If you're living an active lifestyle, your muscles are under all sorts of stress and taking a daily magnesium supplement can have many benefits.

Benefits of Magnesium:

• Bone health
• Lowering risk of Type 2 Diabetes
• Lowering risk of depression
• Boosting Exercise performance
• Lowering blood pressure
• Energy Production
• Help fight anti-inflammation
• Help prevent migraines
• Improve PMS symptoms

Your body already contains magnesium (60% of the magnesium in your body is found in your bones and the remainder in muscles, soft tissues and fluids, including blood). Magnesium can also found in food sources so eating a nutrient filled diet should give you your recommended daily source of this mineral.

Foods that contain high amounts of magnesium include:

• Avocados
• Legumes
• Seeds like flax, pumpkin and chia seeds (a 28 gram serving of pumpkin seeds contain 37% of your recommended daily intake!)
• Dark Chocolate
• Spinach
• Black Beans
• Quinoa
• Almonds
• Cashews

If you're not getting a balanced diet that include some of these foods then a daily magnesium supplement may be helpful. The Good Vitamin Co. have made it easy with their delicious banana flavoured soft chew magnesium gummies. With an all natural flavour, these gummies are also Gluten-Free, Vegan-Friendly, contain no Eggs, Soy, Dairy or Nuts and Halal Certified.

You can find out more and buy at thegoodvitaminco.co.nz

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NB. This information should be used as a guide only. Always consult your doctor or other qualified healthcare professional with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or the use of supplementation/medicines.