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What Is It?
Nutrition
Uses
Dosage
Safety
Similar Supplements
Frequently Asked Questions
Magnesium taurate, also known asmagnesium;2-aminoethanesulfonate,is a dietary supplement. In animal studies, this mineral complex protected against damage to the heart,brain,and vision.
However, studies in animals don’t always translate to humans. And there aren’t strong clinical trials in humans to confirm these effects.
Magnesium Taurate Supplement Facts
What Is Magnesium Taurate?
Magnesium taurate is a complex made of the mineralmagnesiumand an amino acid,taurine—two components with health benefits.
Magnesium regulates muscle contraction and maintainselectrolytebalance in the body’s tissues.It’s also involved in bone development and the breakdown of sugars, fats, and protein.
Low magnesium levels, in general, are associated with conditions like the following:
Taurine protects the brain, heart, eyes, and muscles from damage and stress.It may help guard againstobesity,high cholesterol, andhigh blood pressure.
Both magnesium and taurine decrease calcium and sodium levels in the body’s cells.They’ve both been shown to lower blood pressure and help preventarrhythmias(irregular heartbeats) andblood clots.
Magnesium taurate has been studied in animal models to treat eye injuries,traumatic brain injury (TBI), and high blood pressure, but human clinical trials are needed to verify its effects.
While the magnesium taurate complex is not found in food sources, magnesium alone is a common ingredient in many foods.
Magnesium-rich foods include the following:
Taurine is also a major ingredient in someenergy drinks.
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Some believe magnesium taurate benefits conditions such as:
However, there’s not enough evidence to prove theses claims.
Magnesium taurate has been researched in preliminary studies (using animal models) for the following conditions:
Always speak with a healthcare provider before taking a supplement to ensure that the supplement and dosage are appropriate for your individual needs.
The Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for magnesium in adults is between 310 and 420 milligrams (mg) daily.
Though there’s not enough data to recommend magnesium taurate doses for specific conditions, as a general rule, keep your intake of elemental magnesium around this RDA. Magnesium taurate products should specify on their labels how much elemental magnesium is contained in each serving size. Typical doses of magnesium taurate range from 100 to 500 mg.
Speak to a pharmacist, RD or RDN, or healthcare provider for more help determining a good dose for you.
Can You Take Too Much Magnesium?
Side Effects
Your provider may recommend you take magnesium taurate for heart health or another reason. However, consuming a supplement like magnesium taurate may have potential side effects. These side effects may be common or severe.
Possible side effects include the following:
Interactions
Magnesium taurate could cause drug interactions based on either the magnesium or taurine component.
For example,magnesiummay interact with the following medications:
Taurinemay interact with substances such as the following:
It is essential to carefully read a supplement’s ingredients list and nutrition facts panel to know which ingredients and how much of each ingredient is included. Please review this supplement label with your healthcare provider to discuss potential interactions with foods, other supplements, and medications.
Precautions
Clinical trials in humans are needed to determine the safety profile of magnesium taurate. Until more is known, it’s best to err on the side of caution.
Do keep the following precautions in mind when using magnesium taurate:
Other magnesium supplements include the following:
Your healthcare provider, pharmacist, or registered dietitian can help you choose the right magnesium salt for your needs.
Dietary supplements are not regulated like prescription medications in the United States. Therefore, some may be safer than others. Whenchoosing a supplement, consider factors such as independent testing, potential drug interactions, and other safety concerns. Talk to a healthcare provider, registered dietitian nutritionist (RD or RDN), or pharmacist about supplement quality and safety.
Summary
Until human clinical trials are conducted, it’s too soon to recommend magnesium taurate for any condition. It has not been proven safe for children, or during pregnancy or breastfeeding. Potential drug interactions with magnesium taurate include medicines for diabetes, blood pressure, cancer, and antibiotics.
Many medications can interact with elemental magnesium and would be expected to also interact with magnesium taurate. A few examples include antibiotics,cancer medicines,and blood pressure medicines.Substances that interact with taurine include diabetes medicinesand possibly alcoholand caffeine.These could also interact with magnesium taurate.
