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This is exactly true. Calcium CANNOT desolve without magnesium so it deposits in our tissues and organs. Plaque in arteries, asthma, kidney stones, gall stones, etc. etc.
mag binds to 13 different things so people need to make sure they take the right kind and do NOT take oxide.
Lots of things work better when taken with another supplement.
You can make C and E both work better in the body if you take them together. Add NAC along with C and E and they all work better even more.
Frequently you see calcium/magnesium/zinc all in one tablet.
In all fairness, minerals and vitamins are highly interactive, and too much of one will likely throw the balance off somewhat.
Earl Mindell’s Vitamin Bible was unusual, in that it listed many of these interactions.
However, just as important is that people vary considerably in their use and retention of vitamins and minerals, so unless you go to the point of getting a blood test to establish that you have no dangerous highs or lows of particular vitamins and minerals you should exercise caution in taking mega-doses or going to extremes.
One recent case to illustrate this was of a young man who unintentionally managed to give himself lethal magnesium poisoning, in a way thought unlikely.
Epsom salts (Magnesium sulfate) has long been used both as a laxative and as a soothing bath salt. This is generally regarded as safe, because magnesium salt is not readily absorbed, but actually causes the intestine to excrete water, and thus its effect. And while it is also absorbed through the skin in a bath, not that much is absorbed.
However, the young man had halitosis, which he decided to treat by gargling with Epsom salts water, every day for a month. Thus he was able to absorb a small amount every day, enough to cause a lethal overdose. By the time he showed the symptoms of muscle cramping, within 48 hours he was dead, despite hospitalization.
But there are many variables in vitamins and minerals. Iron, for example. Many women develop a chronic shortage of iron in their blood, but men, conversely, have a tendency to have a little too much in theirs. Thus the iron supplement Geritol was always pitched just to women.
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