“Choosing Good Sleep Minerals: Understanding Calcium and Magnesium”

[Column of Love Media Good Sleep Office]Facing the impact of the epidemic in recent years, the way consumers choose food is changing, and the concept of paying attention to their own health and nutritional supplementation is popularized. There are many health food items on the market, and there are related functional products according to the different physiological needs of the public, but how should we choose which nutrients to help sleep and relax? What is the role of minerals in human physiology? How much do you need to eat in a day? Let the Kaya nutritionist take everyone to understand!

▌ Calcium

Calcium, one of the macro minerals, is an important component of bones and teeth in the physiological function of the human body. Cardiac contraction, blood calcium stabilization, nerve conduction and blood coagulation all require the help of calcium to function normally. If the calcium concentration in the human body is unbalanced, the above-mentioned physiological effects will be abnormal, such as: affecting the conduction of nerve cells in the brain, making the body in an over-excited state, which will affect the quality of sleep over time.

▌Magnesium

I believe that everyone has generally seen that magnesium is added to sleep-related products. The reason why magnesium is important is that it participates in more than 300 enzyme reactions in the body. Magnesium, however, has been found to reduce the risk of depression (1). In addition, when the human body regulates melatonin and GABA receptors, it also needs the participation of magnesium to perform normally, which helps to relax the body and achieve good sleep quality.

▌General adult intake

According to the eighth edition of Chinese dietary nutrient reference intake announced by the National Health Administration of the Ministry of Health and Welfare of my country, the recommended daily calcium intake for adults is 1000mg/day; the recommended daily intake for magnesium is 380mg/day for men and 320mg/day for women. days (2). It can be seen that these minerals not only affect our bones, but also are indispensable and important electrolytes for the human body!

The author is Lin Jiazhen, a nutritionist consultant of the Sleeping Firm

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