Our Top 3 Herbs for Anxiety
Dr. Russell shares her top 3 herbs to help reduce anxiety and bring more calm to your life.
October 19, 2020
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Dr. Russell shares her top 3 herbs to help reduce anxiety and bring more calm to your life.
Feeling anxious this year? Dr. Russell shares her top 3 supplements for anxiety in the first of her 4 part series on tools for anxiety. She covers: -the benefits of omega 3s on anxiety (what the research says) -magnesium for anxiety and her favorite form to use -a lesser known B vitamin that can help reduce anxiety and bring you some much needed calm References-https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4540034/-https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0889159111004685-https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/hup.2369-Henrotte JG. Type A behavior and magnesium metabolism. Magnesium 1986; 5: 201-210.
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