Is your magnesium supplement actually working? Take the bowel test to find out.

[00:00:00]So magnesium supplementation for most people.

[00:00:03]>> Okay.

[00:00:03]>> In myself, it was magic at getting rid of muscle cramps.

[00:00:09]I sleep a lot better. I think we also need to talk about magnesium, which magnesium, cuz it varies a hell of a lot.

[00:00:16]And uh this bit's embarrassing. Depends on your bowels.

[00:00:20]>> Okay.

[00:00:20]>> Right. Have you got fast or slow bowels?

[00:00:22]You don't need to tell tell me.

[00:00:25]If if you if you tend to be a bit constipated, magnesium citrate is very good. It helps. It's more laxative.

[00:00:36]And it you're a you absorb some of it anyway.

[00:00:39]If your bowels are not a problem, and [snorts] particularly if you're wanting better sleep or mood, magnesium glycinate or threonate is actually crosses the blood-brain barrier, but won't help with constipation. So that's a very quick thing on magnesium.

[00:00:58]Have you Have we got time for me to tell you about the first cow I ever bought?

[00:01:02]>> Go ahead.

[00:01:03]>> And it's relevant to magnesium.

[00:01:05]>> Right.

[00:01:06]So my wife and I, my wife Jen, we have this idea that if you love somebody, then gifts are you should try and think what would that person like. Don't buy somebody a present you would like.

[00:01:22]>> Yeah.

[00:01:22]>> And it was Jen trying to get me to grow up.

[00:01:24]>> Yeah.

[00:01:24]>> Right?

[00:01:26]And this is how she did it.