Magnesium is a vital nutrient that is often deficient in many modern diets. The current recommended daily allowance (RDA) for adults is between 320 and 420 mg daily, while the average U.S. intake is around 250 mg daily or less. If your magnesium is too low you may experience muscle cramps, arrythmias, and even sudden death. Magnesium deficiency can cause depression, behavioral disturbances, headaches, muscle cramps, seizures, ataxia, psychosis, auto immune diseases, and irritability—all reversible or greatly reduced with magnesium intake repletion.
Ion Regulation and Stress
Ion regulation in our bodies is vital with respect to how muscles contract and nerves send signals. In the brain, potassium and sodium balance each other. In the heart and other muscles, magnesium pulls a lot of the load. Magnesium is also involved in long-term memory formation.
Stress causes us to use our magnesium at an alarming rate. The brain is very susceptible to stress; for example, a stress-induced rise in corticosteroid levels regulates short-term memory by storing information that is emotionally related to the stressful event, but by suppressing information not associated with it. The inability to remember important data intensifies the individual’s stress and makes the person even more vulnerable. While acute stress affects memory in a reversable way, chronic stress can result in harmful changes in the brain.
Magnesium can suppress the brain’s ability to stimulate the release of the stress hormone, decrease the release of ACTH (the hormone that tells your adrenal glands to get in gear and pump out cortisol and adrenaline), and reduce the responsiveness of the adrenal glands to ACTH. In addition, magnesium can act at the blood-brain barrier to prevent stress hormones from entering the brain. All of these functions, and more, are why magnesium is “the original chill pill.”
Floating
In oral form, it is almost impossible to absorb the magnesium your body requires to stay healthy and happy. Intravenous application and floating are two methods of supplying your body with the magnesium it needs on a daily basis.
But what is floating? When you float, you enter a sensory-reduced environment—there is no light, no sound, the water is the same temperature as your skin, and due to the large amount of Epsom salt (magnesium sulfate) in the water, gravity disappears. In other words, most of the sensory input we normally process is turned off and the body goes into a deep state of relaxation.
Some of the many benefits of floating are stress and anxiety relief, alleviating chronic pain, supporting athletic performance, and enhancing creativity and mindfulness, which is directly connected to your body’s having the proper amount of magnesium. We are often asked: “Is one float enough or do I need multiple sessions?” Much like meditation, floating is a pathway to better health. It is recommended to float weekly to maintain the proper amount of magnesium your body requires to work at its highest level.
Come be part of the Solution at Fort Myers Cloud 9 Float Spa today! Lynn Brewer, owner of Cloud9 Float Spa & Wellness Center located at 13710 Metropolis Ave., Suite #104 in Fort Myers.
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