Calming Chocolate Banana Milkshake (Dairy Free)

Remember when I broke my foot back in November?  I'm pretty sure almost every single person asked me if I was getting enough calcium in my diet.  Of course, working at GNC, I have bags upon bags of those caramel calcium chews you can get samples of every time you walk in the store.  So yeah, I totally take enough calcium.  It wasn't until I learned about Natural Vitality's Natural Calm magnesium supplements that I realized it might have nothing to do with my calcium intake.

Magnesium is a cofactor for a lot (over 325) of enzyme reactions in our body, and while we can get it from our diet - leafy greens, nuts, cacao, etc. - cooking our food depletes a good amount of it.  Sugar, coffee, and high amounts of protein can also deplete the levels you already have in your body.  When you're deficient in magnesium, it can cause stress, digestive issues (IBS), fatigue, migraines, PMS symptoms, etc.  As a pharmacy student, I have no lack of stress.. and being lactose intolerant, I have a good bit of digestive issues.  Migraines, too!  One of the most important things about magnesium, though, is that it balances calcium in our body.  Without enough magnesium to balance the calcium, we can actually cause osteoporosis and kidney stones just from taking calcium supplements (which I sure do plenty of).  Since I'm obviously pretty great at breaking bones (I mean, my kitten did it, after all), I'm thinking magnesium is definitely a supplement I need to regularly take.  Because I still can't quite get off the calcium supplement bandwagon, I thought Natural Vitality's Calm Plus Calcium was the best thing to try out first.

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