I take 400mg of Magnesium Glycinate before bed, and it definitely improves the quality of my sleep. The BEST sleep recipe for me is moderate exercise during the day and magnesium in the evening. Fun video, Robin!
It’s true. Especially for women because menstruation exhausts magnesium. At least, that’s what I learnt a few years ago when I had a lot of health issues due to being deficient. It’s funny and sad that my mom used to tell me that those kinds of problems were genetic in our family but when I started taking magnesium they were gone
Such a cool experiment. Side note: your skin looks amazing and glowy. Can you do an updated skincare routine?🌻 or perhaps it's a new glowy highlighter/ primer ? Ethier way, you look angelic ✨
Taking Magnesium is one of the few suppliments that I genuinely say "changed my life for the better." I've had insomnia since childhood. I've done everything under the sun to help my sleep, and NOTHING has helped like Magnesium has. I'll miss my prescription meds before I'll miss my Mag. ❤
@@kgtkbj662 250mg about an hour before bed (as a female, 300mg seems to be the max suggested, I believe it's higher for males.) I have gut issues anyway, I haven't noticed anything negative. Magnesium Glycenate is supposed to be the best for sleep... Magnesium Citrate definitely has uses as a stool softener. So the type matters to some degree. =)
Thank you! Definitely could be executed with less ego in the mix (I was very concerned about “guessing it right” which defeats the purpose haha) but I think this concept can be reworked in a lot of different ways! Also: it’s just fun. :)
not trying to be rude but since this went on for three weeks, is it possible that hormone fluctuation caused the disturbed sleep in week three? jat. good video!
I take magnesium glycinate all the time and I did go through a period where it didn't seem to feel like it was working much at all, eventually I realised it was because my caffeine intake had gone up and was cancelling out the effects of the glycinate. Once I became conscious of this I dropped down on caffiene and usual sleep resumed.
This was so fun to watch! MG is one of the few supplements that I feel a MAJOR difference. Even a friend of mine who struggled with sleep for years found that this was one of the few things that made a difference. Another awesome video, Robin!!!
❤️❤️ thank you, Rachel!! Yes: there’s definitely a difference for me as well! Does it also give you weird dreams sometimes?? Hehe I seemed to have resolved this by halving the dose to 150mg.
Hi, you look healthy!. Here is some of the stuff I do and consider effect my sleep. I take Mg-gly about 1-2hr before bed. But I am also taking for sleep b-complex in the morning. Zinc, and omega 3 (which has some vitmain D and vitamin A). I also found two additional critical things, exercising and also getting a good amount of sunlight preferably in the morning to early afternoon (I'm in the south). Another large contributor to the quality of my sleep is the food I eat and if I am sensitive to it or not, if I can eat only foods that have no ibs like feelings for me, which I also judge my food by how my skin looks. Which is difficult because those foods tend to be simple cooked vegetables. I do like fermented foods and soluble and insoluble fiber to help calm my gut. I also turn off and unplug all electronics and wear earplugs. I also like to go in the sauna after my workout, or take a warm shower before bed. Having an immaculate oral hygiene routine has also contributed to the quality of my sleep. Some things I tried but don't use continually was ashwaganda (wild dreams), L. Ruteri yogurt and lion's mane mushrooms (in food form). When you said you would get up in the middle of the night, that reminded me of when I was not getting enough sunlight/vitamin D. I like to get sunlight several hours before taking Mg-gly. And you'll probably have to adjust the amounts of what you take based on if you have a deficit or if you are getting too much, which is good to get a blood test every now and then. Cheers!
A problem here is that the duration is a week and there is no time between the weeks of supplementing. The best would be to don’t take magnesium for a longer period. Then take one of the boxes for a month. Then don’t supplement for long period and then again a box and so fort.
Yep, in a randomized controlled trial (RCT), a washout period is a set amount of time between treatment periods where participants don't receive any intervention. This is done to ensure that any lingering effects from the previous treatment don't influence the results of the new treatment being studied.
I started taking Magnesium Glycinate about 2 months ago because its been known to help with anxiety and i've noticed i've sleeping better and feel... different in a good way is the only way I can explain it. Im a fan of wellness and subscribe to the idea of food as medicine. I do go ham because I love me some food. Example; I Went to Disneyland yesterday and lets just say I ended the night with 2 scoops of ice cream and a easter island head sized mickey cookie 🤣🤣. I do my best to (17-20k steps) walk and stay active which im sure contributes in a good way. The most fascinating thing for me after making a committed change is that I miss eating clean after a couple of days of eating junk. I dont know how people do it. The fun part is because im so basic and can literally eat the same things in rotation, its interesting to experiment on myself and notice immediate changes. The body is an absolutely amazing invention.
I love taking 700 mg non buffered chelated mag before bed. It does help me sleep. I have started taking glycine with it and that seems to be next level sleep. And no more legs cramps. Love it!
Ohh!!! So nice that you found a cocktail that works for you. That’s more than double what I was taking here (300mg of Mg). I feel like this would give me crazy dreams :)
Great video. My wife takes this daily, and in the last 2 years, has really helped her for sleep, but also cramps. I take the other one, bisglycinate, as I find for me the glycinate variant makes my #2 worse. For some, taking 50-50 bisglycinate & glycinate is a good middle ground. Just in case someone else gets the runs... Remember you need potassium too, in fact it is important for young woman to get all 4 major electrolytes (sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium). We use Half Salt that's like 3$ at grocery store, to add to our electrolyte water we make. It has potassium chloride & calcium chloride. Just 1/4 teaspoon in a large glass of water, you hardly taste it. Also the mud water from the Utah salt lake, usually named concentrace, has a lot of naturally occuring magnesium but also trace elements we need.
If you have a deficiency in magnesium, then you won't sleep well. So the deficiency could've been corrected when first taking it and then whatever follows is still you not having a magnesium deficiency, so this would be hard to study unless the participants didn't know what they were getting and you did placebo first then magnesium. Anyways, I love how you tricked yourself with the placebos! Very cool approach.
I didn't notice any change taking them orally, but I've been applying magnesium oil on my belly an hour before my "ideal" bed-time and it's been insanely effective. I get sleepy during that hour and it makes me sleep earlier. My sleep is deeper, I don't wake up as much during the night and I have more energy during the day. It's also worth nothing that I also put some castor oil on my belly to enhance absorption and in my belly button for it's numerous properties.
