These Are the Best Magnesium Supplements | Rhonda Patrick, Ph.D.

In the landscape of essential nutrients, magnesium is a giant. Despite magnesium's critical functions, nearly half of people in the U.S. don't get enough, primarily due to diets lacking in magnesium-rich foods like dark leafy greens, nuts, and seeds. That's where supplementation can help.

In this video, expect to learn

• The upper safe limit for daily supplemental magnesium intake
• The #1 sign of excessive magnesium supplementation
• Why you should divide up magnesium supplement doses throughout the day
• The most bioavailable (and most effective) magnesium supplements
• Whether or not magnesium threonate is better at crossing the blood-brain barrier
• Why magnesium threonate shouldn't count toward your RDA goal
• Rhonda Patrick's magnesium supplement regimen (doses and brands)

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[sgtaneja]

Thumbs up :
Magnesium citrate (unbuffered)
Magnesium glycinate (unbuffered)
Magnesium bisglycinate chelate (fully reacted, unbuffered)
Magnesium taurate
Magnesium malate
Magnesium threonate
Magnesium aspartate

Thumbs down :
Magnesium oxide
Magnesium sulfate
Magnesium chloride
Buffered magnesium salts

[brianshanahan]

Dr Patrick, you are the best at explaining all these things and you have been a HUGE influence in my life / quality of life!!! Keep up the great work and research!

[frankbreuer]

When I was in training as psychologist, my supervisor spoke about the benefits of magnesium for a number of reasons, e.g. reduced anxiety, stress and overall well-being. I followed his recommendation and the results were tangible. Mind you, that was in the year 2000, like almost 25 years ago. Btw, that's the value of a great practitioner, whether medical or psych, that they strive to know what is going on outside the box. Thank you, Martin Kleinschnitger, and shout out to you, Dr Rhonda. Great minds always think alike. 👍🙏

[travkatz]

what a great summary. thank you. worth my limited time to fully take this in.

[tom]

Thank you for the clear and precise information given on magnesium supplements!

[Kerfufflekitten]

I used to have chronic cramps for years and have been to several doctors that never were able to help me, then I started putting a couple tsp of mag glycinate and potassium citrate in my 100 ounce cup before leaving for the day and it has literally change my life.

[charlotteknutsen]

Magnesium glycinate has helped me sleep so solid/straight through the night. ALSO, my anxiety levels are almost gone!! An incredibile supplement!! 😊 I take 315 mg per day.

[seti]

Thanks, Doc. I like the way you get right to it without any long winded preamble. Precise and informative. Thanks again.

[pohaa]

Love your videos. I've shared the one on all-cause mortality and cancer linked to deficiencies in micronutrients as widely as I can including to specialists, registrars, GPs, medical executives, nurse practitioners, CNCs.. pretty well everyone I can.

One thing I think is worth pointing out is that when Rhonda talks about milligrams of magnesium, she is referring to "elemental" and NOT the salt value. In the case of Glycinate, for instance, to get 300mg of elemental magnesium, you need a 3000mg (3g) dose. I often find that people are taking a 500mg tablet of some salt (they usually don't know), thinking they are hitting RDA.. when in fact they might only be absorbing say 10-30mg, even less with sulfate or oxide.

[Digbite]

The stuff changed my life. Anxiety dulled so I could sleep. With sleep the anxiety stopped creeping in and so on.

[Benjaber]

Dr.Rhonda is giving us the best knowledge, thank you Dr.Rhonda

[brightflower]

Thank you so much for this information, I always trust the information that you present in your podcast and is great help for myself and my family. Thank you from my heart. Beautiful Rhonda

[wsteele]

Just subscribed, thank you so much for your true to the science approach to your evaluation of available studies. I will be following you from now on. Priceless.

[sanpansam]

Excellent information! I learned a lot more about magnesium that I didn’t know before. Thanks.

[jhoang]

I love the clips from Dr. Rhonda Patrick.
I dont have the time to listen through all the long forms. But this shorter ones are amazing.

[giuseppelamanna]

Thanks for your always clear and pertinent information Ronda - pls remember that your viewers are also outside the States so it would be good to provide measures in the metric system as well - best

[lh]

I noticed that after taking Magensium L-Threonate that my dreams have become a lot clearer and vivid… it was quite obvious and immediate

[JFImagery]

I had a problem with bad cramps in my legs, along with mysterious blood clotting in my legs. Since I have started using Magnesium Glycinate, the problems have gone away. I also take Electrolytes daily for the same issue. So glad to have discovered this...

[SJC-nzix]

Great video! Glad to hear that I don’t have to pay extra money for a subpar product 😊