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He was an older guy - really nice actually (my 1st time seeing him) and not selling anything. Just reinforced how overall good health is a major factor in oral health. He was a proponent of D3, calcium and a good multi. He said since supplements aren't regulated, he recommends food based ones. He wasn't suggesting anyone start popping supplements, but that if you do need to - choose food based.
Mega Foods produces a good quality food-based product but their minerals are very low in relation to the RDA for each nutrient. For instance, their magnesium has only 50 mg but the RDA is set at 400 mg.
I eat 1-2 canned artichoke hearts every day and only need mag supplements if I eat too much Calcium food like cottage cheese. Epsom salts baths are also helpful. If I don't have enough Mag, I always get restless legs at night and sometimes twitching, so it's easy to tell when I need it.
I feel like ranting about the magnesium supplements that are all magnesium oxide...some stores don't have any alternatives. Yet this form of magnesium is not well absorbed by the body due to its limited water solubility.
The supplement companies really need to get their act together, people are purchasing supplements to improve their nutrition profile....not just pass it through the GI tract!
I agree, and get mine (mag glycinate) from mail order too. It's a very nice form apparently, and, if I empty a capsule into a glass of water, it 'melts' in instantly and makes a very satisfying 'mineral' water, that I especially enjoy on hot summer days.
Magnesium is very important and I just know I don't get enough of it in my diet. It's nice to have supplements as an option! And, as you say, investing in 'good ones' is important too.
Has anyone ever used the powder "Natural Calm". You mix it with water and drink it about an hour before bed. It really does have calming effect and makes me sleepy. I have it every now and then.
(I skip the mag supplements when I drink this stuff, active ingredient is mag citrate)
I recently recommended it to a woman I know who has to take extended release Ambien to sleep, and also suffers from leg cramps. She was amazed at the calming effect it had on her and her legs. She still needs to use Ambien though. It's not a miracle powder.
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I agree about mag oxide. The form I take is magnesium glycinate in capsule form from Vitamin Cottage / Natural Grocers here in Denver, CO. This chain is is many areas now. Mag glycinate doesn't cause diarrhea as much as mag oxide does. It also is highly bio-available...meaning our bodies can use it very easily. I use it for sleep, taking the full dosage before bedtime....400 mg which is the daily recommended allowance for magnesium. Works like a charm most of the time. Personally, I refuse to use anything like Ambien or any of the other similar sleep meds. Ambien causes huge side effects, including hallucinations, and was only developed to be used for **** temporary *** sleep *** problems ***, maybe 2 weeks or so. Most people talk their doctors into prescribing Ambien for years. Docs are doing their patients a disservice by over-prescribing Ambien. Similar to the over-prescribing of opiods aka opiates. All the docs need to do is recommend magnesium for people with long-term sleep problems...a much kinder solution.
BTW....if you really want to know about side effects of any RX medication simply Google this phrase "patient comments about side effects of (hame of medication)". What an eye opener!!!!! I do this any time a doc wants me to take a medication, so consequently, I never take the medication they want me to take. The side effects are ALWAYS worse than the minor health condition I have. I search for the recommended holistic treatments. I always am able to find the solution. Remember this: Rx medications are CHEMICALS. Our body does not react well to chemicals. Our bodies love natural compounds made of "real food"....like magnesium.
I agree about mag oxide. The form I take is magnesium glycinate in capsule form from Vitamin Cottage / Natural Grocers here in Denver, CO. This chain is is many areas now. Mag glycinate doesn't cause diarrhea as much as mag oxide does. It also is highly bio-available...meaning our bodies can use it very easily. I use it for sleep, taking the full dosage before bedtime....400 mg which is the daily recommended allowance for magnesium. Works like a charm most of the time. Personally, I refuse to use anything like Ambien or any of the other similar sleep meds. Ambien causes huge side effects, including hallucinations, and was only developed to be used for **** temporary *** sleep *** problems ***, maybe 2 weeks or so. Most people talk their doctors into prescribing Ambien for years. Docs are doing their patients a disservice by over-prescribing Ambien. Similar to the over-prescribing of opiods aka opiates. All the docs need to do is recommend magnesium for people with long-term sleep problems...a much kinder solution.
BTW....if you really want to know about side effects of any RX medication simply Google this phrase "patient comments about side effects of (hame of medication)". What an eye opener!!!!! I do this any time a doc wants me to take a medication, so consequently, I never take the medication they want me to take. The side effects are ALWAYS worse than the minor health condition I have. I search for the recommended holistic treatments. I always am able to find the solution. Remember this: Rx medications are CHEMICALS. Our body does not react well to chemicals. Our bodies love natural compounds made of "real food"....like magnesium.
It's been absolutely amazing for me. It's like I'd taken a couple of chill out pills except I don't feel like I'm in a fog. And the mood shifts are almost gone. Mostly I take only half the dose, during the day and forget the last two. Sleep isn't a problem for me, but I'll have to start taking the full amount.
The thing I find even more amazing is the sense of calm, even when something happens which is worrysome or problematic. I tend to go into emergency mode when stuff happens, and usually it gets over. But sometimes it doesn't. I learned before one way is to not paralize yourself by seeing no way out by letting fears take over. If you can detach from the fear, then you can see options and remedies and have a realistic sense of how likely it is to begin with. You can take it apart and the huge scary monster may only be shadow of your own collected experience. But if there is something that needs attention, your MIND is clear enough to deal with it.
Perscription meds say they do this, but often they also dull the mind or just zone you out, and that just makes it worse. I wish years ago I'd known about magnesium over meds and how powerful the effect, without the murky feelings. I think I might have made different decisions a few times which would have been better than the drug induced zone out provided.
I wish *doctors* knew enough about nutrition to suggest non pharma solutions to patients who do not wish to take the alternate, at least as an option.
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