Honestly founding you has been amazing. Like a journey I’m not going alone haha my sleeping is crazy, currently I’m under doctor’s orders because I had terrible insomnia, I was looking at magnesium supplement’s for once my treatment ends. This gives me hope :)!!! ❤
I'm so glad you tried this! I read about magnesium glycinate somewhere online and have been trying it too. Very similar experiences - but without Mom or a sister. Or Oura ring data.. and without thumbnails that looked like a Science of Self-Care drug lab. I think I slept better just knowing I had a fun science experiment going on. Maybe your sister was mixing you half-n-half's Week 3. Thanks Robin!
I didn't do a rigorous test on myself a while back, but I did notice no difference with Mg Glycinate. In fact, I slept worse the first night. Right then I suspected already that there are way too many confounding factors that have a larger effect on sleep quality than one nutrient. This proved itself out as I continued to take the supplement for a while afterward. I never once experienced any more heaviness or more relaxed feeling than normal prior to sleep that you describe.
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Love this experiment and appreciate the placebo-controlled test you conducted-it was very clever and well-executed. Your explanation of the placebo effect was so simply explained, emphasizing that "our belief in a medicine's effectiveness can influence outcomes more than the medicine itself." Still, I'm on the fence about the effectiveness of magnesium glycinate. I challenge you to conduct another study with even tighter control over variables-such as consistent wake-up times, bedtimes, diet, exercise, stress levels, and time in menstrual cycle. I realize life is not so easily controlled but minimizing these variables would add even more information. Still, I loved this experiment. You are incredibly easy to listen to and follow.
Appreciate these thoughts and kind words! 🙏❤️ I totally agree! I did try to stick to a 11:30 bedtime with 8 hours of sleep during these weeks but certainly was not very strict and could not always get exactly 8 hours. So I completely agree that this could be a lot tighter! Thanks for sharing :)
Ahhhh! Thank you for the mention of magnesium and melatonin causing dream issues. This happened to me with both of these things and I thought I must be crazy because I took them to help with sleep but instead had nightmares! I wonder if it matters if it continues to happen if you take it for the long run, and/or if you take it earlier in the day, instead of before bed?
thank you for sharing this experiment.. it kind of tells me that only one substance solution can not be applied to the body, since body changes all the time during a month (hormones especially, i really feel very different sleep patterns through my menstrual cycle - from light, to deep, to waking up early, to waking up late, to falling asleep immediately, to having hard time falling asleep..i know it is hormones as it happens at the same time stamps like during ovulation, a week before period etc). I am sure magnesium helps more than it harms.. but it is not always effective in the same way. plus as I was listening to you.. i think our expectations also work on how we feel. The confusion if it is this or that made your week 3 sleep patterns also confused and certainty in week 1 made you more consistent in your sleep which is interesting. it is what it is.. the bodies are sooooo complex... all systems plus the environment work together. 1 particular substance can not ground the whole system forever. i feel i need to embrace the fact that there are fluctuations in my body all the time.. perhaps perfection in sleeping, digesting, breathing habits/patterns are not realistic.. perhaps fluctuations allow the body to be receptive, in change, adapting, moving, expanding, contracting.. so perfect equilibrium, "the all the time the same" expectation, is actually not life at all... hm..
I take apigenin, L-theanine and magnesium glycinate before bed. They help with sleep I think. Was taking magnesium threonate until a scientist said the research was poor that it did anything more than glycinate. I agree, I can't tell the difference and glycinate is way way cheaper. I need the magnesium anyway so I take that before bed regardless. Waking at same time (6am) and trying to go to sleep at the same time (10pm) is just as big a benefit.
For a while I was thinking it was only me who didn’t see any special impact of threonate. To be honest, I was relieved to learn it didn’t have sufficient proof because it’s the most expensive form of magnesium
@@MarinaAgliullina It was Dr Anthony Jay who said that about threonate in one of his youtube videos. He used to work in these labs and so he's sceptical about a lot of "studies" that promote patented expensive products. Recommend his work on estrogenics- removing chemicals from your food and environment that interfere with your endocrine system.
Lel omg!! I started doing this like 2 days ago. Today is the second day. But I did it differently not sure if you wanna test it. I did this but also changed my sleep schedule to the sundown and sunrise to see how well I would adapt. My sleep is very soft and I wake up with everything. Btw I indeed check my magnesium levels nd others including vitamin d. All normal 2 days ago because it's the normal routine I have to do for thyroid disease. I do have Hashimoto but thankfully my thyroid levels are still within euthyroid.
I would be interested in a magnesium comparison video… either as a test or not. I am always confused about which magnesium works best for different goals.
Thanks for this sharing! This probably would have been a more useful test. Because there’s plenty of research on how magnesium can improve sleep but not so much on the different types of magnesium. Will consider playing around with this concept. :)
I enjoyed watching your doing this experiment on yourself because I’m a similar kind of nerd who experiments on myself and tries to be as scientific as possible. I think that we all just should accept that magnesium is not a magic pill. It’s absolutely worth taking. Without it, I have anxiety, worse sleep quality and muscle cramps. I even used to be prone to depression because of magnesium deficiency. But it works best in combination with lifestyle
I am a woman and depending on my cicle I have more or less problems to sleep, I think that you should also consider the hormones that affect women's life generally, unless you are taking the pill that suppress many of the ups and downs of women's cicle
I agree. Around entering menopause I started to sleep horribly for a few years. It only took me a month of sleeptracking to find the connection. I went back to birthcontrol hormones for a while to fix my sleep. Many years later I sleep fine with normal post menopausal hormone levels.
The self made placebo is such a fun way to test a product out! I am curious, is this the only supplement of Magnesium that you take throughout the day? I drink LMNT which has a solid amount of Mag in it, but my oura sleep scores average in the high to mid 80s. Obviously there could be many other factors, but maybe adding the Mag supplement may help. Thanks and great video as always!
Love your channel Robin.. I take Magnesium L-Threonate.. 144mg before sleep only one tablet even though it says two & I wake heavy, like I’m still in a dream but in a good way. I also on occasion take a Mega B ( B1-12) if I have a big day or feel stressed & I’d love you to do a test on that.
Maybe a washout period would have helped. RCTs show an effect, but your N of 1, is valid for you and provides an example for us to use. Just because something works for most people doesn't mean it will work for you - your lifestyle, diet, exercise and physiology is unique to you, so I applaud your "scientific" method. Obviously there can be confounders such as hormones so you'd want to replicate your study 😊
“Your N of 1 is valid for you and provides an example for us to use” YES! Thank you for understanding the point of this video. It was just an example of how we can be a little more systematic in testing our supplements but my results are in no way representative of other people’s results. And all the beautiful comments on this video have helped me realize that next time, I should be doing one month per intervention / test group to control for hormonal fluctuations. :) Thank you for sharing!
