Peter Gillham’s Natural Vitality Natural Calm Raspberry-Lemon flavor, was developed especially for superior absorption. It handles excess calcium in the body and gradually reduces accumulated calcium, giving a new lease on life. Natural Calm is a water-soluble magnesium powder that provides the most absorbable, effective, fast-acting magnesium available anywhere. Did you know that magnesium influences many bodily processes, including digestion, energy production, muscle function, bone formation, creation of new cells, activation of B vitamins and relaxation of muscles, as well as assisting in the functions of the heart, kidneys, adrenals, brain and nervous system? The fact is that lack of sufficient available magnesium in the body can interfere with any or all of these processes. The National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements, reports that there is an increased interest in the role of magnesium in preventing and managing disorders such as hypertension, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. A healthy magnesium level Magnesium is an essential mineral. This means that the body doesn’t manufacture it and it must be obtained through diet. Most people don’t get enough magnesium. “If you wanted to take the most important, the number one, mineral in the human body that is sorely neglected,” says noted author Sherry Rogers, MD, “it’s magnesium. The average American diet, government studies show us, provides only 40%-less than half the magnesium that we all need in a day. So almost everybody is low!” A significant percentage of the population have below healthy magnesium levels, including many who already use magnesium. Why? First, the amount of magnesium required by the body is greater than people think. Second, most magnesium capsules and tablets are not completely absorbed by the body. According to Carolyn Dean, MD, ND, and author of The Magnesium Miracle (Ballantine Books, 2007), “The powdered form [of magnesium] is the best because you start
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