Magnesium RDA

The article attributes failed results from typical supplementation to doses that never exceed a deficiency-prevention threshold. The article frames the magnesium RDA as a deficiency-prevention floor rather than a therapeutic health target. The article says label-directed magnesium doses are often too low to produce measurable therapeutic effects. The article argues that a 195 lb adult male may need about 600 mg per day before accounting for conditions that raise demand. The article claims the 1997 magnesium RDA was based on body-weight assumptions that do not match modern average adult weights.