Many medications can interact with elemental magnesium and would be expected to also interact with magnesium taurate. A few examples include antibiotics,cancer medicines,and blood pressure medicines.
Substances that interact with taurine include diabetes medicinesand possibly alcoholand caffeine.These could also interact with magnesium taurate.
Until more is known, children and people who are pregnant or breastfeeding should not take this supplement. This is because there haven’t been clinical trials in these groups to determine safe dosages.In general, people with kidney disease or neuromuscular disorders should steer clear of magnesium supplements.
Until more is known, children and people who are pregnant or breastfeeding should not take this supplement. This is because there haven’t been clinical trials in these groups to determine safe dosages.
In general, people with kidney disease or neuromuscular disorders should steer clear of magnesium supplements.
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Verywell Health uses only high-quality sources, including peer-reviewed studies, to support the facts within our articles. Read oureditorial processto learn more about how we fact-check and keep our content accurate, reliable, and trustworthy.PubChem.Magnesium taurate.Shrivastava P, Choudhary R, Nirmalkar U, et al.Magnesium taurate attenuates progression of hypertension and cardiotoxicity against cadmium chloride-induced hypertensive albino rats.J Tradit Complement Med. 2018;9(2):119-123. doi:10.1016/j.jtcme.2017.06.010Hosgorler F, Koc B, Kizildag S, et al.Magnesium acetyl taurate prevents tissue damage and deterioration of prosocial behavior related with vasopressin levels in traumatic brain injured rats.Turk Neurosurg. 2020;30(5):723-733. doi:10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.29272-20.1Choudhary R, Bodakhe SH.Magnesium taurate prevents cataractogenesis via restoration of lenticular oxidative damage and ATPase function in cadmium chloride-induced hypertensive experimental animals.Biomed Pharmacother. 2016;84:836-844. doi:10.1016/j.biopha.2016.10.012National Institutes of Health.Magnesium.Fiorentini D, Cappadone C, Farruggia G, et al.Magnesium: Biochemistry, nutrition, detection, and social impact of diseases linked to its deficiency.Nutrients. 2021;13(4):1136. doi:10.3390/nu13041136Vormann J.Magnesium: Nutrition and homoeostasis.AIMS Public Health. 2016;3(2):329-340. doi:10.3934/publichealth.2016.2.329Bae M, Ahmed K, Yim JE.Beneficial effects of taurine on metabolic parameters in animals and humans.J Obes Metab Syndr. 2022;31(2):134-146. doi:10.7570/jomes21088Houston M.The role of magnesium in hypertension and cardiovascular disease.J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2011;13(11):843-847. doi:10.1111/j.1751-7176.2011.00538.xMcCarty MF.Complementary vascular-protective actions of magnesium and taurine: a rationale for magnesium taurate.Med Hypotheses. 1996;46(2):89-100. doi:10.1016/s0306-9877(96)90007-9Cazzola R, Della Porta M, Manoni M,et al.Going to the roots of reduced magnesium dietary intake: A tradeoff between climate changes and sources.Heliyon. 2020;6(11):e05390. doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05390Wójcik OP, Koenig KL, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, Costa M, Chen Y.The potential protective effects of taurine on coronary heart disease.Atherosclerosis. 2010;208(1):19-25. doi:10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2009.06.002McCarty MF.Magnesium taurate and fish oil for prevention of migraine.Med Hypotheses. 1996;47(6):461-466. doi:10.1016/s0306-9877(96)90158-9McCarty MF.Magnesium taurate for the prevention and treatment of pre-eclampsia/eclampsia.Med Hypotheses. 1996;47(4):269-272. doi:10.1016/s0306-9877(96)90065-1Uysal N, Kizildag S, Yuce Z, et al.Timeline (bioavailability) of magnesium compounds in hours: Which magnesium compound works best?.Biol Trace Elem Res. 2019;187(1):128-136. doi:10.1007/s12011-018-1351-9Kim SJ, Gupta RC, Lee HW.Taurine-diabetes interaction: from involvement to protection.Curr Diabetes Rev. 2007;3(3):165-175. doi:10.2174/157339907781368940Tarragon E, Calleja-Conde J, Giné E, et al.Alcohol mixed with energy drinks: what about taurine?.Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2021;238(1):1-8. doi:10.1007/s00213-020-05705-7Schaffer SW, Shimada K, Jong CJ, et al.Effect of taurine and potential interactions with caffeine on cardiovascular function.Amino Acids. 2014;46(5):1147-1157. doi:10.1007/s00726-014-1708-0Schwalfenberg GK, Genuis SJ.The importance of magnesium in clinical healthcare.Scientifica (Cairo). 2017;2017:4179326. doi:10.1155/2017/4179326
Verywell Health uses only high-quality sources, including peer-reviewed studies, to support the facts within our articles. Read oureditorial processto learn more about how we fact-check and keep our content accurate, reliable, and trustworthy.
