Magnesium for Jet Lag Recovery
Magnesium has no circadian-shifting effect and is not a jet lag treatment.
Overview
Verdict
How It Works
Dosing & Protocol
Typical dose
- Recommended dose
- Not established for this use
- Expected timeframe
- Not established
Protocol
- form
- Not applicable
- duration
- Not applicable
- co factor
- Evidence is insufficient. Jet lag is circadian misalignment, and correcting it requires shifting the body clock - which is achieved by timed bright light exposure and, where appropriate, melatonin, a genuine chronobiotic with good trial evidence for eastward travel across several time zones. Magnesium does none of this. No trial has examined magnesium for jet lag. The indirect argument is that magnesium modulates melatonin synthesis and improves sleep quality in people with low status, so it might ease sleep onset at the destination - but that addresses a symptom rather than the misalignment, and has not been tested in travellers. Magnesium also has no effect on the timing of the circadian clock, which is the entire problem in jet lag.
- titration
- Not applicable
- starting dose
- Not applicable as an established treatment for jet lag
Evidence
What the studies say
No studies are yet linked to both Magnesium and Jet Lag Recovery.
Safety
Caveats
Prioritise timed light and melatonin.
Less likely to help if
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