If you're after magnesium for sleep, calm, or muscle relaxation, the number that matters here is 208mg of elemental **Magnesium** per 2-capsule serving, a solid mid-range dose. The label's headline 1040mg is the weight of the magnesium glycinate compound, not the magnesium itself, and the 208mg is what your body actually counts toward its needs. That lands comfortably inside the 100-400mg supplemental range and covers a good share of the 310-420mg you need daily from food and supplements combined.

It's delivered as magnesium bisglycinate, a well-absorbed form that tends to be gentle on the stomach, which makes it an easy one to take before bed without the loose-stool effect some magnesium forms cause. At two capsules with a meal you're getting a genuinely useful dose, not a token amount made to look bigger by the compound number on the front of the bottle.