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Does drinking coffee deplete magnesium in the body?

Reviewed and edited by Tod Cooperman, M.D.

Initially Posted: 10/06/2020

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As explained in the Concerns and Cautions section of our Magnesium Supplements Review, the caffeine in coffee can cause a slight increase in magnesium excreted in the urine, but coffee provides more magnesium than is lost, so drinking coffee is not expected to cause magnesium depletion or deficiency.

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