Magnesium 300 by Innate Response

If your Magnesium or RBC Magnesium has tested low or low-normal, or your diet is light on nuts, legumes, whole grains and greens, a 300 mg serving is a practical daily amount. People who often run short include heavy sweaters, regular drinkers, and long-term users of acid-suppressing medicines or diuretics. If your level is already solid and your diet is good, you may not need a full serving every day.

This formula supplies magnesium in three forms: malate, citrate and glycinate. All three absorb better than magnesium oxide. Citrate is the one most likely to loosen stools and glycinate is the gentlest; the label does not say how much each contributes. Magnesium is a cofactor for hundreds of enzymes, including those that make cellular energy, and it helps muscles relax after they contract and nerves signal normally. Each serving also includes 50 mg of organic spinach leaf.

One serving is 2 capsules, which provides 300 mg of magnesium, and a bottle of 120 capsules holds 60 servings. The label directs adults to take 2 capsules daily with food and a beverage, and says they may be taken at any time of day. Evening suits people who take magnesium for muscle relaxation. Once the bottle is open, the label says to use it within three months.

Take magnesium at least 2 hours apart from levothyroxine, tetracycline or quinolone antibiotics and bisphosphonates, because it binds them in the gut and lowers how much you absorb. The kidneys clear magnesium, so anyone with kidney disease should use it only under a clinician's supervision. If you are pregnant, nursing or on prescription medicines, check with your clinician first.

Blood levels generally respond within 4–8 weeks, so retest Magnesium or RBC Magnesium after about two months. Muscle tightness, when low magnesium is part of the cause, often eases sooner. Loose stools mean you have taken more than your gut can absorb; taking the capsules at separate meals usually settles it. A glycinate-only product is the gentler choice for a sensitive gut, and a citrate-only product is better if you also want help with regularity. This blend sits between the two.