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If you’re thinking of quitting smoking or helping a loved one, you may wonder if there are supplements to quit smoking. After all, supplements can affect your mood, cravings, sleep,...

Your body needs magnesium to function properly — but what if you don’t get enough magnesium from diet alone?  The majority of Canadians don’t get enough magnesium from their diet,...

Having trouble sleeping? Curious whether you should take melatonin for insomnia? The first thing you should know is that not everyone needs melatonin to solve their sleep issues. Sometimes what’s...

What effect does smoking weed have on your body’s magnesium levels? And if you smoke weed, should you worry about deficiency or take magnesium supplements? What is the relationship between...

In my last post, I explained why kids need magnesium to regulate their nerves and sleep, and why they might not be getting enough. I’m now following up with practical...

For all of the reasons we need magnesium as adults, children need it too. Magnesium is involved in hundreds of processes in the body relating to energy and the nervous...

Looking for an easy, inexpensive, effective way to treat your symptoms of magnesium-deficiency? Then transdermal magnesium may be for you! “Transdermal”, as you might guess, is magnesium that’s absorbed through...

Vitamin C for Anxiety Guest post by Catherine Moore The importance of vitamin C in our diets isn’t news but it may have more benefits for our brains than we...

Looking for magnesium-rich recipes? You may not find many for candies and cookies. Most sweet treats are low in magnesium. Plus, our bodies have to use up the magnesium in...

In this series of short videos, Dr Alison Smith, PhD (Neuroscience) and award-winning health blogger, debunks myths associated with magnesium. She takes on marketing claims that are unfounded in science...

In the worldwide fight against COVID-19, magnesium and vitamin D may be powerful tools for boosting immunity and keeping the most severe coronavirus symptoms at bay.  COVID-19 has infected over...