Info: 120 Vegetarian Tablets
Magnesium Glycinate supports muscle relaxation, nerve transmission, and ATP (energy) production, and also plays important roles in biosynthesis, growth, and thermogenesis, as well as in bone mineralization and intestinal motility.
Info: 120 Vegetarian Tablets
Magnesium Glycinate supports muscle relaxation, nerve transmission, and ATP (energy) production, and also plays important roles in biosynthesis, growth, and thermogenesis, as well as in bone mineralization and intestinal motility.
Product Notes:
Magnesium is a mineral that is essential for proper muscle and tissue formation. It is involved in over 300 chemical reactions throughout the body and serves as a cofactor in numerous metabolic processes. An estimated 42.9% of all Canadians are deficient in magnesium. In addition, men have a higher prevalence of deficient intakes than women.
Furthermore, dietary calcium-to-magnesium ratios have been increasing for decades, especially as we eat more processed food, raising concerns that an imbalanced intake of these functionally-related minerals may have a negative impact on bone, cardiovascular, and/or metabolic health.
Moreover, as we age, not only does magnesium intake typically decline, but so does intestinal absorption of magnesium, while urinary loss of the mineral tends to increase.
Last but not least, as a leading magnesium researcher notes, the U.S. recommended daily allowances are based on people of average weight, but the need for it goes up if we are overweight, so although our dietary intake may reach the 300 mg mark, we likely still need between about one and three hundred more mg a day, lest we start depleting it from our muscles and bones.
Why Magnesium Glycinate?
Unlike some other formulations, this type is designed to:
• Be absorbed via a mechanism similar to that used by amino acids,
which differs from typical mineral ion absorption
• Not be dependent on stomach acidity for absorption
• Improve bowel tolerance of magnesium
Magnesium Glycinate may also help prevent pregnancy-related nocturnal leg muscle cramps. Unlike many other forms, this form (which is techinically magnesium bis-glycinate) is absorbed via a mechanism similar to that used by amino acids; it is not dependent on stomach acid for absorption.
This product was formerly called "Metagenics Mag Glycinate."
Magnesium Glycinate Ingredients:
Each tablet contains:
Magnesium (Magnesium bisglycinate): 100 mg
Non-medicinal ingredients: Cellulose, stearic acid (vegetable source), croscarmellose sodium, silicon dioxide, and magnesium stearate (veg. source).
This is a non-GMO, gluten-free, and vegetarian product.
Suggested Usage:
Adults: Take 1 to 3 tablets daily, or as directed by your healthcare practitioner.
Warnings:
For adult use only. Health Canada Natural Product Number: 80006983.
Supporting Science:
Rosanoff, Andrea. “Perspective: US Adult Magnesium Requirements Need Updating: Impacts of Rising Body Weights and Data-Derived Variance.” Advances in Nutrition (Bethesda, Md.), 2021.
Rosanoff, Andrea et al. “Essential Nutrient Interactions: Does Low or Suboptimal Magnesium Status Interact with Vitamin D and/or Calcium Status?” Advances in Nutrition (Bethesda, Md.), 2016.
Zhang, Xi et al. “Serum magnesium concentrations and all-cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality among U.S. adults: Results from the NHANES I Epidemiologic Follow-up Study.” Clinical Nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland), 2018.