Top 10 reasons to be taking magnesium

TOP TEN REASONS YOU SHOULD BE TAKING MAGNESIUM

Why do I need supplements, Cant I just get all the vitamins and minerals I need from my diet?

This such a common question,  which many clients pose and yes! Of

course you should be able to get all your requirements for health and fat loss from the food that you eat. Yet, sadly with today’s agricultural changes, often our soils are stripped of the very elements we need from our fruits and vegetables & meat,  fish and poultry sources, plus the fact that we are so time poor therefore the variety within most of most our our diets to tell you the truth ....really suck! We often eat refined foods, that are poor quality at best, so we just don’t consume the amounts of minerals and vitamins in our diets required to support training, energy, optimal health and fat loss.

What foods contain magnesium? Spinach, pumpkin seeds flaxseeds cashew nuts, artichokes, wild salmon, grapefruit and bananas to name a few. 

1. Since every organ within our body requires magnesium for optimal function, highlights it's importance. It is involved in a whopping 300 biochemical reactions with our body. Because magnesium enables energy production it's super important for training! It also helps to regulate calcium protein synthesis, copper, zinc, potassium and vitamin D levels.

2. Up to 75% of the worlds population has magnesium deficiency which highlights the fact that our soils are stripped of the micronutrients therefore not allowing us to digest this in our foods.

3. Magnesium helps to promote recovery by supporting sleep, it has a calming effect on your body. From a fat loss point of view getting good quality sleep is essential for fat loss as it aids growth hormone release, the hormone that is released during sleep and helps you to become leaner and stronger.

4. Helps you to get leaner and protects you against type 2 diabetes. Magnesium enables your body to be sensitive enough for insulin which then allows you to process all your food better, promoting fat loss enabling you to become leaner and protects your health against type 2 diabetes

5. Helps depression. Magnesium is required for serotonin release in your brain. This is your feel good hormone in your body. Deficiencies in magnesium can lead to stunted serotonin release which then can lead to depression.

6. Improves testosterone levels. We need testosterone, ladies you too! Testosterone levels are important for muscle growth and body fat stripping AKA body shape improvement. If you want to rip up those abs... 

7. Helps you to cope with DIS-stress better. Adrenaline is released in droves when your put under too much DIS-stress, which then depletes your magnesium supplies, in effect hindering your ability for fat loss.

8. Slows down the ageing process. Protects you from wrinkly skin on the outside and keeps your organs healthy on the inside as it works on your bodies processes at a DNA level, helping to divide and stabilise.

9. Plays an active role in promoting bone density. Because it helps to regulate calcium and vitamin D in your body Magnesium helps to promote bone density.

10.Helps with muscle spasms. Magnesium supports muscular contractions and neuromuscular signals so your muscles contract and relax properly. If you cramp or your muscles go into spasm this can be a sign of magnesium deficiency.

Which magnesium supplements should you be taking? There are many magnesium supplements out there on the market which makes it very confusing at best. Important to note you must consult with your health professional before taking any supplements. It’s believed that magnesium in citrate, chelate and chloride forms are absorbed better than magnesium supplements in oxide and magnesium sulphate form.

GUT HEALTH + FASTER FAT LOSS +INCREASED ENERGY - The Link

  

How to lose fat and promote your HEALTH? 

GO WITH YOUR GUT!

Variety of your Bacteria in you GUTS could hold the KEY!

Many studies of late have started to show that the variety of bacteria on your gut has a huge influence on the magnitude of the effects of fat loss when on a diet. The integrity of your microbiome also has a relationship with optimal health, conversely so, disease such as anxiety and depression.

The human metabolism and why it varies so much has long been a mystery, until now, that is.  Newer reports are emerging showing that metabolism could have a strong link with the bacteria within your gut. 

It is known that there can be up to 1x TRILLION different types of bacteria within your gut which influence your metabolism and this can vary massively from person to person. 

Studies are now emerging, illustrating that if you have high diversity of bacteria within your gut, you tend to achieve better results on a nutritional program than if you have lower diversity of bacteria.

More-over,  studies now show that changes to your the gut flora can increase the rate at which you absorb fatty acids and carbohydrates, and increase the storage of calories as fat. This means that someone with bad gut flora could eat the same amount of food as someone with a healthy gut, but extract more calories from it and gain more weight.

Bad bacteria in the gut can even directly contribute to metabolic syndrome by increasing the production of insulin (leading to insulin resistance), and by causing inflammation of the hypothalamus (leading to leptin resistance).

Leaky gut, your health and FAT LOSS- The link

The gut is naturally permeable to very small molecules in order to absorb vital nutrients required for optimal health. This  regulatory function of intestinal permeability,  is one of the basic functions of the cells that line the intestinal wall and is largely influenced by our gut flora.  Factors,  such as infections, toxins (such as alcohol, sugar, medications), stress, age, food sensitivities can generate gut dysbiosis (abnormal gut flora)  stimulating the parasites within the gut which then instigate the tight junctions to break apart allowing toxins, microbes, undigested food particles ‘leak’ from your intestines and travel via your blood stream, throughout your body. 

Your immune system marks these "foreign invaders" as pathogens and attacks them, often causing an inflammatory response, weakening the immune system, and as a consequence creates ill-health and stunts our level of weight loss and fat loss, despite thinking that we are doing the right thing.

Bloating, discomfort and abdominal pain is NOT normal and sure signs of a leaky gut,  you shouldn't have to live with it.

How do we get rid of our leaky gut so we look and feel amazing? 

Try a gut cleansing plan!

Nutritional plans (such as bodywize 14 Day FAT FURNACE plan) eliminates foods which feed the parasites, yeasts and fungi that cause leaky gut are ideal if you want to feel and look better from the inside to the outside. Programs such as ours,  can help you to provide an environment to cleanse your whole system whilst  enabling you to replenish the good bacteria, using specific supplements, allowing for optimum organ health and the promotion of fat loss. This works especially well when you combine our eating regime with our training routine. 

Not suprising  therefore, that so many of our clients involving themselves within our  Program have reported that not only do they look and feel better on the outside, but they also feel amazing on the inside- which is actually a reflection of their true health.

The FAT FURNACE program is a true game changer, no matter how fit, or how young you are! 

Some of the reported results from my program are: Increased energy & wellness, fat loss, better health, weight loss,, increased strength,  better skin, hair and nails, improved gut function and the elimination for previous cravings such as sugar and alcohol.

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