Seems to me that one should not be going into the trials trying to guess the placebo. The whole point of using a placebo in trials is to isolate whether the underlying element (in this case magnesium) works or not.
Absolutely true! I was aware of this and still my ego was too competitive haha . It shouldn’t matter whether or not I got it: it’s not a reflection of me; it’s a reflection of the intervention. Thanks for clearly stating this! I should have added this note in there. :)
Yeah I think a better way to know in terms of experimenting on yourself is just to take the thing for a while, 2-3 weeks at least, and then stop for a week and note how you feel. In my experience, you need a longer experiment window, especially with supplements. A lot of times I won’t be able to pinpoint the difference until I stop taking the thing, and then I’m like ohhhhh I feel different. But this was a cool video! Melatonin gives me weird dreams too, but magnesium doesn’t so that’s interesting.
I take a magnesium called "calm" which does help me relax as I go to sleep, it also reduces muscle cramps. But for staying asleep and sleeping well I have to take melotonin. If I skip the melotonin, I will sleep but I wake up feeling tired.
Love Calm! Calm also makes a “sleep drink mix” version which includes melatonin GABA and L-theanine. amzn.to/3WaFGiI Its quite nice! I used to take it in the past but also gave me strange dreams at times hehe
That was very interesting, but what was your ultimate conclusion about this supplement? To me the result seems inconclusive, whilst tending slightly in favor of its effectiveness... Will/Have you run more trials?
My understanding of magnesium and sleep is that it doesn't work this way. A deficiency causes bad sleep. Your bones store magnesium. A deficiency can take weeks or months of taking magnesium to correct where there is still bad sleep. It's not a hormonal effect like melatonin that hits immediately/that night, but whether or not the body is deficient or not.
just looking at the oura ring data, if the hypothesis is magnesium helps sleep, it seemed likely that week 3 was magnesium. I was surprised by the guess that it wasn't -- bodies can tell us a lot, but we don't always know where the information is coming from, so I've found data like oura ring helps me learn how to interpret my body signals.
Great point! I didn’t clearly state this in the video (only mentioned in passing) but the baseline before I began was 86. So an average of 89 in week 3 felt very split in between 94 (magnesium week 1) and 86 (which was the baseline I took before starting). So in theory the tapioca guess was not a wild one. But I do agree that when I watched back and listened to my notes, I felt like the points were in favor of magnesium. :) Anywhooo thanks for sharing! And totally agree: it’s super helpful to have Oura feedback to better understand my body. x Robin
I have been taking magnesium at night for a while, but something among my supplements seems to be creating side effects of grogginess/dullness/ low spirits (not sure how to describe it) so I am taking a break from magnesium to see if it helps me feel better. So far, I would say it makes a difference, but I will continue on without it for a good while longer just to be sure. Not sure I am dedicated enough to try an ABX trial though. Good food for thought. Thanks for trying this little experiment.
Yes! I’ve heard many people experience this as well. The ABX was fun but totally not necessary. Sometimes I take a break from a single supplement at a time just to observe and feel any differences in my body. And when in doubt, I err on the side of not taking something. Thanks for sharing! 🧡
@@TheScienceofSelfCare love that ! if you ever want to read the book : why we sleep by matthew walker (i bought it on amazon) and do a review about it / sleep i would die happy.
How long is it actually supposed to take for magnesium to be effective at it's fullest potential? Alternatively can magnesium build tolerance such that it becomes less effective, which is the case with melatonin?
Yes! I am planning to do a comparison between at-home laser and an at-home IPL under each arm haha do you have a specific drive you’re curious about? Kenzzi or Ulike? xo
We are on the same wavelength! 😆 I was looking into the Ulike device as well as the Flex Fold Pro 1000 IPL device. The prices on at home IPL device vary a lot….I saw the Flex Fold Pro sold at Costco for $99 CAD whereas the Ulike is $400 USD. I would love to hear your thoughts on how much of the price increase is branding versus efficiency and effectiveness! ☺️ I’m looking forward to the video!!
@@kathleen5800thanks for sharing! Honestly, many devices are some form of drop shipping. Nonetheless, I’ve used a Kenzzi device and it works. There are also high frequency wands (drop shipping) that work super well. I mention Kenzzi because I think they have a Iot of brand recognition here on YT. But I’m leaning towards the Ulike for comparison since they have a nice cooling feature. I suppose your point with drop shipping is that you can probably find the same device wholesale for a fraction of the cost? Anywhoo I’m not for or against Kenzzi but I have used it and it does work to some degree. :)
Megnesium glycinate gives me nightmares and anixety in my sleep! I get low mood as well. I have tried two times but now take malate + citrate in the morning with no issue. I have heard (not sure) that some genetic mutations (COM-T) affect how your body responds to different types of magnesium.
Interesting to hear I’m not the only one with crazy dreams/nightmares! It’s wild sometimes. I have now been taking half the amount from this video and it seems to be ok. Thank you for sharing! It’s so important that we realize our bodies are all so different.
The magnesium in food doesn’t cross the blood brain barrier so why would you need a supplement that does this? Is it meant to get into the brain or not. Why the magnesium in food doesn’t get into your brain why would you need this Our ancestors that where healthy and strong did they had this magnesium as well or. Is it well studied
Hey there! 👋 Great question! First I’ll mention an important caveat: the nutritional content of bone broth can vary depending on how you make it. And while there’s promising research on its components, more studies are needed to confirm all these benefits directly from the bone broth itself. That said: bone broth has some great potential benefits for our health. It’s typically packed with collagen and gelatin, which might help keep your joints happy and reduce pain. The gelatin in bone broth can potentially protect and heal the digestive tract, and glycine, an amino acid found in bone broth, can help reduce inflammation. Thanks to its collagen content, bone broth may also help improve skin elasticity and hydration. Plus, it has minerals like calcium and magnesium, which are essential for strong bones. Glycine can also promote better sleep and improve cognitive function, making you feel more rested and sharp. 😊 So basically, bone broth contains many ingredients that have been shown to be good for our health, but there’s not much quality research on “drinking bone broth”. I personally love the taste and enjoy the way it makes me feel (as someone with a sensitive digestive system). Hope this helps! ❤️
@TheScienceofSelfCare so how often do you drink bone broth. I make mine every week. And I divide the potion into 4 jars so I can drink 4 times a week. Sorry English is not my native language. Hope you understand 😄
This is what Oura says about their “sleep score”: “Oura analyzes your sleep by measuring the dynamics of your resting heart rate, body temperature, movement, and time spent in specific sleep stages, including light, deep, and REM. Oura's proprietary algorithms combine these measurements into a summarized picture of your unique sleep patterns.”
no mother would give her child tapioca starch instead of magnesium. If I were you, I would pressure her to tell the truth about the second, supposedly 'tapioca' week. it must have been magnesium too.
