Magnesium citrate
One kind of Magnesium. Also: Glycinate, L-threonate, Malate.
A form of magnesium supplement that functions as a laxative but is not known to promote sleep.
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"But I also do supplement with magnesium... It can cause GI distress at high doses. I personally like to take around 130 or 135 milligrams. That way, it's not like a huge bolus to my gut. ... Citrate is what I take."
Takes it alongside dark leafy greens as her dietary source
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"But I also do supplement with magnesium... It can cause GI distress at high doses. I personally like to take around 130 or 135 milligrams. That way, it's not like a huge bolus to my gut. ... Citrate is what I take."
More from Rhonda Patrick →"It's very very difficult to get enough magnesium in your diet without supplementation. And as you get older, you absorb the magnesium less and less. Also, a lot of medication interferes with magnesium absorption, particularly drugs for acidity. So..."
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"magnesium citrate which is a fairly effective laxative, not known to promote sleep and things of that sort"
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