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Magnesium - is anyone tracking this?

Wicked362016
Wicked362016 Posts: 12 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I know MFP doesn't track Magnesium, don't know why? But have read a lot that it is supposed to help with a lot of functions within the body and wondered if anyone else was tracking and what sort of foods your eating to boost levels absorbed?

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  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    MFP doesn't track it because it isn't a required nutrient on food labels, and it would be pretty difficult to track when many food manufacturers don't report it.
  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    If you are eating leafy greens, beans, and nuts and seeds, you are getting magnesium.
  • XnRGrandpa
    XnRGrandpa Posts: 62 Member
    edited July 2016
    Here's helpful information from the National Institutes of Health explaining magnesium, recommended daily allowance (RDA), and magnesium sources: https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Magnesium-HealthProfessional/
  • Wicked362016
    Wicked362016 Posts: 12 Member
    malibu927 wrote: »
    MFP doesn't track it because it isn't a required nutrient on food labels, and it would be pretty difficult to track when many food manufacturers don't report it.

    Well that answers that one thanks, i did wonder.
  • Wicked362016
    Wicked362016 Posts: 12 Member
    RodaRose wrote: »
    If you are eating leafy greens, beans, and nuts and seeds, you are getting magnesium.

    Im eating nut butters and trying testing eat more leafy greens such as spinach so tgats great thank you
  • Wicked362016
    Wicked362016 Posts: 12 Member
    XnRGrandpa wrote: »
    Here's helpful information from the National Institutes of Health explaining magnesium, recommended daily allowance (RDA), and magnesium sources: https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Magnesium-HealthProfessional/
    XnRGrandpa wrote: »
    Here's helpful information from the National Institutes of Health explaining magnesium, recommended daily allowance (RDA), and magnesium sources: https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Magnesium-HealthProfessional/

    Thanks for this i will have a read through.
  • rsleighty
    rsleighty Posts: 214 Member
    At the Dr's suggestion I take a 400 mg magnesium tablet daily. I get charlie horses at night if I stop. I also sleep much better now.

    Any particular reason you were thinking of tracking it?
  • Wicked362016
    Wicked362016 Posts: 12 Member
    rsleighty wrote: »
    At the Dr's suggestion I take a 400 mg magnesium tablet daily. I get charlie horses at night if I stop. I also sleep much better now.

    Any particular reason you were thinking of tracking it?

    I was looking at Magnesium because ive heard it can improve your sleep, help with cramps and may also help you immune system
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