Thanks for sharing! A week is actually long enough for this kind of sleep aid experiment. The idea is that you would be able to feel the effects that evening. Like when you take melatonin: it’s active that evening and if you’d like to extend the effectiveness across the evening you need to take slow-release melatonin because it has a very short half life of 30 to 50 minutes. With magnesium, there can be longer term effects as well on the body, but magnesium glycinate can certainly have an effect on muscles and the nervous system the same evening you take it. That said, I should have done a month each to correct for menstrual cycle. :) xo Robin
Thanks for sharing! There are indeed a lot of existing (far better) studies on magnesium and it’s effectiveness as a sleep aid. I’ve linked one in the description. There’s not much specifically on magnesium glycinate so I suppose I should have compared different types of magnesium. :) But more broadly, it was fun to test on my own body. Studies can tell us about averages and general trends but each of our bodies is unique and I love to do these personalized experiments. Perhaps others would have a completely different experience with the same three weeks of pills. 🧡
@@TheScienceofSelfCare Only now reading your reply am I realizing that glycinate isn't the one usually used as a sleep aid but that citrate is. Sorry for my stupid reply. TY for the reply which triggered my dumb brain to realize it.
Your own observations are too unstructured. You need to use more strict ratings/measurements. Like only whatever the Fitbit or sleep app monitor readings are.
Interesting. Thanks for sharing! I wasn’t aware of whether my scores were high or not as I’ve never compared with anyone else. I personally think I sleep pretty well because I walk a lot each day. Whenever I don’t walk I go crazy and also can’t sleep haha
@@TheScienceofSelfCare perhaps I should add you to my Oura circle where you can see other people’s scores. I have a few coworkers in there (we work at a technology company in San Francisco). I walk 6 miles and swim a mile a day, but still can’t get close. Some of my coworkers do HIIT and get really high sleep, activity and readiness numbers
Oura ring score! The Oura ring is a sleep tracking ring that gives you data each night about your sleep :) ouraring.com/science-and-research I definitely could have done a better job clarifying what I was referring to. Thanks for this feedback!
Thanks for sharing! Love having these sorts of discussions. :) Have you read the studies on open label placebos? They’re pretty wild. We can produce a lot of therapeutic compounds endogenously just through our expectations. Also highly recommend the book “The Expectation Effect” by David Robson amzn.to/4bFJP2V Please share more on your perspective!! X Robin
Thanks for sharing! I was trying to highlight the fun experimental setup. I actually didn’t really talk about magnesium much either. Perhaps in another video I could discuss more on the physiology behind taking magnesium and glycine. :)
stop being nice to my mean comment, Idk how to react lol - but on topic: You could just try glycine on its own and see what it does (same with Mg, ie MgCl); I wanted to point out that you might attribute the/some calming effects to magnesium when in fact it's the glycine. My "amino acid tranquilizer" of choice is a combination of GABA, Taurine and Glycine. Have a nice weekend
@@alnicospeakerhaha its a nice idea and such a great point. I’ve never taken glycine on it’s own… will experiment further! Have a nice weekend as well ☀️✨
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I take 400mg of Magnesium Glycinate before bed, and it definitely improves the quality of my sleep. The BEST sleep recipe for me is moderate exercise during the day and magnesium in the evening. Fun video, Robin!
How many hours did you sleep in total in a night?
Most people are Magnesium deficient, so it is beneficial to take it nightly for that alone... Sleep aid is a bonus.
It’s true. Especially for women because menstruation exhausts magnesium. At least, that’s what I learnt a few years ago when I had a lot of health issues due to being deficient. It’s funny and sad that my mom used to tell me that those kinds of problems were genetic in our family but when I started taking magnesium they were gone
That is why I'd like to see magnesium supplements v. a big salad with dinner.
Such a cool experiment. Side note: your skin looks amazing and glowy. Can you do an updated skincare routine?🌻 or perhaps it's a new glowy highlighter/ primer ? Ethier way, you look angelic ✨
Your skin looks amazing btw.
Taking Magnesium is one of the few suppliments that I genuinely say "changed my life for the better." I've had insomnia since childhood. I've done everything under the sun to help my sleep, and NOTHING has helped like Magnesium has. I'll miss my prescription meds before I'll miss my Mag. ❤
@@kgtkbj662 250mg about an hour before bed (as a female, 300mg seems to be the max suggested, I believe it's higher for males.) I have gut issues anyway, I haven't noticed anything negative. Magnesium Glycenate is supposed to be the best for sleep... Magnesium Citrate definitely has uses as a stool softener. So the type matters to some degree. =)
Okay I’m obsessed with this concept!!! Excellent video idea!
Thank you! Definitely could be executed with less ego in the mix (I was very concerned about “guessing it right” which defeats the purpose haha) but I think this concept can be reworked in a lot of different ways! Also: it’s just fun. :)
not trying to be rude but since this went on for three weeks, is it possible that hormone fluctuation caused the disturbed sleep in week three? jat. good video!
Totally possible… still a fun/interesting n of 1 experiment :)
very possible ! im always little more restless at that time
My first thought, hormones throw all of my body patterns out
The week before my period I always wake up in the night.
ahhhh I was thinking the exact same thing about week 3 results! my sleep and anxiety in general higher-worse the week before my period
This is how science TH-cam should be
I take magnesium glycinate all the time and I did go through a period where it didn't seem to feel like it was working much at all, eventually I realised it was because my caffeine intake had gone up and was cancelling out the effects of the glycinate. Once I became conscious of this I dropped down on caffiene and usual sleep resumed.
This was so fun to watch! MG is one of the few supplements that I feel a MAJOR difference. Even a friend of mine who struggled with sleep for years found that this was one of the few things that made a difference. Another awesome video, Robin!!!
❤️❤️ thank you, Rachel!!
Yes: there’s definitely a difference for me as well! Does it also give you weird dreams sometimes?? Hehe
I seemed to have resolved this by halving the dose to 150mg.
