This surprising trick will help you sleep better!
When you go to bed, feeling relaxed can really help with falling asleep fast. Apparently, there is a way to help you relax that might be easy to try. Magnesium has the ability to calm your nervous system and with that, calm you. That way, you can fall asleep faster.
Magnesium
So what is magnesium exactly? Magnesium is a mineral that your body needs for a lot of different reasons. One of those is turning food into energy. Other purposes of the mineral are to help your muscles, arteries and blood vessels function and to keep your bones healthy. So magnesium seems to be indispensable! But what does this have to do with sleep?
Relaxing
Not only is magnesium important for your body, it can also help you relax. Magnesium is said to have a relaxing effect on your nervous system, quite literally calming you down. That could make magnesium a beneficial tool to help you fall asleep. The way to use magnesium? Some people take magnesium baths in the evening but the most recent trend for using magnesium at night, is by rubbing magnesium oil on your feet to help you doze off. According to Libelle, a lot of people swear by this method, claiming that it helps them fall asleep faster.
Even though it has not been scientifically proven, giving your feet a rub with some magnesium oil might be just what you need to fall asleep faster!
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Source: Libelle | Image: Pexels, Karolina Grabowska