Skip to content 
Testing for Magnesium Deficiency
A simple blood test may be all you need to determine the level of magnesium in your body. Note that medications are among the top causes of magnesium deficiency. Ensure you have the right test by involving your healthcare practitioner.
The typical and traditional Magnesium Deficiency Test focuses on serum magnesium levels. Sadly, you are likely to miss precise revelations of your magnesium levels with this test. it is not able to penetrate the cells and determine the levels of magnesium within yet this is where most of the mineral resides. Luckily, there are more advanced labs using later systems of testing. For example, more labs are introducing erythrocyte magnesium, which focuses on magnesium levels in red blood cells. The test helps to get a deeper insight into the magnesium levels to help make important decisions.
