Dr. Rhonda Patrick
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But we repair that damage.
We have repair enzymes in our body called DNA repair enzymes.
They require magnesium.
Magnesium is a cofactor for them.
Well, magnesium is at the center of a chlorophyll molecule.
Chlorophyll is what gives plants their green color.
So dark leafy greens are high in magnesium.
Basically, what does the 40% insufficiency in the U.S.
tell us?
People aren't eating their greens.
They're eating their packaged food.
They're eating their processed food.
The standard American diet isn't really high in dark leafy greens.
Kale, spinach, chard, like Swiss chard, rainbow chard, romaine lettuce.
So supplementation with magnesium, it can cause GI distress at like high doses.
I personally like to take around 130 or 135.
milligrams.
That way it's not like a huge bolus to my gut.
You can take like magnesium three and eight, for example, and it doesn't affect the gut as much.
I would say malate would be the best.