Rhonda Patrick· PhD
Magnesium threonate gets attention for brain uptake, but it contains very little elemental magnesium and should not replace more bioavailable forms when your goal is correcting total magnesium status.
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We can't find evidence that holds up here. Proponents are reasoning from mechanism or analogy rather than direct human data, and the most credible skeptics raise objections we can't dismiss.
Magnesium threonate gets attention for brain uptake, but it contains very little elemental magnesium and should not replace more bioavailable forms when your goal is correcting total magnesium status.
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magnesium threonate is not the best option for meeting daily magnesium needs it shouldn't be included as contributing to your recommended daily allowance of magnesium and that is because magnesium 3na contains a very low amount of Elemental magnesium