Hi, you look healthy!. Here is some of the stuff I do and consider effect my sleep. I take Mg-gly about 1-2hr before bed. But I am also taking for sleep b-complex in the morning. Zinc, and omega 3 (which has some vitmain D and vitamin A). I also found two additional critical things, exercising and also getting a good amount of sunlight preferably in the morning to early afternoon (I'm in the south). Another large contributor to the quality of my sleep is the food I eat and if I am sensitive to it or not, if I can eat only foods that have no ibs like feelings for me, which I also judge my food by how my skin looks. Which is difficult because those foods tend to be simple cooked vegetables. I do like fermented foods and soluble and insoluble fiber to help calm my gut. I also turn off and unplug all electronics and wear earplugs. I also like to go in the sauna after my workout, or take a warm shower before bed. Having an immaculate oral hygiene routine has also contributed to the quality of my sleep. Some things I tried but don't use continually was ashwaganda (wild dreams), L. Ruteri yogurt and lion's mane mushrooms (in food form).
When you said you would get up in the middle of the night, that reminded me of when I was not getting enough sunlight/vitamin D. I like to get sunlight several hours before taking Mg-gly. And you'll probably have to adjust the amounts of what you take based on if you have a deficit or if you are getting too much, which is good to get a blood test every now and then. Cheers!
A problem here is that the duration is a week and there is no time between the weeks of supplementing. The best would be to don’t take magnesium for a longer period. Then take one of the boxes for a month. Then don’t supplement for long period and then again a box and so fort.
I agree with you.
Yep, in a randomized controlled trial (RCT), a washout period is a set amount of time between treatment periods where participants don't receive any intervention. This is done to ensure that any lingering effects from the previous treatment don't influence the results of the new treatment being studied.
I started taking Magnesium Glycinate about 2 months ago because its been known to help with anxiety and i've noticed i've sleeping better and feel... different in a good way is the only way I can explain it. Im a fan of wellness and subscribe to the idea of food as medicine. I do go ham because I love me some food. Example; I Went to Disneyland yesterday and lets just say I ended the night with 2 scoops of ice cream and a easter island head sized mickey cookie 🤣🤣. I do my best to (17-20k steps) walk and stay active which im sure contributes in a good way. The most fascinating thing for me after making a committed change is that I miss eating clean after a couple of days of eating junk. I dont know how people do it. The fun part is because im so basic and can literally eat the same things in rotation, its interesting to experiment on myself and notice immediate changes. The body is an absolutely amazing invention.
What a great idea! Hats off to your family for taking such care with those pills
You and your family are just amazing!! Loved the experiment
You are uhhhhhhdorable. I love your videos and you do such a good job with the data
I love taking 700 mg non buffered chelated mag before bed. It does help me sleep. I have started taking glycine with it and that seems to be next level sleep. And no more legs cramps. Love it!
Ohh!!! So nice that you found a cocktail that works for you. That’s more than double what I was taking here (300mg of Mg). I feel like this would give me crazy dreams :)
Great video.
My wife takes this daily, and in the last 2 years, has really helped her for sleep, but also cramps.
I take the other one, bisglycinate, as I find for me the glycinate variant makes my #2 worse. For some, taking 50-50 bisglycinate & glycinate is a good middle ground.
Just in case someone else gets the runs...
Remember you need potassium too, in fact it is important for young woman to get all 4 major electrolytes (sodium, potassium, magnesium, calcium).
We use Half Salt that's like 3$ at grocery store, to add to our electrolyte water we make. It has potassium chloride & calcium chloride. Just 1/4 teaspoon in a large glass of water, you hardly taste it.
Also the mud water from the Utah salt lake, usually named concentrace, has a lot of naturally occuring magnesium but also trace elements we need.
If you have a deficiency in magnesium, then you won't sleep well. So the deficiency could've been corrected when first taking it and then whatever follows is still you not having a magnesium deficiency, so this would be hard to study unless the participants didn't know what they were getting and you did placebo first then magnesium.
Anyways, I love how you tricked yourself with the placebos! Very cool approach.
Such a cool idea! ❤ I’ve seen you using a microneedling device. I would love a video about i!😍
Yes! I do red light, tretenoin, C, and sunscreen. I think microneedling would be a good next step.
The power of the mind!!!!
I didn't notice any change taking them orally, but I've been applying magnesium oil on my belly an hour before my "ideal" bed-time and it's been insanely effective. I get sleepy during that hour and it makes me sleep earlier. My sleep is deeper, I don't wake up as much during the night and I have more energy during the day. It's also worth nothing that I also put some castor oil on my belly to enhance absorption and in my belly button for it's numerous properties.
Honestly founding you has been amazing. Like a journey I’m not going alone haha my sleeping is crazy, currently I’m under doctor’s orders because I had terrible insomnia, I was looking at magnesium supplement’s for once my treatment ends. This gives me hope :)!!! ❤
omg you're amazing for doing this
I'm so glad you tried this! I read about magnesium glycinate somewhere online and have been trying it too. Very similar experiences - but without Mom or a sister. Or Oura ring data.. and without thumbnails that looked like a Science of Self-Care drug lab. I think I slept better just knowing I had a fun science experiment going on. Maybe your sister was mixing you half-n-half's Week 3. Thanks Robin!
I didn't do a rigorous test on myself a while back, but I did notice no difference with Mg Glycinate. In fact, I slept worse the first night. Right then I suspected already that there are way too many confounding factors that have a larger effect on sleep quality than one nutrient. This proved itself out as I continued to take the supplement for a while afterward. I never once experienced any more heaviness or more relaxed feeling than normal prior to sleep that you describe.
Love this experiment and appreciate the placebo-controlled test you conducted-it was very clever and well-executed. Your explanation of the placebo effect was so simply explained, emphasizing that "our belief in a medicine's effectiveness can influence outcomes more than the medicine itself." Still, I'm on the fence about the effectiveness of magnesium glycinate. I challenge you to conduct another study with even tighter control over variables-such as consistent wake-up times, bedtimes, diet, exercise, stress levels, and time in menstrual cycle. I realize life is not so easily controlled but minimizing these variables would add even more information. Still, I loved this experiment. You are incredibly easy to listen to and follow.
Appreciate these thoughts and kind words!
🙏❤️ I totally agree! I did try to stick to a 11:30 bedtime with 8 hours of sleep during these weeks but certainly was not very strict and could not always get exactly 8 hours. So I completely agree that this could be a lot tighter! Thanks for sharing :)
Ahhhh! Thank you for the mention of magnesium and melatonin causing dream issues. This happened to me with both of these things and I thought I must be crazy because I took them to help with sleep but instead had nightmares! I wonder if it matters if it continues to happen if you take it for the long run, and/or if you take it earlier in the day, instead of before bed?
