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This is the mag I've been taking for a while now. Most days 4-6 tabs, so upwards of 600mg total. I might add a lifeExtension mag complex cap to the mix. That seems to be a pretty high dose that you take. 1600mg.
I've not taken the threonate form but looked at it. I believe it's recommended for the brain/memory. It's pricey.
I have vivid dreams MOST nights and not sure what I take that does it, from my sleep combo or the mag or all. I can live with my dreams.
This is the mag I've been taking for a while now. Most days 4-6 tabs, so upwards of 600mg total. I might add a lifeExtension mag complex cap to the mix. That seems to be a pretty high dose that you take. 1600mg.
That's what it says to take, on the bottle. I realize that's a really stupid reason, but I have to take some amount (and I think it should probably be above the RDA which many seem to think is too minimal), so I thought I'd go with it. Well, I might drop down to 1200 or 800mg.
I might buy some magnesium threonate today. Will report back.
That's what it says to take, on the bottle. I realize that's a really stupid reason, but I have to take some amount (and I think it should probably be above the RDA which many seem to think is too minimal), so I thought I'd go with it. Well, I might drop down to 1200 or 800mg.
I might buy some magnesium threonate today. Will report back.
Just talking to another online health friend and we're talking about my dental toothpaste I make up and how it's keeping me from dental cleanings, and this member said as long as he takes in sufficient magnesium it's keeping plaque from building up in the arteries AND the teeth. He uses baking soda and now going to throw in coconut oil since my reports. ummmm
Can you name the mag you take as I'd like to look at the ingredients and dosing.
Personally, I don't think anyone knows how much of anything anyone needs to take for their optimal health and their body.
Linus Pauling took mega mega doses of Vit C and I have an online friend who takes 10K of Vit C daily. Pauling died pretty young considering.
And our food supply is so VOID in nutrients in today's food production.
I wasn't expecting to say anything so quickly about magnesium threonate, but I recommend not wasting your money on it. I slept less well last night than I have been in a while, and I didn't have anything else in my system that could have been responsible (no extra caffeine later in the day or anything like that). I feel a little groggier this morning than I have been feeling. I will presumably try it again at another time. Yeah, I don't know, I really feel more like my usual groggy morning self than I had been feeling since taking the magnesium glycinate.
The magnesium glycinate I've currently been taking is from Solaray.
suzy_q2010, thanks. I'm not that worried about exceeding the RDA per se but I think it is time to drop down some.
Interesting about the mag threonate. Maybe taking a very low dose now and then just "to see" what happens, along with the Solaray. One has to experiment what "fits" best for them. Our bodies are all unique.
I've tried all different brands and forms of magnesium ever since my dr discovered that I was hugely deficient. Nothing seems to work though--my dr said it was probably due to poor absorption on my part. Magnesium is poorly absorbed anyway.
What's been helping is something I learned about on here: magnesium oil. Not really an oil but it's magnesium in solution. I have some that you spray on and then rub in. It's helping somewhat with the chronic insomnia. After all these years of taking magnesium capsules and trying every insomnia supplement I could find. So, in some, if not all cases it's an absorption issue and the "oil" takes care of that.
As a Type 2 diabetic I have high needs for magnesium. I believe I was probably severely deficient when I was diagnosed several years ago. I have read that it really takes a long time to "tank up your stores" so to speak, and yes, it can be poorly absorbed by many due to different reasons. I think I am finally where I should be in that regard. I take different forms, a little at a time during the day. I used to take mag citrate powder as one of the forms, but it gave me too much loose bowels. I now take mag glycinate powder, mag oil, and some mag/calcium/potassium tri-salts powder. Seems to be working for me.
I also take taurine powder, and take the glycinate at the same time. They work together synergistically. Also, the glycinate is supposed to be the best to correct a long term deficiency.
As a Type 2 diabetic I have high needs for magnesium. I believe I was probably severely deficient when I was diagnosed several years ago. I have read that it really takes a long time to "tank up your stores" so to speak, and yes, it can be poorly absorbed by many due to different reasons. I think I am finally where I should be in that regard. I take different forms, a little at a time during the day. I used to take mag citrate powder as one of the forms, but it gave me too much loose bowels. I now take mag glycinate powder, mag oil, and some mag/calcium/potassium tri-salts powder. Seems to be working for me.
I also take taurine powder, and take the glycinate at the same time. They work together synergistically. Also, the glycinate is supposed to be the best to correct a long term deficiency.
We're talking a lot about cataracts and how magnesium deficiency COULD be a great cause of these cataracts and subsequent mega surgeries to remove cataracts.
I posted the below in the cataract area in Alternative.
Boils my blood on so much deficiency and so so little info unless one is in the alternative world of healing and does their own reserarch and work on getting optimal.
Soaking in a warm epsom salt bath is a good way to get mag without the diarrhea problem.
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