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Some say it helps sleep in perimenopause. Perimenopausal sleep disturbance can be so bad I don't wonder people try whatever, the conventional and the alternative.

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What exactly is 'functional' medicine?

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A non recognized medical speciality that purports to be more functional, I suppose, than medicine. It largely consists of doing blood work that is not recommended and prescribing supplements that are not recommended.

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I have read with great interest your post on magnesium since my daughter, mother if 2 young children, recently mentioned to me that she believes everybody is magnesium deficient because industrial food is depleted of this element. Over that, she uses a magnesium cream to massage the feet of her 3 year old to help her sleep. Now... I was skeptical of the whole story but what about the statement that Mg would be absorbed through the skin in concentrations sufficient to impact the sleep process?

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