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Strange Ways Magnesium Affects Your Body, According To Science

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Key To Absorbing Sunshine

A 2018 study looked into the role magnesium has with getting your daily dose of vitamin D from sunshine. Vitamin D is just as important as magnesium, but vitamin D can’t be absorbed into the body without adequate amounts of calcium and magnesium. Like calcium, magnesium is required by the body to aid in synthesizing vitamin D when absorbed from the sun. This means even the slightest magnesium deficiency could affect the levels of other vital vitamins and minerals in the body, as well.