Aaron Hartman, MDFunctional Medicine Specialist | Clinical Researcher

Not All Magnesium is Created Equal

23 Jun 2025 · 1 min

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A short clinical commentary by Aaron Hartman, MD emphasizing that magnesium is necessary for insulin receptor function and that nutrient deficiencies are common. The speaker stresses that not all magnesium formulations are equivalent, recommends measuring levels and clinical correlation, and advises working with a practitioner while noting nutritional improvement is generally beneficial.

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If your insulin receptors, if you want them to work, you need magnesium. So all of this ties together. And what he had mentioned was essentially that, you know, I see these nutrient deficiencies all the time. They're incredibly common. So sometimes just correcting those corrects the problem. And, like, it seems like an easy fix, and it seems like this isn't useful information, but it's profound. And the key is, using the right formulary, not all mags are created equally. And you also want to measure levels, and you also want to clinically correlate. So you want to make sure that you're doing this under the guidance of a practitioner. But, you know it's not going to hurt you to attempt to improve your nutrition. Right? Like, it's only going to help.