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Friday, October 9, 2026
6 Benefits of Magnesium L-Threonate, Backed by Science
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| https://www.health.com/magnesium-l-threonate-benefits-8387808 |
Taking magnesium L-threonate may benefit your cognitive, digestive, and mental health. Research is limited, but the evidence for these effects is promising.
1. May Improve Your Memory
Magnesium L-threonate has shown promise for brain health.
What the Science Says: A 2022 study of 109 adults aged 18-65 found that magnesium L-threonate improved memory and cognition.
People who took 2 grams daily for 30 days showed better memory than those who took a placebo. Improvements were especially significant among older adults.
2. May Help You Fall Asleep
Magnesium L-threonate has been shown to improve sleep and daytime functioning.
What the Science Says: In a 2024 study of 80 adults, researchers found that those who took magnesium L-threonate had improved deep and REM sleep compared to those who took a placebo. Participants also reported more daytime energy.
However, larger and longer studies are needed to confirm these benefits.
3. May Ease Stress and Anxiety
Magnesium L-threonate has been shown to relieve stress and anxiety.
What the Science Says: In the 2024 study, participants who took magnesium L-threonate reported less stress and improved mood compared to the placebo group.
4. May Decrease ADHD Symptoms
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a condition that causes difficulties with attention, impulsiveness, and mood. Magnesium L-threonate supplementation may help manage ADHD.
What the Science Says: A 2021 clinical trial looked at 15 adults who took magnesium L-threonate supplements for up to 12 weeks. Almost half the group had significant improvements in ADHD symptoms.
Larger studies are needed to confirm this result.
5. May Support Pain Relief
Magnesium L-threonate may help with pain relief. It may work by decreasing pain intensity in the brain.
What the Science Says: A 2023 study on people with cancer taking opioids found that participants taking 1.5-2 grams of magnesium L-threonate needed less morphine in 30-90 days than those on a placebo.
6. May Help Relieve Constipation
Many types of magnesium promote digestive regularity. Magnesium is even included in some laxatives. Its salts draw water into the stool, which promotes gut motility and makes stool easier to pass.
What the Science Says: In the 2023 study of people with cancer, participants taking magnesium L-threonate had relief from opioid-induced constipation.
Which Foods Have Magnesium?
Many foods are rich in magnesium, including green leafy vegetables, legumes, whole grains, nuts, and seeds. Some breakfast cereals are fortified with magnesium.
Dietary sources of magnesium include:
- Pumpkin seeds, roasted: 156 milligrams (mg) per 1 ounce (oz) (37% DV)
- Chia seeds: 111 mg per 1 oz (26% DV)
- Almonds, dry roasted: 80 mg per 1 oz (19% DV)
- Spinach, boiled: 78 mg per ½ cup (19% DV)
- Cashews, dry roasted: 74 mg per 1 oz (18% DV)
- Peanuts, oil roasted: 63 mg per ¼ cup (15% DV)
- Soy milk: 61 mg per cup (15% DV)
- Black beans: 60 mg per ½ cup cooked (14% DV)
How Should You Take It?
Magnesium L-threonate supplements are typically sold as capsules or tablets, which you need to take with water. You can also find some magnesium L-threonate supplements in powder form.
Whether you should take magnesium L-threonate in capsule or powder form depends on your preference. Your body may absorb powder more quickly since it's already dissolved. Your digestive system would need to break down a capsule.
One serving of most magnesium L-threonate supplements is multiple tablets. Most manufacturers recommend taking half of the dose in the morning and the rest in the evening.
Make sure to follow the dosage instructions given by the product manufacturer.
How Much Do You Need?
Your magnesium needs depend on age, sex, and whether you are pregnant.
Here are recommended dietary allowances (RDAs) and adequate intakes, measured in milligrams:
National Institutes of Health: Office of Dietary Supplements. Magnesium - health professional fact sheet.
