Magnesium glycinate in the evening
The shortfall is common and the glycinate form earns its place at bedtime.
Recommended“Most modern diets run short of magnesium, and glycinate is the form that tops people up without sending them to the bathroom.”
Topic hub
Minerals and nutrients
Minerals are where good intentions outrun good information: small doses, real interactions, loud internet. We show the honest spread rather than a single confident number.
4 verdicts · updated monthly
The verdicts in this hub
Answer first, label earned, receipt attached.
Ferritin targets above the lab minimum
Our sources are genuinely split on the target, and united that the lab floor sits too low.
Genuinely contested“A ferritin of 20 is inside the reference range and still compatible with feeling dreadful. For fatigued menstruating women I want to see it comfortably higher.”
High-dose zinc, long term
Past 40mg a day, zinc quietly costs you copper; our sources say skip.
Our sources say skip“Zinc and copper share a doorway into the body. Push zinc hard for months and you can quietly walk yourself into a copper deficiency anaemia.”
Shilajit for mineral repletion
An early signal, interesting but thin; quality-tested or not at all.
An early signal“The fulvic acid chemistry is interesting and the traditional use is long, but the human trials are small and the quality control question is very real.”
The liveliest disagreement here
On ferritin targets above the lab minimum, our sources are genuinely split.
One side
“A ferritin of 20 is inside the reference range and still compatible with feeling dreadful. For fatigued menstruating women I want to see it comfortably higher.”
a haematologist · source video · 00:28:51
The other
“Iron is not a vitamin; it is a metal with a storage cost. Chasing a number without symptoms and a full picture is how people end up overloaded.”
a hepatologist · podcast episode · 00:54:33
Still filling in
Our sources have not said much yet about boron, iodine protocols, or copper supplementation on its own. As new material arrives each month, this hub will fill in.