My experience also
A fun experiment and episode. Thanks for sharing your experience.
thank you for sharing this experiment.. it kind of tells me that only one substance solution can not be applied to the body, since body changes all the time during a month (hormones especially, i really feel very different sleep patterns through my menstrual cycle - from light, to deep, to waking up early, to waking up late, to falling asleep immediately, to having hard time falling asleep..i know it is hormones as it happens at the same time stamps like during ovulation, a week before period etc). I am sure magnesium helps more than it harms.. but it is not always effective in the same way. plus as I was listening to you.. i think our expectations also work on how we feel. The confusion if it is this or that made your week 3 sleep patterns also confused and certainty in week 1 made you more consistent in your sleep which is interesting. it is what it is.. the bodies are sooooo complex... all systems plus the environment work together. 1 particular substance can not ground the whole system forever. i feel i need to embrace the fact that there are fluctuations in my body all the time.. perhaps perfection in sleeping, digesting, breathing habits/patterns are not realistic.. perhaps fluctuations allow the body to be receptive, in change, adapting, moving, expanding, contracting.. so perfect equilibrium, "the all the time the same" expectation, is actually not life at all... hm..
Great video. Have you done a video on your night time routine?
I take apigenin, L-theanine and magnesium glycinate before bed. They help with sleep I think. Was taking magnesium threonate until a scientist said the research was poor that it did anything more than glycinate. I agree, I can't tell the difference and glycinate is way way cheaper. I need the magnesium anyway so I take that before bed regardless. Waking at same time (6am) and trying to go to sleep at the same time (10pm) is just as big a benefit.
I’ve never heart of apigenin. Is this an amino acid?
@@lilij1915 it's a bioflavonoid found in fruits and plants
For a while I was thinking it was only me who didn’t see any special impact of threonate. To be honest, I was relieved to learn it didn’t have sufficient proof because it’s the most expensive form of magnesium
@@MarinaAgliullina It was Dr Anthony Jay who said that about threonate in one of his youtube videos. He used to work in these labs and so he's sceptical about a lot of "studies" that promote patented expensive products. Recommend his work on estrogenics- removing chemicals from your food and environment that interfere with your endocrine system.
Lel omg!! I started doing this like 2 days ago. Today is the second day. But I did it differently not sure if you wanna test it. I did this but also changed my sleep schedule to the sundown and sunrise to see how well I would adapt.
My sleep is very soft and I wake up with everything. Btw I indeed check my magnesium levels nd others including vitamin d. All normal 2 days ago because it's the normal routine I have to do for thyroid disease. I do have Hashimoto but thankfully my thyroid levels are still within euthyroid.
I would be interested in a magnesium comparison video… either as a test or not. I am always confused about which magnesium works best for different goals.
Thanks for this sharing! This probably would have been a more useful test. Because there’s plenty of research on how magnesium can improve sleep but not so much on the different types of magnesium. Will consider playing around with this concept. :)
I enjoyed watching your doing this experiment on yourself because I’m a similar kind of nerd who experiments on myself and tries to be as scientific as possible. I think that we all just should accept that magnesium is not a magic pill. It’s absolutely worth taking. Without it, I have anxiety, worse sleep quality and muscle cramps. I even used to be prone to depression because of magnesium deficiency. But it works best in combination with lifestyle
I am a woman and depending on my cicle I have more or less problems to sleep, I think that you should also consider the hormones that affect women's life generally, unless you are taking the pill that suppress many of the ups and downs of women's cicle
So true! This could explain my confusing week 3!
I agree. Around entering menopause I started to sleep horribly for a few years. It only took me a month of sleeptracking to find the connection. I went back to birthcontrol hormones for a while to fix my sleep. Many years later I sleep fine with normal post menopausal hormone levels.
I would love to hear your thoughts about cortisol and somatic yoga/stretching.
The self made placebo is such a fun way to test a product out!
I am curious, is this the only supplement of Magnesium that you take throughout the day? I drink LMNT which has a solid amount of Mag in it, but my oura sleep scores average in the high to mid 80s. Obviously there could be many other factors, but maybe adding the Mag supplement may help. Thanks and great video as always!
Love your channel Robin.. I take Magnesium L-Threonate.. 144mg before sleep only one tablet even though it says two & I wake heavy, like I’m still in a dream but in a good way. I also on occasion take a Mega B ( B1-12) if I have a big day or feel stressed & I’d love you to do a test on that.
Maybe a washout period would have helped.
RCTs show an effect, but your N of 1, is valid for you and provides an example for us to use.
Just because something works for most people doesn't mean it will work for you - your lifestyle, diet, exercise and physiology is unique to you, so I applaud your "scientific" method.
Obviously there can be confounders such as hormones so you'd want to replicate your study 😊
“Your N of 1 is valid for you and provides an example for us to use” YES! Thank you for understanding the point of this video. It was just an example of how we can be a little more systematic in testing our supplements but my results are in no way representative of other people’s results.
And all the beautiful comments on this video have helped me realize that next time, I should be doing one month per intervention / test group to control for hormonal fluctuations. :)
Thank you for sharing!
Seems to me that one should not be going into the trials trying to guess the placebo. The whole point of using a placebo in trials is to isolate whether the underlying element (in this case magnesium) works or not.
Absolutely true! I was aware of this and still my ego was too competitive haha . It shouldn’t matter whether or not I got it: it’s not a reflection of me; it’s a reflection of the intervention.
Thanks for clearly stating this! I should have added this note in there. :)
Yeah I think a better way to know in terms of experimenting on yourself is just to take the thing for a while, 2-3 weeks at least, and then stop for a week and note how you feel. In my experience, you need a longer experiment window, especially with supplements. A lot of times I won’t be able to pinpoint the difference until I stop taking the thing, and then I’m like ohhhhh I feel different. But this was a cool video! Melatonin gives me weird dreams too, but magnesium doesn’t so that’s interesting.
But that could introduce the placebo effect, which is exactly what this setup is supposed to correct for.
I take a magnesium called "calm" which does help me relax as I go to sleep, it also reduces muscle cramps. But for staying asleep and sleeping well I have to take melotonin. If I skip the melotonin, I will sleep but I wake up feeling tired.
