No one is immune to stress, which is good because not all stress is bad.

Problems arise when that stress becomes overwhelmingbecause even mental stress can hurt our physical health.

Not only that, our physical health impacts our biological response to stress.

Molly Knudsen, M.S., RDN

One underrated way tohelp your body de-stressis by making sure you get enough magnesium.

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How does magnesium help with stress?

Magnesium is often (lovingly) referred to as the ani-stress mineral.

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But research also shows that stress can deplete the body’s magnesium stores.

In fact, the scientific literature dubs it avicious circle7.

So how do you get out of it?

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Increasing magnesium intake is a great place to start.

The takeaway

Magnesium is rightfully coined the anti-stress mineral.

Getting enough magnesium helps your body respond more efficiently to stressors.

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