Age Men Women Pregnant People Breastfeeding People
14-18 years 410 360 400 360
19-30 years 400 310 350 310
31 years and older 420 320 360 320
Is Magnesium L-Threonate Safe for Everyone?
People who have kidney disease may avoid magnesium supplements.
The kidneys remove excess magnesium from the body. Magnesium levels may rise to dangerous levels if the kidneys cannot function.
Potential Drug Interactions
Magnesium supplementation can decrease your body's absorption of certain drugs. Other drugs can deplete magnesium stores.
Speak with a doctor before starting a magnesium supplement if you take:
- Antibiotics: Magnesium can decrease the absorption of certain antibiotics. Take antibiotics two hours before or 4-6 hours after magnesium.
- Biphosphonates: Magnesium can lower the absorption of osteoporosis drugs. Make sure to take them at least two hours apart.
- Diuretics: Water pills like Midamor (amiloride) can cause high magnesium levels. Loop and thiazide diuretics can increase urinary magnesium loss.
- Thyroid medications: Magnesium can lower thyroid hormone absorption and effectiveness. Separate them by at least four hours.
Can You Take Too Much?
Taking extremely high amounts of magnesium L-threonate may lead to magnesium toxicity, which can cause:
- Depression
- Hypotension (low blood pressure)
- Nausea or vomiting
- Urine retention
- Death
The FDA has established tolerable upper intake levels (ULs) for magnesium based on age. However, there are no ULs for infants aged 0-6 months. Your UL is the same as that of your general age group if you are pregnant.
The ULs include:
- 1-3 years: 65 mg
- 4-8 years: 110 mg
- 9-18 years: 350 mg
- 19 years and older: 350 mg
What Side Effects Should You Watch For?
The side effects of magnesium L-threonate are not well-known. Eating foods rich in magnesium usually does not cause harm, even in large amounts.
Magnesium supplements are generally safe. However, taking excess magnesium from dietary supplements could lead to side effects like:
- Abdominal (belly) cramps
- Diarrhea
- Nausea
Wednesday, October 7, 2026
Leta Powell Drake Interview with Jane Alexander
Junket interview with Jane Alexander regarding the film Night Crossing. Conducted in 1982. Interview broadcast on KOLN/KGIN-TV (Lincoln, NE).
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What’s The Deal With The Monster In ‘Primetime’?
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| https://guides.justwatch.com/us/primetime-monster-explained |
For as dreamlike and psychological as it is, Primetime (2026) is a grounded movie. It presents Chris Hansen’s crusade against child predators as simultaneously noble and selfish. He’s desperate to find a “whale” to put To Catch A Predator (2004) at the forefront of television and will use everything and everyone as a tool to get the job done. His desire for fame and praise is his true motive, but he claims to co-workers that it’s to rid the world of a monster, a primordial evil lurking in the shadows.
That may all seem very metaphorical, but he’s actually being dead serious. Throughout Primetime’s 110-minute runtime, at the film’s darkest moments, a strange monster looms in the background, watching Chris, but never acting. But what exactly is this monster’s deal, and what’s it doing in a film about the making of To Catch A Predator?
While glimpses of the monster are occasionally seen in some of the earlier moments of Primetime, it’s not until Chris Hansen tells the story of how he got his bracelet from India to Dan, one of the show’s actors, that we learn why it’s here.
According to Chris, he got the bracelet while in India doing a story that would eventually net him an Emmy. In Chris’ version of the story, he was investigating missing children in small Indian villages and trying to discover where they disappeared to, unconvinced that these kids wandered into the woods, were mauled by wolves, and left for dead. He eventually finds a local girl who told him that she saw a monstrous creature in a cave that had taken the children and fled from it. The fate of this predatory creature is never explained, but the moment stuck with Chris and emboldened him to create To Catch A Predator to, as he put it, cleanse the world of this ancient evil.
From there, the monster’s appearances are more frequent as Chris becomes more and more reckless in his efforts to find his whale, which is eventually revealed to be a Texas district attorney named Bill Conradt. The monster replaces Conradt in several shots, and even after Conradt’s suicide, the monster appears in the woods watching Chris before eventually disappearing into the night.