Love Calm! Calm also makes a “sleep drink mix” version which includes melatonin GABA and L-theanine. amzn.to/3WaFGiI
Its quite nice! I used to take it in the past but also gave me strange dreams at times hehe
That was very interesting, but what was your ultimate conclusion about this supplement? To me the result seems inconclusive, whilst tending slightly in favor of its effectiveness... Will/Have you run more trials?
I usually only get really intense Dreams when taking L-Theanine.
What influenced you to choose Mg Glysonate over Mg Threonate?
when and how many mg did you take per day?
you skin looks so healthy, incredible as well
Thanks for your question! I took 300mg each night, right before bed.
And I appreciate the sweet words. 🥰
My understanding of magnesium and sleep is that it doesn't work this way.
A deficiency causes bad sleep. Your bones store magnesium. A deficiency can take weeks or months of taking magnesium to correct where there is still bad sleep. It's not a hormonal effect like melatonin that hits immediately/that night, but whether or not the body is deficient or not.
Would love a video on microneedling 🙏
Noted :) I’ll do an updated skincare routine later this year!
@@TheScienceofSelfCare thanks 🙏
just looking at the oura ring data, if the hypothesis is magnesium helps sleep, it seemed likely that week 3 was magnesium. I was surprised by the guess that it wasn't -- bodies can tell us a lot, but we don't always know where the information is coming from, so I've found data like oura ring helps me learn how to interpret my body signals.
Great point! I didn’t clearly state this in the video (only mentioned in passing) but the baseline before I began was 86.
So an average of 89 in week 3 felt very split in between 94 (magnesium week 1) and 86 (which was the baseline I took before starting).
So in theory the tapioca guess was not a wild one. But I do agree that when I watched back and listened to my notes, I felt like the points were in favor of magnesium. :)
Anywhooo thanks for sharing! And totally agree: it’s super helpful to have Oura feedback to better understand my body.
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Robin
I have been taking magnesium at night for a while, but something among my supplements seems to be creating side effects of grogginess/dullness/ low spirits (not sure how to describe it) so I am taking a break from magnesium to see if it helps me feel better. So far, I would say it makes a difference, but I will continue on without it for a good while longer just to be sure. Not sure I am dedicated enough to try an ABX trial though. Good food for thought. Thanks for trying this little experiment.
Me too. Low spirits due to something I’m taking
Yes! I’ve heard many people experience this as well.
The ABX was fun but totally not necessary. Sometimes I take a break from a single supplement at a time just to observe and feel any differences in my body. And when in doubt, I err on the side of not taking something.
Thanks for sharing! 🧡
I found myself having serious nightmares when using magnesium glycinate. :(
Me too
i can tell when i took it i feel more rested when i wake up :O
Me too! I have been continuing since this experiment and I definitely feel more rested on average. 🧡 thanks for sharing
@@TheScienceofSelfCare love that ! if you ever want to read the book : why we sleep by matthew walker (i bought it on amazon) and do a review about it / sleep i would die happy.
So interesting! Is bisglycinate the same as glycinate?
There are studis about the open label placebos? Does it only work when someone give it to you?
Maybe you should of had a wash out period before the third bottle.
How long is it actually supposed to take for magnesium to be effective at it's fullest potential? Alternatively can magnesium build tolerance such that it becomes less effective, which is the case with melatonin?
I loved the video! Could you review at-home IPL hair removal devices for a future video?
Yes! I am planning to do a comparison between at-home laser and an at-home IPL under each arm haha do you have a specific drive you’re curious about? Kenzzi or Ulike?
xo
We are on the same wavelength! 😆 I was looking into the Ulike device as well as the Flex Fold Pro 1000 IPL device. The prices on at home IPL device vary a lot….I saw the Flex Fold Pro sold at Costco for $99 CAD whereas the Ulike is $400 USD. I would love to hear your thoughts on how much of the price increase is branding versus efficiency and effectiveness! ☺️
I’m looking forward to the video!!
@@TheScienceofSelfCarekenzzi is a drop shipping brand 😅
@@kathleen5800thanks for sharing! Honestly, many devices are some form of drop shipping. Nonetheless, I’ve used a Kenzzi device and it works. There are also high frequency wands (drop shipping) that work super well.
I mention Kenzzi because I think they have a Iot of brand recognition here on YT. But I’m leaning towards the Ulike for comparison since they have a nice cooling feature.
I suppose your point with drop shipping is that you can probably find the same device wholesale for a fraction of the cost?
Anywhoo I’m not for or against Kenzzi but I have used it and it does work to some degree. :)
@@jazminekennedy4202❤❤interesting! I’ll have a look at this Costco device. Thanks for the tip!
I saw you on your flight to burbank! I didnt realize how tall you are
Crazy! Are you on the flight? Should have said hi! I’m always curious who’s on the other end of TH-cam. :)
And yes-I’m indeed a giant.
Im 5 seats behind you! Im too shy! You’re so beautiful and tall in real life 😆
Hahaha just come say hi if you see me. Don’t worry I am awkward
Megnesium glycinate gives me nightmares and anixety in my sleep! I get low mood as well. I have tried two times but now take malate + citrate in the morning with no issue. I have heard (not sure) that some genetic mutations (COM-T) affect how your body responds to different types of magnesium.
Interesting to hear I’m not the only one with crazy dreams/nightmares! It’s wild sometimes.
I have now been taking half the amount from this video and it seems to be ok. Thank you for sharing! It’s so important that we realize our bodies are all so different.
Magnesium glycinate is also great for constipation
Do you have any recommendations for a red light panel? Thanks
Still researching / testing this myself! I’m on the hunt for a great panel and will be sure to update on the channel :)
@@TheScienceofSelfCarethanks have a wonderful day
@@niamhbyrne4036 you as well! ☀️🧡
@@TheScienceofSelfCare could I ask the name of the vibration plate you use ? The link wouldn't work for me, thanks 🙏
@@niamhbyrne4036oh sure! It’s the LifePro Rumblex 4D Pro! ❤️
amzn.to/3WdrdT6
Thank you❤️
The magnesium in food doesn’t cross the blood brain barrier so why would you need a supplement that does this? Is it meant to get into the brain or not. Why the magnesium in food doesn’t get into your brain why would you need this Our ancestors that where healthy and strong did they had this magnesium as well or. Is it well studied
You didn’t control for your menstrual cycle.
It’s true! In theory I should have done three months instead of three weeks. Will take this into account in the future. :) thanks for sharing
Need a makeup tutorial
Hello. Do you think bone broth is good for our health.
Hey there! 👋 Great question!