PubChem.Magnesium taurate.Shrivastava P, Choudhary R, Nirmalkar U, et al.Magnesium taurate attenuates progression of hypertension and cardiotoxicity against cadmium chloride-induced hypertensive albino rats.J Tradit Complement Med. 2018;9(2):119-123. doi:10.1016/j.jtcme.2017.06.010Hosgorler F, Koc B, Kizildag S, et al.Magnesium acetyl taurate prevents tissue damage and deterioration of prosocial behavior related with vasopressin levels in traumatic brain injured rats.Turk Neurosurg. 2020;30(5):723-733. doi:10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.29272-20.1Choudhary R, Bodakhe SH.Magnesium taurate prevents cataractogenesis via restoration of lenticular oxidative damage and ATPase function in cadmium chloride-induced hypertensive experimental animals.Biomed Pharmacother. 2016;84:836-844. doi:10.1016/j.biopha.2016.10.012National Institutes of Health.Magnesium.Fiorentini D, Cappadone C, Farruggia G, et al.Magnesium: Biochemistry, nutrition, detection, and social impact of diseases linked to its deficiency.Nutrients. 2021;13(4):1136. doi:10.3390/nu13041136Vormann J.Magnesium: Nutrition and homoeostasis.AIMS Public Health. 2016;3(2):329-340. doi:10.3934/publichealth.2016.2.329Bae M, Ahmed K, Yim JE.Beneficial effects of taurine on metabolic parameters in animals and humans.J Obes Metab Syndr. 2022;31(2):134-146. doi:10.7570/jomes21088Houston M.The role of magnesium in hypertension and cardiovascular disease.J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2011;13(11):843-847. doi:10.1111/j.1751-7176.2011.00538.xMcCarty MF.Complementary vascular-protective actions of magnesium and taurine: a rationale for magnesium taurate.Med Hypotheses. 1996;46(2):89-100. doi:10.1016/s0306-9877(96)90007-9Cazzola R, Della Porta M, Manoni M,et al.Going to the roots of reduced magnesium dietary intake: A tradeoff between climate changes and sources.Heliyon. 2020;6(11):e05390. doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05390Wójcik OP, Koenig KL, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, Costa M, Chen Y.The potential protective effects of taurine on coronary heart disease.Atherosclerosis. 2010;208(1):19-25. doi:10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2009.06.002McCarty MF.Magnesium taurate and fish oil for prevention of migraine.Med Hypotheses. 1996;47(6):461-466. doi:10.1016/s0306-9877(96)90158-9McCarty MF.Magnesium taurate for the prevention and treatment of pre-eclampsia/eclampsia.Med Hypotheses. 1996;47(4):269-272. doi:10.1016/s0306-9877(96)90065-1Uysal N, Kizildag S, Yuce Z, et al.Timeline (bioavailability) of magnesium compounds in hours: Which magnesium compound works best?.Biol Trace Elem Res. 2019;187(1):128-136. doi:10.1007/s12011-018-1351-9Kim SJ, Gupta RC, Lee HW.Taurine-diabetes interaction: from involvement to protection.Curr Diabetes Rev. 2007;3(3):165-175. doi:10.2174/157339907781368940Tarragon E, Calleja-Conde J, Giné E, et al.Alcohol mixed with energy drinks: what about taurine?.Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2021;238(1):1-8. doi:10.1007/s00213-020-05705-7Schaffer SW, Shimada K, Jong CJ, et al.Effect of taurine and potential interactions with caffeine on cardiovascular function.Amino Acids. 2014;46(5):1147-1157. doi:10.1007/s00726-014-1708-0Schwalfenberg GK, Genuis SJ.The importance of magnesium in clinical healthcare.Scientifica (Cairo). 2017;2017:4179326. doi:10.1155/2017/4179326
PubChem.Magnesium taurate.