Besides being creepy, what exactly was the purpose of putting such an unsettling monster in a fairly grounded psychological thriller?
On face value, the monster represents the horrors of what mankind is capable of. Within our modern society, pedophilia is considered one of the worst crimes a person can commit, to the point where special protections have to be given to convicted pedophiles because of the amount of violence and harm done to them by other inmates. It’s a truly heinous act, and Chris’s story details an eye-opening encounter he had in a reclusive area of the world. These monsters are everywhere, and because few people have the means or ability to help, Chris sometimes sees himself as the only person willing and capable of doing this task, selfish tendencies notwithstanding.
But it’s never enough for him. Conradt was his whale, and he saw the monster again in him. A large presence that has the wealth and means to circumvent the system and do what he wants. He’s the contemporary version of this evil. But when Conradt kills himself, the horror of it all breaks Chris. He witnesses the monster outside the house, showing that there will always be a monster to chase. There will always be sexual predators out there that need to be stopped, and while he may have unintentionally killed one of them, the monster is still out there. While we never follow up on Chris after the raid, seeing him mumbling catchphrases to himself and asking what would have happened if he wasn’t there may show that he realized that what he does is never enough. After all, the monster is still out there.
Chris’s story, and the frequent appearances of the creature, all help to vary Primetime’s visuals and add some thematic layers to a movie that could have just relished in exploitative shlock. But did it actually happen?
The answer is yes and no. Primetime seems to be merging two separate investigations that Chris Hansen conducted into one singular moment, most likely to help make its story more dramatic. While Chris did go to India for an investigation that did win him an Emmy, it was for child slave labor in the silk trade, not for children going missing in rural communities. Not only that, but instead of it taking place in 1996, it happened in 2002, way after what Primetime claims.
However, Chris Hansen did lead an investigation into Cambodia in 2003 to uncover the sex trafficking of underage children. Predators (2025) actually showcases some of the clips and confrontations he has with one of the predators he uncovers, and offers a more uplifting reason for why he started To Catch A Predator—to protect children. And, of course, there was no ancient evil at the root of these encounters. Just horrible men who wanted to do horrible things to kids. Primetime may have sensationalized Chris Hansen’s journalism to make his motives more compelling, but at the very least, it’s somewhat rooted in fact. Somewhat.
Monday, October 5, 2026
A list of Akira Kurosawa's 100 favourite films of all time
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| https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/akira-kurosawa-100-favourite-films/ |
Akira Kurosawa, the iconic Japanese director and screenwriter whose career lasted 57 prolific years, is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema.
Having directed over 30 movies throughout his career, Kurosawa worked his way through the film industry having ended his brief spell as a painter back in 1936. As a director in training, Kurosawa worked as an assistant director to the famed filmmaker of the time Kajirō Yamamoto who, in turn, nurtured his talent by increasing his responsibilities as part of the team and inevitably teaching Kurosawa the core values of cinema art.
Kurosawa eventually made his directional debut during World War Two, releasing the popular action film Sanshiro Sugata. Following the end of the war, the Japanese filmmaker’s career was beginning to flourish, and the release of the critically acclaimed 1948 film Drunken Angel signified a significant moment in the making of Kurosawa.
The likes of Rashomon, Ikiru, Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, Kagemusha and Ran followed in what proved to be a hugely successful and expansive career for Kurosawa, who would influence leading names in cinema such as Martin Scorsese, George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, Federico Fellini, and more. “One thing that distinguishes Akira Kurosawa is that he didn’t just make a masterpiece or two masterpieces,” Coppola once said of Kurosawa. “He made eight masterpieces”.
Now, in reflection, the praise for Kurosawa is longstanding and written in the archives despite perhaps being slightly overlooked while in his prime. Swedish director Ingmar Bergman once called his own film The Virgin Spring “touristic” and “a lousy imitation of Kurosawa” and, somewhat amazingly, added: “At that time my admiration for the Japanese cinema was at its height. I was almost a samurai myself”.
