3. Sleep
Guess when our brains are most ‘plastic’? During sleep! And it seems that magnesium is actually able to create feelings of drowsiness that help us to drift off – which is likely to do with its interaction with the inhibitory neurotransmitter GABA.
And because magnesium is also able to relax the muscles and regulate the heart rate, this can further help us to doze off into a deep slumber.