Magnesium glycinate is supposed to be the mineral that quiets the static: the twitching calves, the 3 a.m. wake-ups, the chest-tightening jolt that makes sleep feel fragile. But one sloppy habit can flip it from a nighttime ally into a body-wide alarm bell.
That’s why so many people swallow it, wait for the calm, and instead get a weird mix of restlessness, stomach churn, and a heart that seems to drum louder than it should. The bottle says “relax,” but the body answers with a hard no.
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