- Ingredient Name:Magnesium L-Threonate
- Functions:Supplement, Supplement
- Benefit Claims (Health):Improves Cognitive Health
Herb Nutritionals Magnesium L-Threonate is one of the three forms of magnesium chelates in Natural Stacks highly effective nootropic supplement. Magnesium is an essential mineral, necessary for practically all the tissues in the body, and very important for correct central nervous system functioning. Magnesium is necessary for correct cognitive functioning in the brain, storing memory, dealing with stress, and obtaining high quality sleep. At the same time, it is thought that many people in industrialized countries are not obtaining enough magnesium through the diet. Unfortunately, many of the more common magnesium supplements fail to increase brain magnesium levels, and hence do not provide any nootropic benefits at all. In a 2010 animal study from MIT, magnesium L-threonate was the only one, of the forms of magnesium studied, which increased the concentration of the divalent ion in cerebrospinal fluid.