Your brain is starving
for this one mineral.

Not quite. Most pharmacy magnesium is one form — usually citrate or oxide. Your body absorbs very little of oxide (~4%). Magnesium Balance uses 6 forms in one stick: bisglycinate for sleep, citrate for cramps, malate for energy, taurate for calm, gluconate for hormones, succinate for steady energy. Plus B6 (hormones), L-Theanine (calm), D3 (mood/bones), and a baobab prebiotic — cofactors a single-form product can't replace.

Your cortisol naturally rises between 2am and 4am. If your magnesium is depleted, your nervous system doesn't have what it needs to buffer that cortisol spike — so the spike wakes you up. Bisglycinate is the form that reaches your brain quickly enough to keep that system steady. The week before your period, your magnesium drops up to 30%, which is why the 3am wake-ups cluster around that week.

Most women notice lighter muscle tension and faster sleep onset within the first 3 nights. The 3am wake-ups usually reduce by the end of week 1. Deeper, more restorative sleep tends to show up by week 2–3. Full cycle-level benefits (PMS mood, cramps, energy stability) typically appear by month 2–3. Everyone's baseline is different — which is exactly why we give you 60 days and refund you if you don't feel it.

Magnesium Balance is a food supplement, not a medication, and these forms at these doses are generally considered safe alongside most common prescriptions. If you take thyroid medication (Levothyroxine, Euthyrox), space the stick 2 hours before or after — minerals can reduce thyroid med absorption. No known interactions with hormonal contraception or SSRIs at typical doses. If you're on diuretics, blood pressure meds, or have diagnosed kidney issues, check with your GP first.

Yes. Zero calories, zero sugar, zero artificial sweeteners — it won't break a fast or spike insulin. On GLP-1 medications (Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro), magnesium matters more, not less — because you're eating less food, you're also getting less magnesium from diet. Many women on GLP-1s add Magnesium Balance specifically to help with the fatigue, muscle cramps, and "keto flu"-style side effects.

Modern food isn't what it was in 1950. Soil depletion and industrial farming have dropped mineral content in produce by 40–70% (Thomas 1999, Davis 2004). Cooking strips another 25–50%. Add a monthly period, coffee (~500mg magnesium depleted daily), and stress that burns magnesium 3× faster — food alone physically can't keep up for most women. Supplementing isn't a shortcut. It's math.

Doppelherz Magnesium 400 has 2 forms (mostly oxide) and no cofactors. Magnesium Balance has 6 forms in premium bioavailable versions (bisglycinate, taurate, malate, etc.) plus B6, D3, L-Theanine, and baobab prebiotic. To match our full coverage with Doppelherz, you'd need to add 5 separate supplements — real annual cost ends up €685–973 vs. our €234 on subscription.

Light berry-mix — 0g sugar, 0 calories, no sucralose, no aspartame. Naturally sweetened with a small amount of stevia leaf extract. Smooth, slightly tart, gentle on the stomach. Not the chalky, salty "punishment taste" of most magnesium powders.

Most women take it in the evening, 1–2 hours before bed — the bisglycinate helps with sleep onset and the 3am wake-ups. If you prefer mornings (or fast in the morning), it works then too — the malate and succinate support steady daytime energy. One stick in 250–400ml of water, once a day. Consistency matters more than timing.

Email us within 60 days and we refund you — no questions, no form, no return. If your body genuinely doesn't need what's in it, you won't feel a difference, and we'd rather give you your money back than keep it. That's the deal.