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Hey, I'm gonna tell you something you might

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not have heard before. There

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are supplements that can be

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as effective in supporting anxiety

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and stress as psychiatric medication.

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Hi, I'm Dr.

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Roseanne and I'm a mental

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health trailblazer. And join me

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as we have real conversations

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about real solutions to kids'

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problems. And today we're talking

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about supplements for stress and

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anxiety. And there are

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so many amazing resources out there,

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but it may feel overwhelming for

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parents. So join me in this

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conversation about ways to calm the

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brain naturally. Hey

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everybody, Dr. Roseanne here. So

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welcome. We're gonna be talking about

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one of my favorite subjects, but yours

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as well. We're gonna

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be talking about supplements for

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stress management, finding calm amongst

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chaos, and supplements are an amazing

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way to do it. They're not the only way

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to do it, nor should it be the only

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thing you're doing. Let's talk

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about how stress affects

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attention, learning, and healing. I talk

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about this all the time. Our

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body can't heal. We

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can't think properly. We can't

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pay attention. Our memory is

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affected when we are in a

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stress state. And if we think about just

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sort of like, I'm gonna be honest, it's

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been a very stressful for me and my

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entire team. We lost one of our team

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members who passed away suddenly due to a

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cardiac event, and you can't think straight. So

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we think of extremes, and we all know

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what that feels like when you're dealing with

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something hard. But

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when kids' nervous systems or our

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own nervous systems become stress activated,

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it just is not able

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to function in the same way. And

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I think what we have to really

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wrap our mind around in stress.

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Yes, I had a

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really serious event this week. can

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understand that. I think what parents struggle

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with is when kids have good lives,

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they have a lot of positive things

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going on. They're eating healthy foods, they're

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loving family, and a great

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school system. How does stress develop?

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So there are a lot of

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reasons why stress develops. Maybe it

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is that school system. Maybe it's

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the pressure. I happen to be

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working with a couple of young

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adults who've been struggling with different

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mental health-related issues because nobody

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put pressure on them, but in

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middle school they felt very much

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pressured to perform. These were very

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high achieving, very bright kids and

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had opportunities to do more advanced

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classes. And again, their parents super

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loving. Actually some of the most

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relaxed parents I've ever worked with

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ever in 30 years. And

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these kids just sort of developed

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this internal worry. We don't always

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have to have an event like

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the pressure, but we also can

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have an environment that causes repeated

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stressors. And for all of

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us that are modern parents, we know how

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stressful it is. Whenever I get together, and

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particularly with these parents, we grew up in

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the 70s, 80s, and

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90s, and we're like, oh my gosh, do

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you remember how easy it was

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to get into college, and

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just the differences and pressures and

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where you go to school. And

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you know, nobody cared about any

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of those things. And these poor

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kids feel the pressure. The pressure

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is real. And that can cause

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the stress activation in the nervous

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system. You move from that parasympathetic

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state to a sympathetic dominant. You're

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going to not only

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experience physical discomfort, things

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like chest pains, Dr.

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Rowe is having nothing

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but gastrointestinal upset, because

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I'm stressed, right? I just lost one

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of my lifelong friends and employees. You

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can understand that, but stress is going to show up

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in the body. Maybe it's going to affect your sleep.

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Maybe it's going to affect your in all these different

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ways, but it's also going to rob

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your body of nutrients. Once

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you are in a sympathetic dominant

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state, your body can't possibly have

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all the resources it needs. You

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can be an extraordinary eater, right?

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Like a 99th percentile eater, which

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some of my clients are. I'm

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not a 99th percentile. I try

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to go to 70%, but

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I am gluten-free. I am dairy-free

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and mostly sugar-free, but if anybody's

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local, if you've been to the cake box,

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best vegan cupcakes you've ever had in your

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life and all the people that fly into

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me, I'm like, go to the cake box.

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So, you know, a little sugar on

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a celebration is not a bad thing,

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but generally I don't have it. It's

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not good for me. When you are

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eating properly, you're supposed to be able,

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your body's supposed to get these nutrients,

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but between stress, genetic variants that happen

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within the body, our systems don't work

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properly. And so it can be really

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a feeder and nutrition is

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very important in stress management.

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We want to have foods

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that calm our nervous system,

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not agitating. So

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what am I trying to do this

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week? I'm actually eating cashew yogurt, plain

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cashew yogurt. It's good for me. It's

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got probiotics. It goes down without upsetting

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my stomach. I'm trying to take care

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of my body in the best way

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that I can. I actually

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can't even tolerate most supplements today. You know,

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my daytime supplements. I don't need to be

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jacked up. We have to

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pay attention when we are stressed.

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What's feeding it? What's hurting it?

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We, I mean, our kids included,

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we might gravitate towards unhealthy things

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like getting Dunkin Donuts or taking

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your kids to McDonald's. And I'm

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not judging you. I'm just saying

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we're stressed and our kids, maybe

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their nervous system is so activated,

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they've become restricted eaters. They're

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going to want more of those

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things that maybe are comfort foods

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and maybe are habit foods. Maybe

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they are sensory related, but Nutrition

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can help or hurt you in

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stressful situations. And it's important to

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keep your blood sugar as stable

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as possible. That's why I'm grabbing

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cashew yogurt because it's

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got the protein I need. I

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need that. And I'm not interested in a

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shake. It just is not appealing to me

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in this week. So what

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foods are you helping to reduce that

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stress? Course, what am I

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gonna say? Anti-inflammatory diet. So

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as much as we can get foods

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that lower that inflammation in that body,

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it's going to make a direct

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effect, not only on your microbiome,

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but on your brain. And we know

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that the two are connected through the

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vagus nerve. And there's what we call

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a back and forth or a bi-directional

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relationship between the two. They really do

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impact each other. So I'm a somatic

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stress person. Like when I'm stressed, I

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feel it in my body. And I

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know it. Like it's just

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that way. And some kids are

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very connected to it and other

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kids aren't. So depending on what's

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on their plate and also depending

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on the kind of language families

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have. Let's talk about popular supplements

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for stress relief because everybody wants

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to talk to me about this.

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Of course, my number one favorite,

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I'm gonna pop it out is

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magnesium. We have our neurotastic multi-mag

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formula. Magnesium is an essential

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nutrient that just about everybody on the

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planet is missing. Always check with your

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provider, but ours is designed

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for brain health. So it has

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both L-threonate and glycinate. Those are

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kind of like the Mac daddies

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of magnesium for your

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brain. L-threonate crosses the blood

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brain barrier, gets right in there and

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helps to calm things down. It's been

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a game changer for so many, but

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magnesium is gonna support your

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sleep. Everyone always wants to know when's the

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best time to take it. I take mine

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at night. Some of my

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people take it two or three times.