Taking magnesium supplements can improve your heart health , lower your blood sugar, reduce the number of migraines you experience, and provide you with a host of other benefits. But there's one roadblock you have to overcome first: Magnesium isn't always efficiently absorbed by your body.

(Here's everything you need to know about magnesium .)

When you eat foods that are rich in dietary magnesium, your system may only absorb 30% to 40% of their magnesium content (per the National Institutes of Health ). Even if you augment your diet with magnesium supplements, you have to consider that some forms of magnesium are naturally much less bioavailable than others.

With that in mind, you'll want to take precautionary measures to reduce all the barriers to magnesium absorption, including

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