In a ground-breaking new study out of Indiana University, researchers discovered that the magnesium pill you took three years ago is actually still in the process of making its way down your esophagus.
“I thought I felt something in there,” you told reporters after learning about the study’s findings. “Those pills are huge, I’m not surprised it’s taken this long for one to work its way down.”
Researchers said that the results of the study could impact the way people take magnesium supplements in the future.
“The bottle usually recommends taking two, or sometimes as many as four, of those big ass pills every day,” the Lead Researcher on the study, Dr. Sasha Lake, told reporters. “Which is fine, except for the fact that you can’t even swallow one of those pills without it getting stuck somewhere in your chest area, so each subsequent pill you take just causes a magnesium pill back-up.”
Dr. Lake explained that it was best to proceed with caution and only take another magnesium pill when you were certain the first one had gone all the way down.
“Yeah, I just took the one pill and called it good,” you told reporters. “It definitely felt like enough magnesium for the year, let alone the day. But now that you mention it, I can totally feel it still making its way down my esophagus. So, in retrospect, I’m really glad I didn’t take any more.”
As for when the pill will finally reach your digestive tract, researchers are less certain.
“It could be anywhere from a few days, to a few more years,” Dr. Lake told reporters. “There’s really no way to know for sure. But what we do know is that when that pill finally does dissolve into your system, you’re going to feel, like, so good and full of magnesium. Whatever that means.”
In spite of the fact that you initially bought a big bottle of magnesium in order to tackle your magnesium deficiency, you said you weren’t too concerned about the study’s findings.
“So I either have enough magnesium in my body or I don’t,” you said. “I don’t really see how it matters one way or another. I really only bought that bottle because I like having an excuse to buy something.”
The study concluded by saying that once you feel that pill finally get through your esophagus, you should probably take another one, like, right away, just to get another dose of magnesium in your system as soon as possible – which will probably end up being another three years.
