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Are you a bad sleeper? Tossing and turning when you should be resting? Mind racing, when you should be dreaming? We can all learn a thing or two about getting a good nights sleep from others that have seemed to crack the code.
And when they find a product that helps them not only fall asleep but stay asleep you know it’s something you want to get on, right?
Journalist at The Strategist, Diksha Basu recently shared her secret to mastering sleep…. Ahem, that would be us!
Diksha shared “I have tried a lot of things to improve my sleep quality, and Salt Lab’s magnesium-oil spray is the only thing that has worked.”
“But for the past year, I’ve been spraying two to four spritzes of this magnesium oil on the soles of my feet (apparently, topical treatments are most effective when sprayed somewhere you have
a lot of sweat glands, where your skin is the most porous), and something’s actually shifted. Ever since starting this spray, I manage to fall asleep (usually within 20 minutes) and stay asleep.”
She had tried so many alternatives including the sleepy time teas, natural supplements for sleep and even Benadryl-type pills and melatonin which made her feel drugged and drowsy and miserable the next day.
Magnesium has helped Diksha (and can help you!) with sleep because it is vital for the function of GABA receptors, which exist across all areas of the brain and nervous system. GABA is a calming neurotransmitter that the brain requires to switch off and being able to switch off is key to easily falling and staying asleep.
Still not convinced? Diksha even asked her Doctor Dr. Anisha Abraham, M.D., M.P.H., who said “Magnesium taken orally may have some benefit for sleep and relaxation. I have patients that find it very useful at night. I have minimal experience with spraying magnesium oil for sleep. While it may be beneficial, unfortunately, high-quality scientific evidence supporting magnesium as a sleep remedy is limited.”
