Dr. Rhonda Patrick

Exactly. But it's also essential for DNA repair enzymes. They use it to repair damage to our DNA. Every time we make a new cell, whether that's a skin cell or a liver cell or a blood cell, there's damage that occurs even with just the process of cell division, right? Let alone the external processes that we're exposed to, UV radiation, unhealthy diet, things like that.

50%.

50%.

50%.

Close to 50%. Yeah. And, you know, magnesium, as Bruce would say, is at the center of a chlorophyll molecule. Chlorophyll give plants their green color.

Close to 50%. Yeah. And, you know, magnesium, as Bruce would say, is at the center of a chlorophyll molecule. Chlorophyll give plants their green color.

Close to 50%. Yeah. And, you know, magnesium, as Bruce would say, is at the center of a chlorophyll molecule. Chlorophyll give plants their green color.

So magnesium is very high in dark leafy greens.

So magnesium is very high in dark leafy greens.

So magnesium is very high in dark leafy greens.

You're supposed to eat your greens. You get your magnesium. Yeah. And so people aren't eating enough of their greens and they're not getting enough magnesium.

You're supposed to eat your greens. You get your magnesium. Yeah. And so people aren't eating enough of their greens and they're not getting enough magnesium.

You're supposed to eat your greens. You get your magnesium. Yeah. And so people aren't eating enough of their greens and they're not getting enough magnesium.

Greens and beans. It's in oats.

Greens and beans. It's in oats.

Greens and beans. It's in oats.

Almonds. Exactly.

Almonds. Exactly.

Almonds. Exactly.

Right. Exactly. So, you know, the magnesium RDA is about 350 to 400 milligrams a day, depending on if you're male or female. Males require a little bit more. And so you're really supposed to be getting the majority of that from your diet. People aren't getting that from their diet. Right.