Dietary Magnesium

Dietary Magnesium is a cumulative mass quantity for the magnesium amount recorded as consumed. Amounts on this page are expressed in mg. One sample can represent a food portion, a supplement entry or a source-generated daily total; it is not necessarily a whole day. Apple defines this quantity.

Magnesium supports many enzyme processes, muscle and nerve function, and energy metabolism. Logged intake measures the amount entered, not its absorption or the amount in tissues. Even serum magnesium does not fully describe body stores; an intake chart alone cannot diagnose a deficiency. NIH explains magnesium assessment.

Use the elemental magnesium amount on the label. Magnesium citrate or another compound contains material besides magnesium, so its compound weight is a different quantity. Foods, supplements and some medicines can contribute magnesium; a food-only log may omit the other sources. Keep these contributions identifiable when the app provides that detail.

The interval between entries reflects logging or synchronization, not nutrient absorption or a validated meal schedule. A midnight timestamp may be a daily summary, and multiple entries may have been added later. Review source, portion and duration before summing; importing the same meal from two apps can inflate a total. A day without entries is missing coverage, not zero intake.

A recorded sleep timeline can accompany a log, but timestamp overlap does not establish when magnesium was taken, absorbed or had an effect. Sleep quality and recovery have many influences. First establish compatible coverage and source-specific intake totals; avoid interpreting an app association as proof that magnesium changed sleep.

The researched 365-day reporting window contained no raw magnesium samples and no stored magnesium aggregates. Recorded value ranges, unusually large entries, source-specific daily totals and logging gaps could not be measured. No empirical graph or nutrient-status conclusion is presented. Related measurements cannot supply an intake relationship without magnesium observations.

Check nutrient units and serving count: 1 g = 1,000 mg, while 1 microgram = 0.001 mg. Keep compatible contributions within a source and state how many days have credible logs. Apple allows apps to write selected nutrition types, so another nutrient being present does not establish complete magnesium coverage. Review contributing Health sources after changing logging apps.

This HealthKit type is documented here but is not in the current PulsHealth sync catalog. The missing database rows therefore cannot establish whether Apple Health on the phone contains entries. Milligrams on this page are an explanatory display unit, not a promise of current sync support.