Following his death at the age of 88, the posthumous book Yume wa tensai de aru (A Dream is a Genius) was published with the approval of Kurosawa’s family. As part of that book, publishers were able to pull together a comprehensive list of the director’s favourite films of all time.
His daughter, Kazuko Kurosawa, detailed the formation of her father’s list, said: “My father always said that the films he loved were too many to count, and to make a top ten rank. That explains why you cannot find in this list many of the titles of the films he regarded as wonderful.”
She added: “The principle of the choice is: one film for one director, entry of the unforgettable films about which I and my father had a lovely talk, and of some ideas on cinema that he had cherished but did not express in public. This is the way I made a list of 100 films of Kurosawa’s choice.
Below, featuring the likes of Hitchcock, Fellini, Coppola and more.
Akira Kurosawa’s 100 favourite films:
1. Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl – Griffith, 1919.
2. Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari [The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari] -Wiene, 1920.
3. Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler – Ein Bild der Zeit (Part 1 – Part 2) [Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler] – Lang, 1922.
4. The Gold Rush – Chaplin, 1925.
5. La Chute de la Maison Usher [The Fall of the House of Usher] – Jean Epstein, 1928.
6. Un Chien Andalou [An Andalusian Dog] – Bunuel, 1928.
7. Morocco – von Sternberg, 1930.
8. Der Kongress Tanzt – Charell, 1931.
9. Die 3groschenoper [The Threepenny Opera] – Pabst, 1931.
10. Leise Flehen Meine Lieder [Lover Divine] – Forst, 1933.
11. The Thin Man – Dyke, 1934.
12. Tonari no Yae-chan [My Little Neighbour, Yae] – Shimazu, 1934.
13. Tange Sazen yowa: Hyakuman ryo no tsubo [Sazen Tange and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo] – Yamanaka, 1935.
