Magnesium for sleep: B → C
Reviewed correction by Abhishek Shankar: v2 narrows the population/form claim and downgrades certainty to match the cited systematic reviews; evidence review by Akhilesh Singh.
What triggered this change
The Role of Magnesium in Sleep Health: a Systematic Review of Available Literature. Read: Substrate breakdown · PubMed.
What we said before vs now
Before
Grade B
After
Grade C
may modestly reduce sleep-onset latency in older adults with insomnia, but the evidence is limited and low quality; benefit for general adults or magnesium glycinate specifically is uncertain
What this does not change
- Interaction profile for Magnesium — unchanged unless there is a separate severity change.
- Dose guidance — unchanged unless the new evidence altered the studied dose range.
- Safety recommendations — unchanged unless a safety event is recorded separately.
Reviewer & methodology
Reviewed and signed by Substrate editorial (Independent research collective) on . Methodology v1.
See also
Cite this page
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Plain-text citation
Substrate. Magnesium for sleep: B → C. https://evidencebased.info/changes/2026-07-19-magnesium-sleep-b-to-c. Updated 2026-07-19.
BibTeX
@misc{substrate_19magnesiumsleepbtoc,
author = {Substrate editorial},
title = {Magnesium for sleep: B → C},
year = {2026},
url = {https://evidencebased.info/changes/2026-07-19-magnesium-sleep-b-to-c},
note = {evidencebased.info}
}