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Magnesium Can Be Used for Depression
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Magnesium is a mineral that is often found in large quantities in the body. This is a mineral that may be deficient in a person’s body and could keep many different chemical functions from working. This includes the ability of the brain to handle serotonin, a chemical that is used to enhance a person’s mood and ability to handle positive emotions and thoughts.
The big problem is that it can cause some damages to the body from the creation of pro-inflammatory cytokines. The proteins that can cause inflammation have been known to cause depression in many cases. A low amount of magnesium in the body may cause these cytokines to occur. Therefore, it may help to use magnesium for treating depression.
Magnesium is easy to work with
It will not be too difficult to get magnesium to work in the body. Magnesium can be handled by helping to get the nerves in the body to work with transmissions as well as possible. This includes looking to see that these transmissions will be strong enough to the point where they will be effective and more likely to handle different parts of the brain.
This may also work with some other trace minerals like zinc and copper to control depression. This can be a necessity because magnesium has a very large molecular structure that works to control the way how the brain is going to handle it.
Needed over time
An interesting point about using magnesium for depression is that the body’s need for handling it will be greater over a period of time. The problem with magnesium is that it is an item that the body naturally produces but can begin to stop handling over a period of time. This can cause the body to become unable to handle different functions. It will help to watch for this when taking a magnesium supplement as directed.
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