Why Magnesium 3X Uses Three Forms of Magnesium

Most magnesium products pick a single form and call it a day. Our New York formulation team went the other way — here is the reasoning, and what is actually on the label.

Magnesium is not one ingredient, it is a family of them. The mineral itself is always the same, but what it is bound to changes how the compound behaves, and formulators pick a form the way a chef picks a knife. When we designed Magnesium 3X in New York, the question was not which form is best. It was why anyone should have to choose.

Three forms, three jobs

Each capsule combines magnesium bisglycinate, magnesium taurate and magnesium L-threonate. Bisglycinate is magnesium bound to two molecules of the amino acid glycine. Taurate pairs it with taurine. L-threonate pairs it with a metabolite of vitamin C. The label gives the amount of elemental magnesium from each form, because that is the number that matters:

• Magnesium from bisglycinate — 130 mg per capsule.
• Magnesium from taurate — 60 mg per capsule.
• Magnesium from L-threonate — 20 mg per capsule.
• Fulvic acid — 10 mg per capsule.

What magnesium is for

Magnesium contributes to normal muscle function, to the normal functioning of the nervous system, to normal psychological function and to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue. Taking more than one form is a simple way to cover those different uses of the mineral in the body, instead of betting everything on a single salt.

We would rather print three honest numbers on the panel than one impressive-looking total.

How to take it

The suggested use is one capsule twice daily with meals, as a one-month course that may be repeated. If you take antibiotics such as tetracyclines or quinolones, keep magnesium a couple of hours away from them, and speak to your physician before starting if you are pregnant, breastfeeding or on prescription medication.