Rae's Ways to Purifoication: The Relaxation Mineral and 4 Ways To Get It:

Have you heard of this special mineral? It is a secret weapon against many diseases and common complaints. Not to mention it's also a great detoxifying agent. When we are detoxified and clean inside, our bodies work much more efficiently. We start using our food as fuel, increase our energy levels and shed excess weight!

Magnesium is called the relaxation mineral because it has the opposite effect on your body that stress has. Stress can cause us to pack on the pounds and have decreased energy. When we have no energy, we gain weight and the cycle continues. There are simple and easy ways to start turning this around by practicing to reduce stress in our lives and also by adding some of the relaxation mineral to our routines to give ourselves a boost! Did I mention it improves sleep? We all know what sleep can do for us. They don't call it "beauty sleep" for nothing.

Magnesium works on any areas of your body that are stiff, tight or uncomfortable. Our cells use it to make energy and relax our muscles. Our brain even uses magnesium to improve and stabilize our mood. It also helps us to stay detoxified and be lean and healthy. A little magnesium citrate can also help to move the bowels in a non-explosive way to make sure we are clean inside and out!
The magnesium levels in our bodies can drop due to stress, alcohol, caffeine, and lack of exercise. This can cause us to sleep poorly, have no energy to exercise and feel poorly while making us constipated and uncomfortable. Yikes! Who wants that?

Highly processed and refined meals have no magnesium at all, which cause our levels to dip even lower.

Magnesium can be added to our bodies in so many easy ways! Here are 4 of them:

1. eat peanut butter, leafy greens, nuts, wheat germ, avocado, and garlic. (to name a few)

2. avoid salt, alcohol, and too much coffee (this drains magnesium)

3. take a bath with good old fashioned Epsom Salts added to it. We can absorb magnesium in this relaxing way and Epsom Salts are easy to purchase at the drugstore and inexpensive. I linked the one that has lavender in it, because it is so soothing and my favorite brand.