If I’m interpreting the label correctly, then it’s 200 mg of magnesium glycinate per day. The active ingredient is labeled as “Magnesium (as Magnesium Glycinate) 200 mg”.
Thank you. If I’m following correctly, then what I’ve been taking is 200 mg of magnesium itself, embedded in ~2 grams of magnesium glycinate. If so, then I was misinterpreting the label.
Yes, as I read it the label is saying that it’s 200mg magnesium and that’s in Magnesium Glycinate so there has to be the relevant amount of glycine. If there’s any uncertainty simply taking a photo of the label and asking your favorite chatbot is also great.
Asking CharGPT again it seems that 1.4 was somehow 200mg of magnesium is 1.4 magnesium Glycinate and that’s 1.24 glycine but the general principle holds.
Generally, as I understand it, the convention is for that sort of text to mean it’s 200 mg of magnesium, not 200 mg of the compound.
1.4g is more than a tenth of the typical shortfall and there’s a lot of heterogeneity, but also total magnesium need is often estimated at half a gram, so 200mg is a large percentage of that.
What dose did you take?
If I’m interpreting the label correctly, then it’s 200 mg of magnesium glycinate per day. The active ingredient is labeled as “Magnesium (as Magnesium Glycinate) 200 mg”.
That’s 1.4 gram of glycine, so half of the amount used in the studies for sleep. Probably, enough to have an effect.
Thank you. If I’m following correctly, then what I’ve been taking is 200 mg of magnesium itself, embedded in ~2 grams of magnesium glycinate. If so, then I was misinterpreting the label.
Yes, as I read it the label is saying that it’s 200mg magnesium and that’s in Magnesium Glycinate so there has to be the relevant amount of glycine. If there’s any uncertainty simply taking a photo of the label and asking your favorite chatbot is also great.
Asking CharGPT again it seems that 1.4 was somehow 200mg of magnesium is 1.4 magnesium Glycinate and that’s 1.24 glycine but the general principle holds.
Well, that’s less than one tenth the amount of glycine your body makes by itself and than one fiftieth the amount you’d need according to this post...
That’s a good point, although it still leaves a few hypotheses on the table:
The improvement was due to the magnesium, not the glycine.
I had a severe glycine shortage.
I misinterpreted the label. (i.e. 200 mg is actually the mass of the magnesium itself, so the amount of glycine is unknown.)
If 3 is right, then it’s 1.2 grams of glycine (magnesium glycinate is 14% magnesium by mass)
Generally, as I understand it, the convention is for that sort of text to mean it’s 200 mg of magnesium, not 200 mg of the compound.
1.4g is more than a tenth of the typical shortfall and there’s a lot of heterogeneity, but also total magnesium need is often estimated at half a gram, so 200mg is a large percentage of that.