14. Akanishi Kakita [Capricious Young Men] – Itami, 1936.
15. La Grande Illusion [The Grand Illusion] – Renoir, 1937.
16. Stella Dallas – Vidor, 1937.
17. Tsuzurikata Kyoshitsu [Lessons in Essay] – Yamamoto, 1938.
18. Tsuchi [Earth] – Uchida, 1939.
19. Ninotchka – Lubitsch, 1939.
20. Ivan Groznyy I, Ivan Groznyy II: Boyarsky Zagovor [Ivan the Terrible Parts I and II] – Eisenstein, 1944-46.
21. My Darling Clementine – Ford, 1946.
22. It’s a Wonderful Life – Capra, 1946.
23. The Big Sleep – Hawks, 1946.
24. Ladri di Biciclette [The Bicycle Thief] [Bicycle Thieves] – De Sica, 1948.
25. Aoi sanmyaku [The Green Mountains] – Imai, 1949.
26. The Third Man – Reed, 1949.
27. Banshun [Late Spring] – Ozu, 1949.
28. Orpheus – Cocteau, 1949.
29. Karumen kokyo ni kaeru [Carmen Comes Home] – Kinoshita, 1951.
30. A Streetcar Named Desire – Kazan, 1951.
31. Thérèse Raquin [The Adultress] – Carne 1953.
32. Saikaku ichidai onna [The Life of Oharu] – Mizoguchi, 1952.
33. Viaggio in Italia [Journey to Italy] – Rossellini, 1953.
34. Gojira [Godzilla] – Honda, 1954.
35. La Strada – Fellini, 1954.
36. Ukigumo [Floating Clouds] – Naruse, 1955.
37. Pather Panchali [Song of the Road] – Ray, 1955.
38. Daddy Long Legs – Negulesco, 1955.
39. The Proud Ones – Webb, 1956.
40. Bakumatsu taiyoden [Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate] – Kawashima, 1957.
41. The Young Lions – Dmytryk, 1957.
42. Les Cousins [The Cousins] – Chabrol, 1959.
43. Les Quarte Cents Coups [The 400 Blows] – Truffaut, 1959.
44. A bout de Souffle [Breathless] – Godard, 1959.
45. Ben-Hur – Wyler, 1959.
46. Ototo [Her Brother] – Ichikawa, 1960.
47. Une aussi longue absence [The Long Absence] – Colpi, 1960.
48. Le Voyage en Ballon [Stowaway in the Sky] – Lamorisse, 1960.
49. Plein Soleil [Purple Noon] – Clement, 1960.
50. Zazie dans le métro [Zazie on the Subway] – Malle, 1960.
51. L’Annee derniere a Marienbad [Last Year in Marienbad] – Resnais, 1960).
52. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? – Aldrich, 1962.
53. Lawrence of Arabia – Lean, 1962.
54. Melodie en sous-sol [Any Number Can Win] – Verneuil, 1963.
55. The Birds – Hitchcock, 1963.
56. Il Deserto Rosso [The Red Desert]- Antonioni, 1964.
57. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? – Nichols, 1966.
58. Bonnie and Clyde – Penn, 1967.
59. In the Heat of the Night – Jewison, 1967.
60. The Charge of the Light Brigade – Richardson, 1968.
61. Midnight Cowboy – Schlesinger, 1969.
62. MASH – Altman, 1970.
63. Johnny Got His Gun – Trumbo, 1971.
64. The French Connection – Friedkin, 1971.
65. El espíritu de la colmena [Spirit of the Beehive] – Erice, 1973.
66. Solyaris [Solaris] – Tarkovsky, 1972.
67. The Day of the Jackal – Zinneman, 1973.
68. Gruppo di famiglia in un interno [Conversation Piece] – Visconti, 1974.
69. The Godfather Part II – Coppola, 1974.
70. Sandakan hachibanshokan bohkyo [Sandakan 8] – Kumai, 1974.
71. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – Forman, 1975.
72. O, Thiassos [The Travelling Players] -Angelopoulos, 1975.
73. Barry Lyndon – Kubrick, 1975.
74. Daichi no komoriuta [Lullaby of the Earth] – Masumura, 1976.
75. Annie Hall – Allen, 1977.
76. Neokonchennaya pyesa dlya mekhanicheskogo pianino [Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano] – Mikhalkov, 1977.
77. Padre Padrone [My Father My Master] (P. & V. Taviani, 1977.
78. Gloria (Cassavetes, 1980.
79. Harukanaru yama no yobigoe [A Distant Cry From Spring] – Yamada, 1980.
80. La Traviata – Zeffirelli, 1982.
81. Fanny och Alexander [Fanny and Alexander] – Bergman, 1982.
82. Fitzcarraldo – Herzog, 1982.
83. The King of Comedy – Scorsese, 1983.
84. Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence – Oshima, 1983.
85. The Killing Fields – Joffe 1984.
86. Stranger Than Paradise – Jarmusch, 1984.
87. Dongdong de Jiaqi [A Summer at Grandpa’s] – Hou, 1984.
88. Paris, Texas – Wenders, 1984.
89. Witness – Weir, 1985.
90. The Trip to Bountiful – Masterson, 1985.
91. Otac na sluzbenom putu [When Father was Away on Business] – Kusturica, 1985.
92. The Dead – Huston, 1987.
93. Khane-ye doust kodjast? [Where is the Friend’s Home] – Kiarostami, 1987.
94. Baghdad Cafe [Out of Rosenheim] – Adlon, 1987.
95. The Whales of August – Anderson, 1987.
96. Running on Empty – Lumet, 1988.
97. Tonari no totoro [My Neighbour Totoro] – Miyazaki, 1988.
98. A un [Buddies] – Furuhata, 1989.
99. La Belle Noiseuse [The Beautiful Troublemaker] – Rivette, 1991.
100. Hana-bi [Fireworks] – Kitano, 1997.
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