Does Magnesium help stress? (Grade C evidence)
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For stress, Magnesium sits at Grade C — a hint of benefit in the recorded evidence, especially in adults, low certainty, at doses 200–400 mg.
Exact question reviewed
- Population
- adults
- Intervention
- Magnesium · 200–400 mg
- Comparator
- not reported
- Outcome
- stress
- Time horizon
- not reported
Bottom line. For stress, Magnesium sits at Grade C — a hint of benefit in the recorded evidence, especially in adults, low certainty, at doses 200–400 mg. [1 other]
- Direction
- benefit
- Magnitude
- may modestly reduce subjective anxiety/stress, esp. in deficiency
- Grade
- C
- Certainty
- low
- Clinical meaning
- small but potentially useful
- Who it applies to
- adults
- Dose / form studied
- 200–400 mg
- Safety
- minor_with_ssri
- The one limitation
- Claim-specific limitation details are not available in this public record.
Reviewed not reported · Evidence last changed · Open evidence record (version 0)
⚠ Safety in context
- minorwith SSRI: Generally fine with an SSRI; space about 2 hours apart. full interaction →
Grade C / low: hints of benefit in small trials; a well-run RCT could easily push this to B or to null.
Who it works for
Best-studied in adults. Recorded studied dose: 200–400 mg.
Evidence
| Study | Design | Role | Cite |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Effects of Magnesium Supplementation on Subjective Anxiety and Stress-A Systematic Review | peer-reviewed | not classified | PMID:28445426 |
Why this grade
Reasoning trace
The current record stores Grade C at low certainty and links 1 publishable source. A claim-specific domain-by-domain grading rationale is not available in this public record, so no reason for upgrading or downgrading is inferred here.
Audit and version
- Claim ID
- ec_b1-mg-stress
- Claim version
- not reported
- Governance
- legacy, not verified
- Clinician review
- Not yet reviewed by a licensed clinician
- Last evidence search
- not reported
- Last editorial review
- not verified
Dose & form
Studied intake: 200–400 mg.
How it stacks up for stress
- Magnesium vs L-Theanine for stress — L-Theanine Grade C
- Magnesium vs Ashwagandha for stress — Ashwagandha Grade C
- Magnesium vs Rhodiola for stress — Rhodiola Grade C
- Magnesium vs Melatonin for stress — Melatonin Grade B
- All interventions graded for stress →
Grade history
- C → CCorrection by Claude (gold-standard provenance sweep): live Postgres source drift replaced with the verified seed source set [pmid-28445426] details →
Re-review cadence: every 6 months (Grade C+) · methodology v1.
Frequently asked
How long does Magnesium take to work for stress?
This record does not report a studied onset time for Magnesium and stress. Do not assume a typical timeframe.
What dose was used in studies of Magnesium for stress?
The recorded studied dose for Magnesium and stress is 200–400 mg. This is a source detail, not a dose recommendation.
Does Magnesium work for stress if I'm not deficient?
The recorded studied population is adults. This field alone does not show whether deficiency or baseline status changes the effect.
Magnesium or the next-best alternative for stress?
See the compare block above for the head-to-head with the most-cited alternative. Grade + certainty differences matter more than any single trial.
Related
What this is — and is not
- Evidence description
- may modestly reduce subjective anxiety/stress, esp. in deficiency
- Substrate's interpretation
- The current reviewed record assigns Grade C at low certainty. A domain-by-domain rationale is shown only when recorded.
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Plain-text citation
Substrate. Does Magnesium help stress? (Grade C). https://evidencebased.info/interventions/magnesium/stress. Updated 2026-07-16.
BibTeX
@misc{substrate_tionsmagnesiumstress,
author = {Substrate editorial},
title = {Does Magnesium help stress?},
year = {2026},
url = {https://evidencebased.info/interventions/magnesium/stress},
note = {Grade C, evidencebased.info}
}Found something wrong on this page? Report an error →
Current source-reported research
Membership uses admitted intervention and measured-outcome associations for this exact question. Different populations, preparations, comparators and timepoints remain separate. No pooling or update to the synthesis is asserted.