We often get a customers asking us what is the best magnesium for restless legs? Since the beginning of medicine, magnesium has been a mineral that has long been used to treat a multitude of medical issues. It has been shown to be really important to your body because it can assist and help run many critical functions in your body. In fact, it is known to aid in at least 300+ biochemical reactions within the human body.
Some of the more well documented benefits of supplementing with magnesium is its ablity to help prevent high blood pressure by relaxing blood vessels, decreasing pain and dampening inflammation by blocking pain receptors in the brain and nervous system, increasing the production of serotonin, GABA and melatonin and even improving your mood and sleeping patterns.
In addition, some people have chosen to use magnesium in order to deal with multiple sclerosis, restless leg syndrome, weak bones, diabetes, chronic fatigue syndrome, and attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder. However, there are many different kinds of magnesium commercially available for human consumption. In fact, there are over 12 different kinds of magnesium out there. So which magnesium is the best magnesium for restless legs?
Because it is sometimes difficult to get the amount of magnesium that you need each day, many people choose to use a 
supplement to help them out with their magnesium needs. Two popular products that are used include magnesium citrate and magnesium oxide, both of which are more commonly used as diuretics for people experiencing constipation. However, this is not the best kind of magnesium for restless legs.
The reason that magnesium oxide and citrate are diuretics is because they aren’t easily absorbed by the body. They actually go right through you causing your body to flush out whatever else may be in your digestive tract as well. That’s why they are usually the type of magnesium you find in over the counter diuretics. So they aren’t bio-available at all and the body ends up only digesting and assimilating around 3% of that magnesium.
Magnesium Malate vs. Magnesium Oxide
What is Magnesium Malate?
Magnesium malate is a form of magnesium that is one of the most highly absorbable types of magnesium because it’s in a chelated form which helps the body absorb it much more readily and can provide you with all of the benefits that come from consuming magnesium without causing the diarrhea that oxide and citrate cause.
In addition, you will get the benefits of consuming malic acid, an important nutrient in the body that helps with the process of transforming the food that you eat into a source of energy for the body. Malic acid is the sourness you taste when biting into an apple which makes it much 
easier for the body to recognize and assimilate. This substance is one of the only substances available that can magnetically pull aluminum from your tissues and help neurotransmitters function the way that they are supposed to, which makes it a great magnesium for restless leg sufferers.
Magnesium malate is often taken in order to help with muscle pain, restless leg syndrome and cramping. In fact, many people who have had to deal with chronic nighttime leg cramps choose to use this mineral in order to soothe their muscle cells. It does this by counteracting the effects of calcium within the muscle tissue. As we age, excess calcium accumulates in the muscles, which can cause cramps, restless legs, tics and spasms. Magnesium malate can literally push out the excess calcium to restore a healthier balance within muscle cells.
In the end, you will have to decide which type will work as the best magnesium for restless legs. Every body has a different reaction to any number of nutrients out there and it comes down to trying for yourself what works and what doesn’t.
However, if you have been suffering from RLS on and off for years and you need to find a way to reduce the pain and discomfort that you have been dealing with, then choosing a supplement that contains magnesium malate is what we’ve found to be the superior type of magnesium for restless legs.