The Wellness Journal

You bought magnesium because someone said it would help. A few weeks later, nothing's changed, or it upset your stomach. The mineral wasn't the problem. The form probably was. Here's a proper guide to every type of magnesium and what each one is actually good for.

Oxide, citrate, glycinate, threonate. The magnesium aisle is more confusing than it should be, and the form you pick changes how much of it your body actually absorbs. Here's why bisglycinate tends to be the one worth reaching for in perimenopause.