Health benefits of magnesium include the maintenance of bodily nerves, muscles, and bones. It also helps in protein synthesis and cellular metabolism. It is vital for sustaining a normal heartbeat and is used by doctors to treat irregularities in heart rhythm.

Other health benefits include a positive impact on reducing osteoporosis, eclamptic seizures, and maintenance of sugar level, as well as its favorable effects on asthma, diabetes, constipation, back pain and various psychiatric disorders.