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Is There a Link Between Magnesium Status and Healthy Cognition?

Designs for Health

Research suggests that optimal nervous system function is dependent on magnesium. Magnesium helps conduct active transport between calcium and potassium and is fundamental to nerve transmission signaling and neuromuscular coordination. It also helps support the protection against excessive neuronal excitation.

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Electrolytes: Essential Functions for Optimal Health

Designs for Health

Sweat, particularly during physical exercise and exposure to hot weather, is the largest source of electrolyte and water loss. It has been shown that a loss of body mass of over 2% due to water deficit can disrupt athletic performance, mood, attention, executive functioning, and motor coordination.

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Reasons Movement Teaches Kids to Think and Learn Differently

Skillastics

Exercise was proven to: Increase the number of neurotransmitters in the brain. Decades ago, science believed that neurons were only generated at birth, but we now know that physical activity can create new neurons through neurogenesis as we exercise. Movement and physical activity truly helps kids think and learn differently.