I started taking magnesium just over two months ago, and after only two days, I noticed that my feelings of sadness and lack of joy (which I've struggled with for most of my adult life) began to turn around!
/Vanja B
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According to Tarleton and Littenberg, there is a significant link between low magnesium intake and feelings of sadness. Eby and Eby state that it is well known that magnesium deficiency can cause negative changes in the nervous system. A lack of magnesium in brain cells damages them, which can manifest as sadness. Eby and Eby also propose a hypothesis that magnesium deficiency, combined with excess calcium and stress, can cause many cases of sadness, irritability, confusion, insomnia, and headaches. (Tarleton EK et al. J Am Board Fam Med. 2015) (Eby GA, Eby KL. Med. Hypotheses. 2006).
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Show referenceTarleton EK, Littenberg B. (2015). Journal of the American Board of Family Med., 28(2), 249-256. doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2015.02.140176.
Eby GA, Eby KL. (2006). Med. Hypotheses, 67(2), 362-370. doi: 10.1016/j.mehy.2006.01.047. Epub 2006 Mar 20. PMID: 16542786.
