Elektra Magnesium® has been pioneering chemical‑free, food‑grade magnesium chloride body care in Australia since 2008/2009. We craft a luxurious range of natural skin and muscle care products including magnesium creams, lotion, and oil spritz, using food grade certified magnesium chloride salt, and enriched with organic plant oils, butters and extracts. The range provides options to suit any skin type and age with daily anti-ageing skin care, deodorant and relaxing muscle maintenance, all nourishing the body with effective magnesium supplementation in one elegant experience.
Transdermal magnesium absorption delivers magnesium directly into the epidermis of the skin, bypassing the digestive system, and so is faster, gentler and more bioavailable than tablets. Magnesium chloride, once dissolved, is already in the ionic form that cells can absorb. There is no digestion required. It is absorbed more efficiently via skin, the largest organ of the body, which can accommodate far more magnesium storage and transit than the gut lining.
The skin acts as a reservoir: Our magnesium creams, spritz and lotion combine magnesium chloride with plant-based fats that skin absorbs easily, as it is lipophilic. The epidermis holds magnesium in reserve (like vitamin D), which is readily available for the body to transport wherever it is needed. It’s a self-regulating process—with no risk of getting too much.
Oral magnesium tablets in contrast, are lab-made compounds with a number of excipients and additives, making them difficult to digest – especially for those that have low stomach acid or gut microbiome dysbiosis issues like IBS, Crohn’s or colitis. They take longer to transit the digestive system, and can cause gut irritation. The gut lining is very sensitive and not able to cope with absorption of high concentrations of magnesium, which can trigger a laxative effect, whereby much of the magnesium is excreted rather than absorbed into the tissue cells of the body.