-Barr Virus
- Likely to be beneficial in depression, panic and anxiety disorders
- Likely to be beneficial in PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders
- Likely to be beneficial in Parkinson’s Disease
- Likely has anti-cancer effects
- Likely to be beneficial in auto-immune diseases
- Improves colon inflammation (yes, it even works down there, too)
Magnesium in the brain is crucial to make GABA, the brain’s calming hormone. That is why Brain-Mag helps with anxiety, depression, PTSD, attention deficit and insomnia. Of course, magnesium is useful ANYWHERE in the body and Brain-Mag is able to get to places where other types of magnesium have a tough time getting.
Who Can Benefit From Brain-Mag?
- The elderly
- The chronically ill or tired
- Those who struggle to sleep
- The pregnant
- The stressed, anxious and/or depressed
- Students and learners
If you find yourself in any one or more of these categories, now is the time to grab yourself some Brain-Mag!
How Much Do You Need?
The typical dosage ranges from 1-4 capsules daily. People with advanced brain or psychiatric conditions may need more per day. Once benefits become evident, the dosage can be gradually lowered until a sweet spot is found where dosage and benefit are in balance.
After the initial loading phase, most people find that one Brain-Mag capsule daily is enough to maintain benefit.
More About Our Brain-Mag
- Plenty: Every capsule contains 500 mg Magnesium-L-threonate.
- Pure: No fillers used.
- Plant-based: Our Brain-Mag is made with clear vegan capsules.
To your (smarter) health!
The Team at Integrow Health
