Magnesium helps overcome fear and anxiety

Emotional, painful experiences contribute to future behavior that can be unduly influenced by fear or anxiety. Full-blown post traumatic stress disorder may develop, which is related to an overheated brain stem and limbic system. A new study in Journal of Neuroscience shows that elevating brain levels of magnesium can help undo the bad programming and help create new brain response patterns not influenced by fear or anxiety. The researchers found that elevated brain magnesium was able to induce the production of BDNF, your brains rejuvenation compound. This led to an increase in synaptic plasticity, enabling the learned fear response to actually change. Magnesium is a potent anti-inflammatory mineral which also helps make brain energy. The fact that it is able to assist in the rewiring of past memories is good news for any person with anxiety.