Table of Contents
- Overview
- Food Sources
- Side Effects
- Recommendations
- Prevention
Diet - magnesium
Recommendations
These are the recommended daily requirements of magnesium:
- Children
- 1 - 3 years old: 80 milligrams
- 4 - 8 years old: 130 milligrams
- 9 - 13 years old: 240 milligrams
- 14 - 18 years old (boys): 410 milligrams
- 14 - 18 years old (girls): 360 milligrams
- Adult females: 310 - 320 milligrams
- Pregnancy: 350 - 400 milligrams
- Breastfeeding women: 310 - 360 milligrams
- Adult males: 400 - 420 milligrams
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Magnesium in diet Prevention
Review Date: 03/09/2009
Reviewed By: Linda Vorvick, MD, Family Physician, Seattle Site Coordinator,
Lecturer, Pathophysiology, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician
Assistant Studies, University of Washington School of Medicine.
Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M.,
Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