First I’ll mention an important caveat: the nutritional content of bone broth can vary depending on how you make it. And while there’s promising research on its components, more studies are needed to confirm all these benefits directly from the bone broth itself.
That said: bone broth has some great potential benefits for our health. It’s typically packed with collagen and gelatin, which might help keep your joints happy and reduce pain. The gelatin in bone broth can potentially protect and heal the digestive tract, and glycine, an amino acid found in bone broth, can help reduce inflammation.
Thanks to its collagen content, bone broth may also help improve skin elasticity and hydration. Plus, it has minerals like calcium and magnesium, which are essential for strong bones. Glycine can also promote better sleep and improve cognitive function, making you feel more rested and sharp. 😊
So basically, bone broth contains many ingredients that have been shown to be good for our health, but there’s not much quality research on “drinking bone broth”. I personally love the taste and enjoy the way it makes me feel (as someone with a sensitive digestive system).
Hope this helps! ❤️
@TheScienceofSelfCare thank you for your detailed response. I’m so thankful for this. ❤️
@TheScienceofSelfCare so how often do you drink bone broth. I make mine every week. And I divide the potion into 4 jars so I can drink 4 times a week. Sorry English is not my native language. Hope you understand 😄
Whenever i take magnesium above 200mg i would sore & ache all over my body so much i end up couldnt sleeping. Does anyone else experience this?
Dunno about magnesium glycinate but the threonate salt knocks me out cold and I get weird dreams.
Sounds kind of unpleasant to have weird dreams. Is it something you’ll continue to take?
@@lilij1915 When money allows, I like to take it. The feeling of getting a good rest is worth it.
The dreams are SO weird (and emotional) sometimes! I have been taking half the dose now and it’s ok (150mg).
Thanks for sharing!
@@lilij1915 I like the weird dreams. Every once in a while I wake up exhausted from one of those dreams, but that's not typical.
most supplements are a waste of time... i don't take any now, and surprisingly I feel great..
How do you measure “sleep score”?
Oura ring.
This is what Oura says about their “sleep score”:
“Oura analyzes your sleep by measuring the dynamics of your resting heart rate, body temperature, movement, and time spent in specific sleep stages, including light, deep, and REM. Oura's proprietary algorithms combine these measurements into a summarized picture of your unique sleep patterns.”
Can you say what dosage Mg?
Yes! It’s was 300mg. Should have clarified. Thanks for asking!
Becareful how much magnesium supplements you take. It can have a laxative effect.
How much Mg was taken each night?
Thanks for your question! 300mg. I should have clarified that :)
no mother would give her child tapioca starch instead of magnesium. If I were you, I would pressure her to tell the truth about the second, supposedly 'tapioca' week. it must have been magnesium too.
Why not look at the data from your sleep with a Garmin or Whoop?
I don’t own a Garmin or Whoop, so I was just working with what I have :)
A week is not enough time to feel effects of anything
Thanks for sharing! A week is actually long enough for this kind of sleep aid experiment. The idea is that you would be able to feel the effects that evening. Like when you take melatonin: it’s active that evening and if you’d like to extend the effectiveness across the evening you need to take slow-release melatonin because it has a very short half life of 30 to 50 minutes.
With magnesium, there can be longer term effects as well on the body, but magnesium glycinate can certainly have an effect on muscles and the nervous system the same evening you take it.
That said, I should have done a month each to correct for menstrual cycle. :)
xo
Robin
I'm pretty sure that scientific publications with N>3 already prove this. Your N=3 isn't a very great study.
Thanks for sharing! There are indeed a lot of existing (far better) studies on magnesium and it’s effectiveness as a sleep aid. I’ve linked one in the description. There’s not much specifically on magnesium glycinate so I suppose I should have compared different types of magnesium. :)
But more broadly, it was fun to test on my own body. Studies can tell us about averages and general trends but each of our bodies is unique and I love to do these personalized experiments. Perhaps others would have a completely different experience with the same three weeks of pills. 🧡
@@TheScienceofSelfCare Only now reading your reply am I realizing that glycinate isn't the one usually used as a sleep aid but that citrate is. Sorry for my stupid reply. TY for the reply which triggered my dumb brain to realize it.
@@evarlast no worries! I love having these discussions in the comments!
your brain no dumb.
Your own observations are too unstructured. You need to use more strict ratings/measurements. Like only whatever the Fitbit or sleep app monitor readings are.
I am so jealous of your high sleep scores - I can never get more than 80.
Interesting. Thanks for sharing! I wasn’t aware of whether my scores were high or not as I’ve never compared with anyone else.
I personally think I sleep pretty well because I walk a lot each day. Whenever I don’t walk I go crazy and also can’t sleep haha
@@TheScienceofSelfCare perhaps I should add you to my Oura circle where you can see other people’s scores. I have a few coworkers in there (we work at a technology company in San Francisco).
I walk 6 miles and swim a mile a day, but still can’t get close. Some of my coworkers do HIIT and get really high sleep, activity and readiness numbers
Aura score? Ya lost me on that
Oura ring score! The Oura ring is a sleep tracking ring that gives you data each night about your sleep :) ouraring.com/science-and-research
I definitely could have done a better job clarifying what I was referring to. Thanks for this feedback!
This is so cool
You’re a little too “pro placebo” in this video and it makes me think you don’t fully understand placebo effects.
Thanks for sharing! Love having these sorts of discussions. :)
Have you read the studies on open label placebos? They’re pretty wild. We can produce a lot of therapeutic compounds endogenously just through our expectations.
Also highly recommend the book “The Expectation Effect” by David Robson
amzn.to/4bFJP2V
Please share more on your perspective!!
X
Robin
Be careful ,use gloves for doing this
nice effort but epic fail! You don't even mention that glycine is an important inhibitory neurotransmitter but only talk about magnesium.
Thanks for sharing! I was trying to highlight the fun experimental setup. I actually didn’t really talk about magnesium much either. Perhaps in another video I could discuss more on the physiology behind taking magnesium and glycine. :)
stop being nice to my mean comment, Idk how to react lol - but on topic: You could just try glycine on its own and see what it does (same with Mg, ie MgCl); I wanted to point out that you might attribute the/some calming effects to magnesium when in fact it's the glycine. My "amino acid tranquilizer" of choice is a combination of GABA, Taurine and Glycine. Have a nice weekend
@@alnicospeakerhaha its a nice idea and such a great point. I’ve never taken glycine on it’s own… will experiment further!
Have a nice weekend as well ☀️✨
ha, you even take pills adorably
nah...bs