MgT - new hope for ageing brains?

This is great news Deckard, I hope your relative will continue to heal and improve. They are fortunate to have you there.

My partner (still recovering from removal of meningioma in March 2018) started supplementing with MgT (combined with K2 and Vit D3) about one year ago. He got nasty headaches upon waking up though and after narrowing it all down he thought these were related to the MgT so he stopped taking it after three months. However we think those headaches might be related to the anti-epileptic drug Keppra he's on (he will stop those coming January) and in January he will start supplementing with MgT again.

Just for the sake of completeness, i want to mention that apart from the info on MgT on The Magnesium Miracle, you might have seen this interesting article dating from May 2019 by Dr Mercola Four Significant Results from MgT Use which deals with the MMFS-01 study:

'..... Essentially, since you get only one brain to last your entire life, scientists believe supplementing with MgT appears to be imperative for anyone wanting to preserve brain function, and even recover some function that was lost.'
 
I read that magnesium threonate when taken orally has ability to cross the blood-brain barrier so I took it occasionally and only one capsule, but I'm sure it has had a soothing and relaxing effect on me so I took it in the evening.
I ordered this one ( it has no fillers and the price is good):

Clean Magnesium L-Threonate 640mg per Veg Capsule Brain Food British Supplements | eBay

Thanks for the testimony. Now I will order it again and take it regularly.
 
I noticed there is significant difference in the price, there are several types on iherb,and as usual dr Mercola's is very expensive. I ordered the cheapest one, so I am not sure if the difference in price is anything to go by. I think Dr. Mercola is always cashing in on his name.
 
I also took MgT in the past when started working at the clinic and had to learn a lot of stuff pretty fast. It was very effective and helped me deal with stress and bad sleep. But then I stopped taking it for awhile due to a higher price. But I've decided to take it again and about to receive the order. Good to hear that it is helping your family member! :flowers:
 
Thanks for posting this Deckard and I’m glad it’s helped your mum. I’m going to order some for myself as I could certainly do with some help for sleeping better and improved brain power.
 
Very interesting, thank you for sharing, Deckard. It's great to hear that your family member is doing better cognitively :hug2:

On the topic of MgT, here's an interesting blog post by Carolyn Dean on it, published in March this year: Link

She notes the difference between MgT and magnesium citrate: "I reread the L’threonate study to confirm that there was only a 7% increase in magnesium in the CSF compared to magnesium citrate." (She's talking about an older study by the same people/MIT, I think)

Dr. Dean emphasizes that MgT is not the only magnesium that can cross the blood brain barrier, and writes that "probably any magnesium would produce some of these effects". She also refers to an abstract that says: "It is evident that magnesium enters the CNS through the BBB and is actively transported by choroidal epithelial cells into the CSF."

It would be nice if the study could be replicated with other forms of magnesium. I'm still taking Carolyn Dean's ReMag product which is 100% absorbed at the cellular level, and it's one of my favorite supplements. However, I may give MgT a try once my product is finished, as I'm curious!
 
Oxajil said:
It would be nice if the study could be replicated with other forms of magnesium. I'm still taking Carolyn Dean's ReMag product which is 100% absorbed at the cellular level, and it's one of my favorite supplements. However, I may give MgT a try once my product is finished, as I'm curious!
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Dr Dean is a fervent advocate of Magnesium Chloride.

The ReMag product is done with that:

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I do mine using magnesium chloride particles.
 
Oxajil said:
Very interesting, thank you for sharing, Deckard. It's great to hear that your family member is doing better cognitively :hug2:

On the topic of MgT, here's an interesting blog post by Carolyn Dean on it, published in March this year: Link

She notes the difference between MgT and magnesium citrate: "I reread the L’threonate study to confirm that there was only a 7% increase in magnesium in the CSF compared to magnesium citrate." (She's talking about an older study by the same people/MIT, I think)

Dr. Dean emphasizes that MgT is not the only magnesium that can cross the blood brain barrier, and writes that "probably any magnesium would produce some of these effects". She also refers to an abstract that says: "It is evident that magnesium enters the CNS through the BBB and is actively transported by choroidal epithelial cells into the CSF."

It would be nice if the study could be replicated with other forms of magnesium. I'm still taking Carolyn Dean's ReMag product which is 100% absorbed at the cellular level, and it's one of my favorite supplements. However, I may give MgT a try once my product is finished, as I'm curious!
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Dunno - may be a marketing ploy. But we have been applying Mg Chloride transdermal religiously for a long time now - this improvement with MgT is pretty significant to be coincidence.
 
Having tried both Magneisum Chloride sprays and flakes, and Magnesium Citrate and not really experiencing anything noteworthingly different (except for tingling skin with MgCh), I decided to try MgT after reading this thread. It arrived on Sunday and it's definitely having a noteworthy effect. There's a calmness and lightness, less anxiety and nervous tension - perhaps because it crosses the blood-brain barrier. It's still early days, so I'll keep monitoring it's effects. I use the toilet more and feel less dehydrated throughout the day, so maybe it's helping with water retention? I take it in the morning, otherwise I'm getting up too many times throughout the night. I pour the contents out of the capsule and drink the powder with water as it's virtually tasteless.
 
I had the opportunity to try some mag threonate recently and, having read similar reports to those posted above, i finished off 1 normal sized pack of tablets. It was a good brand and lasted about a month or so when trying to take 400mg+ a day. I'm 35 years old with some physical ailments but no (serious/evident!) cognitive decline. Overall, i noticed no improvements, when compared with other magnesiums. The only benefit i noticed was, like glycinate, which on the whole is much cheaper, it didn't pull water into the bowels like citrate does. It may be that it just didn't do anything for me because of my age or issues. And so, considering the price that threonate goes for when compared with other kinds, i'll stick with the cheaper stuff.
 
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