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To: Justa

Did you have a shortage of Mag/Potassium before taking the supplements? Were you taking Mag/ Potassium depleting meds?

What sort of “heart issues” did you have? Was your diet short in Mag./Potassium? None of these things would be answered by a stress test. If you had a treatable condition that could be helped by additional minerals then by all means take them but since I don’t suffer from those problems my taking your supplement would be wasted money.

If having enough vitamins makes a person healthy having twice enough will not make them any healthier.


84 posted on 12/19/2013 5:55:37 AM PST by count-your-change (you don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough)
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To: count-your-change

My diet was balanced but obviously lacked what I needed for magnesium and postassium.

I don’t think many people believe taking massive doses will make them healthier, just give them a consistent supply of what their body needs to heal itself and operate efficiently. For example, I take ~120,000% of the RDA of vitamins B6 and B12. This is to provide more energy/boost metabolism which counterbalances blood sugar spiking from diabetes. The 5-hr. Energy I occasionally take on weekend outings helps greatly too. The magnesium I take is several thousand times RDA. In these cases it is the right amount for me as lower levels have noticably negative effects on my well-being.

My (very excellent) physician wholeheartedly agrees with the B suppliments and approved of the magnesium although he didn’t correlate it (or anything) with my previous heart complaints.


88 posted on 12/19/2013 6:14:24 AM PST by Justa
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