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Magnesium glycinate and taurine
Taurine, taken as its own supplement, and magnesium glycinate have no documented interaction. Don't confuse this pairing with magnesium taurate, which is a different magnesium compound entirely.
Yes, there's no documented interaction between a taurine supplement and magnesium glycinate. They're structurally unrelated — taurine is a free amino acid the body also makes on its own, and magnesium glycinate is a mineral chelated to a different amino acid, glycine. Worth clearing up first: taking the two as separate supplements is a different thing from magnesium taurate, a single compound where magnesium is bound to taurine itself.
What each one is
Taurine is an amino acid found naturally in meat, fish and shellfish, and the human body also produces and stores its own supply. It's sold as a standalone supplement, most commonly in powder or capsule form. Magnesium glycinate is a mineral — magnesium — bound to a different amino acid, glycine, to form a chelate. They're absorbed through separate pathways in the gut: magnesium through mineral transport channels, taurine through amino-acid transport. No published research documents one affecting the other's absorption when taken as separate supplements.
Don't confuse this with magnesium taurate
Magnesium taurate is its own compound, sold as an alternative form of magnesium supplement, where magnesium is bound directly to taurine rather than to glycine. If you're comparing "magnesium glycinate plus a separate taurine supplement" against "magnesium taurate as one product," those are two different approaches to getting the same two ingredients, and this page isn't the place to compare them — see the related reading below for how magnesium taurate compares to magnesium glycinate as a mineral form.
Our product
Electric Tiger Magnesium Glycinate is a single-ingredient product: 275 mg of elemental magnesium per three-capsule serving, from 2,500 mg of magnesium glycinate, as low as $16.31 a bottle on subscription. It doesn't contain taurine.
Questions people ask
Can you take taurine and magnesium glycinate together?
Yes. No published research documents an interaction between the two when taken as separate supplements.
Is magnesium taurate the same as taking taurine and magnesium glycinate separately?
No. Magnesium taurate is one compound where magnesium is chelated directly to taurine. Taking a taurine supplement alongside magnesium glycinate is two separate products with the same two ingredients delivered differently.
Does taurine affect how magnesium glycinate is absorbed?
No published research reports that it does. They use different absorption pathways in the gut.
Related reading
- Magnesium glycinate vs taurate
- Magnesium forms compared
- Magnesium glycinate and medications: what to check
- How much magnesium glycinate should you take a day?
Sources
- Electric Tiger Magnesium Glycinate Supplement Facts: product page.
*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
