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Destroy Belly Fat By Increasing Magnesium Consumption

10 Ways To Destroy Belly Fat Every Woman Should Know About

Eat More Fat We know it sounds counter intuitive, but certain types of fat can actually help you burn off that stubborn belly fat. The key is to opt for monounsaturated fats, such as olive oil, all natural peanut butter, and olives. According to a study conducted by the American Diabetes Association, body fat accumulation [...]

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Dash Diet and Depression

Can The Heart-Healthy DASH Diet Lower Depression

It’s not a crash diet. It’s not a fad diet. It’s a complete overhaul in one’s food intake to put his or her health first: the DASH diet. Standing for Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension, the DASH diet, first and foremost, prevents and lowers high blood pressure. The diet requires you to not only reduce [...]

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Nutrition and Magnesium

What You Need To Know Before You Take a Magnesium Supplement

With benefits ranging from stronger bones and better sleep to pain relief and heart health, it’s easy to understand why magnesium is the miracle mineral of the day. There are some important things you should know before you start taking a magnesium supplement including when to take (or not take) them and what forms ensure [...]

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Staying Healthy While Traveling

How To Stay Healthy While Traveling

1. Your immunity is important! Boost your immunity and proactively protect your health while on public transportation. Up your Vitamin C intake before departure, carry a water bottle to stay hydrated and use hand sanitizer to reduce the amount of germs to which you’re exposed from tray tables, door handles and bathroom facilities. Also, bring [...]

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Magnesium and Hot Flashes

6 Ways To Manage Hot Flashes and Night Sweats

An estimated 40% of menopausal women will experience sleep problems, according to the National Sleep Foundation. And 75% of those sleep difficulties can be chocked up to hot flashes or night sweats. “Hot flashes and night sweats are caused by a complex interaction between fluctuating estrogen levels in the hypothalamus (a region of the brain [...]

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Pumpkins

Pumpkins and Magnesium

The flesh of the pumpkin can be used in a variety of cooked dishes as a good source of vitamins K and A, magnesium, fiber and potassium. Vitamin A helps maintain eye health, potassium helps maintain healthy blood pressure, and vitamin K and magnesium work together with calcium and vitamin D to build and maintain [...]

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PMS and Magnesium

Low Magnesium Levels Present Higher PMS Risk

The Association between the Risk of Premenstrual Syndrome and Vitamin D, Calcium, and Magnesium Status among University Students: A Case Control Study. [Health Promotion Perspectives, 2015, 5(3), 225-230]. [Health Promot Perspect. 2016] Saeedian Kia A, Amani R, Cheraghian B. Abstract BACKGROUND: Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is one of major health problems in childbearing age women. Herein, [...]

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Summer

Mood Enhancing Foods

Fox News – Tanya Zuckerbrot MS, RD – Save the blues for winter – there’s nothing sad about bright sunshine, longer days, and beach-friendly temperatures. But even in the summer, things don’t always go our way – the AC broke, the food truck ran out of your favorite taco filling and mosquitos love the scent [...]

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Magnesium and Back Pain

Natural Alternatives to Pain Medications

According to the National Safety Council, every day, 52 people die from opioid pain medications. Every year, 47,000 die from a drug overdose, mostly from prescription pain medications. Opioids are being overprescribed. And it is not children reaching in medicine cabinets who have made drug poisoning the #1 cause of unintentional death in the United [...]

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Pumpkin Seeds and Magnesium

Foods That Promote Healthful Sleep

Eating at night, if done healthfully, can help satisfy your late-night craving and offer some other benefits as well. For example, eating healthy protein at night can help you build muscle while you sleep. And eating carbs with low-glycemic indices can help you control your blood sugar the next day and may also help you [...]

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