Eating a varied and balanced range of foods can provide you with a certain amount of magnesium but not always your full recommended daily intake (known as Reference Nutrient Intake), so it’s likely you’ll need to use mineral supplements as well. While your body can store calcium for gradual use over time, with magnesium it needs to replenish its levels each day. Read more about why calcium needs magnesium to be effective Supplementing magnesium and calcium
The degree and rate at which your body can absorb a mineral or vitamin (known as “bioavailability”) is influenced by how it interacts with other nutrients. Some have the opposite effect, hindering other nutrients’ absorption and often causing the body to develop deficiencies. Because of this, it’s important to know that some nutrients are helpful to each other and some aren’t.Ĭertain vitamins and minerals need other vitamins and minerals to absorb properly into the bloodstream. Vitamins and minerals maintain a delicate balance inside your body and must co-operate to have their best effect. What other vitamins and minerals can I take with magnesium?