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Electrolytes: Essential Functions for Optimal Health

Designs for Health

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. Even a loss of 1% body mass can potentially impact psychological functioning and activities like driving.

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Is There a Link Between Magnesium Status and Healthy Cognition?

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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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Recent Review Explores Role of Selenium in Cognition and Aging

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Selenium also plays a role in human development, the central nervous system , and cognitive health. Animal studies involving the depletion of selenoprotein P (SELP) reported impaired motor coordination, cognitive decline , irreversible brain damage, and increased risk of seizures.

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Connection Between Magnesium and Vitamin B6 to Support a Normal Stress Response

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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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Reasons Movement Teaches Kids to Think and Learn Differently

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Simply put, researchers confirmed exercise helps maintain the “ability of the nervous system to change its activity in response to intrinsic or extrinsic stimuli by reorganizing its structure, functions, or connections.”.