Roughly half of adults fall short of the magnesium target — not because the mineral is exotic, but because it lives in exactly the foods modern eating patterns edit out. And intake is only half the story: certain medications, gut conditions, and aging itself all shave absorption. The last complication is the lab: the standard blood test reads a poor proxy. This guided journey covers the shortfall and how to read it.
3 quick steps~2 minutesEvidence-awareHealth info, not a diagnosis