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Even in the western world with all our health and technological advances, we still fall prey to a few simple nutritional insufficiencies. While they are common and it’s easy to understand how they happen - you should know the symptoms so you can spot them too! Today we’ll chat about the five most common ones health practitioners see and where to find them in food. We won’t go over magnesium deficiency because we talked about that in this blog.  Iron I would argue that this is the most common among young women today. The growing popularity of vegan and vegetarian...

If you’re one of the 80% of women that experience period pain on the regular, magnesium may be of benefit to you. Common period pain can also be referred to as primary dysmenorrhoea. Pain can typically last 12 to 72 hours around the first day of your cycle; and you might have other symptoms, such as nausea and vomiting, fatigue, and even diarrhoea. There is another type of dysmenorrhoea that is usually caused by another condition; pain from secondary dysmenorrhea usually begins earlier in the menstrual cycle and lasts longer than common menstrual cramps.  During your menstrual period, your uterus...

Did you know that you’re supposed to eat 320-420mg of magnesium a day! The National Health and Medical Research Council has recommended these amounts for adult females and males to meet a minimum intake of magnesium. So let’s look at some foods that can help you reach that goal! There are actually a lot of foods that contain magnesium. Most green vegetables legumes peas beans and nuts These are all rich in magnesium, as are some shellfish and spices. If you are eating a plant-based plentiful diet, it won’t be a struggle. However, with our current soil quality, and the...

We talk about magnesium all the time here at Wild Flora Dispensary, but that’s just because magnesium is used in more than 300 pathways in the body. One of those pathways helps to modulate the stress response through the HPA axis. If you read our previous blog, you’ll know that it is estimated a lot of us are deficient in magnesium. Stress and anxiety are a presentation of the stress response being triggered; a sign your body does not feel safe. This could be from any number of external factors, such as environment, certain people you encounter, past trauma. As...