Shrivastava P, Choudhary R, Nirmalkar U, et al.Magnesium taurate attenuates progression of hypertension and cardiotoxicity against cadmium chloride-induced hypertensive albino rats.J Tradit Complement Med. 2018;9(2):119-123. doi:10.1016/j.jtcme.2017.06.010
Hosgorler F, Koc B, Kizildag S, et al.Magnesium acetyl taurate prevents tissue damage and deterioration of prosocial behavior related with vasopressin levels in traumatic brain injured rats.Turk Neurosurg. 2020;30(5):723-733. doi:10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.29272-20.1
Choudhary R, Bodakhe SH.Magnesium taurate prevents cataractogenesis via restoration of lenticular oxidative damage and ATPase function in cadmium chloride-induced hypertensive experimental animals.Biomed Pharmacother. 2016;84:836-844. doi:10.1016/j.biopha.2016.10.012
National Institutes of Health.Magnesium.
Fiorentini D, Cappadone C, Farruggia G, et al.Magnesium: Biochemistry, nutrition, detection, and social impact of diseases linked to its deficiency.Nutrients. 2021;13(4):1136. doi:10.3390/nu13041136
Vormann J.Magnesium: Nutrition and homoeostasis.AIMS Public Health. 2016;3(2):329-340. doi:10.3934/publichealth.2016.2.329
Bae M, Ahmed K, Yim JE.Beneficial effects of taurine on metabolic parameters in animals and humans.J Obes Metab Syndr. 2022;31(2):134-146. doi:10.7570/jomes21088
Houston M.The role of magnesium in hypertension and cardiovascular disease.J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2011;13(11):843-847. doi:10.1111/j.1751-7176.2011.00538.x
McCarty MF.Complementary vascular-protective actions of magnesium and taurine: a rationale for magnesium taurate.Med Hypotheses. 1996;46(2):89-100. doi:10.1016/s0306-9877(96)90007-9
Cazzola R, Della Porta M, Manoni M,et al.Going to the roots of reduced magnesium dietary intake: A tradeoff between climate changes and sources.Heliyon. 2020;6(11):e05390. doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05390
Wójcik OP, Koenig KL, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, Costa M, Chen Y.The potential protective effects of taurine on coronary heart disease.Atherosclerosis. 2010;208(1):19-25. doi:10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2009.06.002
McCarty MF.Magnesium taurate and fish oil for prevention of migraine.Med Hypotheses. 1996;47(6):461-466. doi:10.1016/s0306-9877(96)90158-9
McCarty MF.Magnesium taurate for the prevention and treatment of pre-eclampsia/eclampsia.Med Hypotheses. 1996;47(4):269-272. doi:10.1016/s0306-9877(96)90065-1
Uysal N, Kizildag S, Yuce Z, et al.Timeline (bioavailability) of magnesium compounds in hours: Which magnesium compound works best?.Biol Trace Elem Res. 2019;187(1):128-136. doi:10.1007/s12011-018-1351-9
Kim SJ, Gupta RC, Lee HW.Taurine-diabetes interaction: from involvement to protection.Curr Diabetes Rev. 2007;3(3):165-175. doi:10.2174/157339907781368940
Tarragon E, Calleja-Conde J, Giné E, et al.Alcohol mixed with energy drinks: what about taurine?.Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2021;238(1):1-8. doi:10.1007/s00213-020-05705-7
Schaffer SW, Shimada K, Jong CJ, et al.Effect of taurine and potential interactions with caffeine on cardiovascular function.Amino Acids. 2014;46(5):1147-1157. doi:10.1007/s00726-014-1708-0
Schwalfenberg GK, Genuis SJ.The importance of magnesium in clinical healthcare.Scientifica (Cairo). 2017;2017:4179326. doi:10.1155/2017/4179326
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