The link between magnesium and anxiety
According to psychologist Anu Goel (India), anxiety is often related to fear and significantly affects human cognitive function and behavioral responses. There is a close relationship between magnesium reserves in the body and anxiety.
Ludhiana-based nutritionist Garima Goyal says magnesium supplements help reduce anxiety and stress.
Benefits of Magnesium for Anxiety
- Can regulate cortisol levels
Cortisol is a stress hormone that, in prolonged conditions, can cause depression and anxiety. Magnesium can help reduce cortisol levels and thus reduce stress. When you are deficient in magnesium, your body releases large amounts of cortisol. This affects other hormones, making us feel depressed and sad, says psychologist Anu Goel.
- Regulate neurotransmitters
Magnesium helps maintain balance and can produce inhibitory neurotransmitters to prevent anxiety. Magnesium supplementation reduces epinephrine and norepinephrine, which helps reduce anxiety and may also prevent panic attacks.
- Helps improve brain function
Magnesium supplementation helps brain function reduce stress. It has a positive effect on the hypothalamus of the brain. This part is responsible for stress and regulates the pituitary and adrenal glands.
Does magnesium deficiency cause anxiety?
Yes. A study by the US National Institutes of Health found that magnesium deficiency leads to hyperactivity, which is extreme emotionality, irritability, a state in which you have strong reactions to stimuli as well as anxiety and impulsiveness.
