‘Magnesium+ Advanced has given me more energy’

A retired Citizen’s Advice advisor, 69-year-old Jane Shaw had spent years researching and exploring options to help people with problems. So when leg cramps started interrupting her sleep night after night, she quickly started looking into how she might be able to help herself.

“I was reading about what I could take,” she says. “And I read about Magnesium+ Advanced. My neurologist had also suggested taking a magnesium supplement – so I thought I’d give it a try.”

Magnesium+ Advanced isn’t like ordinary magnesium supplements. It works by making magnesium much easier for our bodies to absorb than standard formulations, which are often made with magnesium oxide.

“Magnesium oxide supplements contain a lot of magnesium, but there’s a drawback – it isn’t easily released into the body,” explains Dr Miriam Ferrer PhD, Head of Product Development at FutureYou Cambridge. “Taking more magnesium oxide to try and make up for that problem can lead to an upset stomach and other unpleasant gastrointestinal side effects.”

Instead, Magnesium+ Advanced mimics the way magnesium is stored in plants. Its special formulation combines magnesium with natural glycine amino acids in a soluble organic complex called ‘magnesium bisglycinate buffered’.

Studies have shown that this is more than four times easier for our bodies to absorb than standard magnesium oxide.

“It’s much more bioavailable because it can be absorbed in the gut via a channel that’s exclusive to amino acids,” explains Dr Ferrer. “This ‘VIP entry’ allows it to enter the body more quickly and easily, and makes it very gentle on the stomach.”

For Jane, the research has paid off. “I’ve been taking Magnesium+ Advanced for around three months now, and it’s really helped me with my leg cramps,” she says.

It’s also topped up her everyday vitality: “Though I still do get tired, I do feel Magnesium+ Advanced has given me more energy. I recently went for a long country walk with a friend, three hours each way. There’s no way I would have been able to do that before.”