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Lots of discussion on supplements in the comments (which are totally fine). But for additional info, sources of dietary magnesium are (descending concentration): spinach/chard, pumpkin seeds, yogurt, almonds, black beans, avocado, figs, dark chocolate, banana.

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I would also like to add quinoa, broccoli, and peas. There is a salad I frequently make which I call the 'Max-nesium salad'. It's pretty much just a combination of spinach/chard, raw almond shavings, black beans, quinoa, broccoli, and peas. You can also throw in beets if you like them.

Watch out, that salad is super high in oxalates. I did something similar and got my first kidney stone that way.

"Max-nesium salad" would be just spinach though :) "Tasty and colorful max-nesium salad" would be yours.

Way to shoot my pun out of the sky. My only defense here is to go with the hard definition of a salad being a mixture of vegetables. Which means spinach-only would not constitute a salad. You are however correct that 'Max' would also be something like a bunch of spinach and a couple pumpkin seeds. That doesn't sound great, so I'm willing to drop it to 'Tasty Max-nesium Salad'.

If this is a democracy I say keep your damn Max-nesium salad! Don't let GP's literalism bum you!

Also, magnesium supplements.

Ah, neat. Black beans already form a large part of my diet.

concentration with respect to what?

per serving

Servings can have pretty different amounts of calories, and often people are looking for the cheapest way, rather than simply the densest way. I don't think this list is useful at all.

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