When you’re under stress (emotional, physical, or mental), your body releases stress hormones like cortisol and adrenaline. These hormones increase magnesium excretion through the urine, which means your body uses it up and flushes it out faster.
Meanwhile, low magnesium levels can make your nervous system more sensitive to stress, leading to a vicious cycle:
More stress → less magnesium → harder time coping with stress → even more stress.
What Magnesium Does for Stress:
- – Calms the nervous system
- – Regulates neurotransmitters like GABA (your chill-out chemical)
- – Helps relax muscles and reduce tension
- – Supports restful sleep
Signs You Might Be Low in Magnesium (especially from stress):
- – Trouble sleeping
- – Muscle cramps or twitches
- – Headaches or migraines
- – Fatigue
- – Anxiety or irritability
- – Constipation
If stress is high in your life, supporting magnesium through food (like leafy greens, pumpkin seeds, avocado, dark chocolate – like raw cacao 😏) or supplementation can really help rebalance things.
We’d love to support you in stress management and magnesium, while helping you get to the root cause! Come and see us or establish care by calling today,
Jade Green TNC, CHHC
