Heart Health
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Digestion
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Magnesium
1 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4586582/
2 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5622706/
3 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3761770/
4 https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Magnesium-HealthProfessional/
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8 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6723322/
Mushrooms
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