Here’s the thing people don’t realize; magnesium makes 350 other nutrients, aminos, hormones, etc., sync with your system. So...you can appear to be low in potassium, Vit. D, calcium, on and on but you’re really deficient in mag.
Mag binds to 13 substances, some of which are not absorbably, and some of which are. The best forms are glycinate, taureate (sp), malate. Once you get on a good does of the right kind of mag, your mind will be blown on all the weird little things you could be struggling with.
I can spew a list of them but familar things are restless leg, frequent urination, plaque on arteries, asthma, kidney stones, depression, body pain....
Do you have a good general “rule-of-thumb” amount of magnesium one should take daily? Is it still supposed to be half of the amount of calcium you take? I think the government RDA or RDI is usually pretty low.
Magnesium citrate. What would be a good dosage? Too much would disturb your bowels. But some regularly will kepp from forming calcium oxalate kidney stones, I think.
I had high hopes for Mg; tried all available variations (can’t tolerate Mg-oxide at all) but no improvements in symptoms (including a couple of disorders on your list). In fact, slept all of 3 hours last night. But other people should give supplementation a try in case they are deficient.
Magnesium is the regulator for Calcium, but flushing out excess calcium in your body also slightly depletes your Magnesium. Americans have a very high calcium diet with all the dairy products we consume. The interesting twist is that if your magnesium levels get too low, your body looses the ability to regulate Calcium and you may end up calcium deficient, while eating too much calcium. This is why in a society that has a naturally high calcium intake, we suffer often from osteoporosis!
A sure sign of magnesium deficiency is muscle cramps. If you suffer from cramps a quick remedy is a powdered magnesium citrate supplement you mix in water and drink. If the cramps are due to magnesium deficiency your cramps will clear up in minutes.
Magnesium is stored on the surface of your bones, you should over time restore your magnesium supply. Do not take more than 1000 mg of magnesium in a single dose, it puts ex-lax to shame.
Note that the above mentioned forms are more usable to the body than the oxide form. Magnesium Oxide is cheaper, but you will get more for your money with the better vitamins.
Magnesium is known as a Macro Mineral, critical to the proper functioning of the body. Note that the soil in America in most areas is low in magnesium so Americans tend to be deficient if they do not take steps to correct the issue.
By the way, fast food is NOT a good source of magnesium, The burger wrapper probably has more magnesium in the ink than the burger does. (not a suggestion to eat wrappers)
Thanks, great post, learned a lot.
Magnesium is wonderful...helps with insomnia and much more.