Magnesium vs Magnesium Taurate for sleep
Short answer: For sleep, more users report improvement with Magnesium Taurate — 94% of 36 reports, versus 88% of 430 for Magnesium.
Magnesium has 82 meta-analyses and 210 randomized trials on PubMed; Magnesium Taurate has 82 and 210.
Based on 2,391 reports about Magnesium and 145 about Magnesium Taurate. Not medical advice.
| Magnesium Supplement | Magnesium Taurate Supplement | |
|---|---|---|
| Users say it helped | 73%helped956 reports · high confidence | 86%helped62 reports · medium confidence |
| Verdict | Mostly positive | Mostly positive |
| Research | AResearch: Strong | AResearch: Strong |
| Meta-analyses / RCTs | 82 / 210 | 82 / 210 |
| Mainly used for | ||
| Sleep % reporting improvement | 88% (430) | 94% (36) |
| Anxiety % reporting improvement | 90% (289) | 95% (21) |
| Mood % reporting improvement | 82% (118) | 100% (6) |
| Energy % reporting improvement | 75% (83) | 50% (2) |
| Focus % reporting improvement | 80% (45) | 75% (4) |
| Common side effects | diarrhea, drowsiness, stomach issues, vivid dreams | brain fog, vivid dreams, drowsiness, tired but |
| Typical dose reported | 500 mg / daily | 3 g / daily |
This review confirms that the quality of literature is substandard for physicians to make well-informed recommendations on usage of oral magnesium for older adults with insomnia. However, given that oral magnesium is very cheap and widely available, RCT evidence may support oral magnesium supplements (less than 1 g quantities given up to three times a day) for insomnia symptoms.
BMC Complement Med Ther, 2021 ↗“after supplementing with 400mg of Magnesium daily. Winter blues hit me hard and my multivitamin wasn't doing any justice, but once I began supplementing Magnesium, everything changed.”
This review confirms that the quality of literature is substandard for physicians to make well-informed recommendations on usage of oral magnesium for older adults with insomnia. However, given that oral magnesium is very cheap and widely available, RCT evidence may support oral magnesium supplements (less than 1 g quantities given up to three times a day) for insomnia symptoms.
BMC Complement Med Ther, 2021 ↗“I used Taurine in the form of magnesium taurate for a really bad bout of OCD ... It was a game changer for me.”
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