What Types of Magnesium Do You Need?

The most common question I get in my practice as it relates to supplements is around “which form of Magnesium is best?”

Now, in an ideal world, we are getting all our nutrition from the food we eat & supplementation is not needed. However, the reality is supplementation can be beneficial & sometimes needed.

 Some of the top reasons supplementation may be required to fill in the gaps include: 

• Access to whole foods is limited due to food security issues (which is accessible to both affordable, and whole food based on a number of factors)

• Digestive & Intestinal Disorders impact one’s ability to breakdown nutrients

• Deficiencies & some Diagnosis impacts absorption and/or nutrients are needed in greater amounts. 

• Higher amounts of a nutrient are being used with your doctor to address unpleasant symptoms

• The nutrition in our food has changed with modern farming practices & soil health from our grandparent’s time.