Archive: https://archive.today/8wfpi From the post: The elemental metal magnesium (Examine.com), like lithium or potassium (which didn’t help me & damaged my sleep), plays many biological roles and has an RDA for me of 400mg which is higher than I likely get (most people apparently get less, with 68% of American adults <RDA; and while I frequently eat oats, milk, peanut butter, and whole-wheat bread, I don’t eat many leafy greens and my tap water is very soft). The anecdotes are the usual positive effects: general benefits, life improvements, higher affect; the interesting bits are the claims that magnesium is anxiolytic and affects sleep (positively, if you don’t mind the increase in dreaming, which makes me wonder if the benefits ascribed to float tanks might not be due to absorbing magnesium via the Epsom salts which provide the buoyancy).