Andrew Huberman· PhD
With the RDA set at around 320 mg/day for females and 420 mg/day for males, it's concerning to note that physically active people may actually require 10-20% more than the RDA due to increased losses in sweat and urine.
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With the RDA set at around 320 mg/day for females and 420 mg/day for males, it's concerning to note that physically active people may actually require 10-20% more than the RDA due to increased losses in sweat and urine.
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because you do sweat out magnesium and so if you're pretty athletic, your requirements can go up by even as much as 20%.
RDA for men is ~400 mg/day.
Men need around 400 mg/day.
Recommended daily amounts (320 mg/day women, 420 mg/day men) often underestimate demands placed by physical exertion, training, and stress.
physically active people may actually require 10-20% more than the RDA due to increased losses in sweat and urine.
The RDA for adequate intake was set at around, I would say, on average, it's a little different for males and females, but on average, about 400 milligrams per day for an adult. And if you are a physically active adult, so let's say you exercise frequently, you are, you know, maybe using the sauna, you can excrete magnesium through sweat. And so physically active adults actually require anywhere between 10 to 20% more than the RDA.
there's data from nutritional surveys like en haanes revealing that the average intake of magnesium in the US Falls below the RDA so the typical intake for women is around 230 milligrams per day while men consume about 320 milligram per day
And so they can require up to 10 to 20% more than the RDA.
Um, the RDA for magnesium for women is about 300 to 350 milligrams a day. For men, it's about 350 to 400 milligrams a day. If you're sweating a lot, you're using the sauna, you're physically active, those requirements can go up between 10 to 20%.