Posted by IsoM on March 4, 2003, at 2:02:41
In reply to Re: Calcium and Magnesium » IsoM, posted by KrissyP on March 4, 2003, at 0:38:13
The lips thing happened more than 26 years ago (that's how old my 2nd one is) & I learned early about my B requirements. I used to manage a health food store many years ago too but I wanted to know much more so I've continued to learn. I've taken some university science a fe3w years back.
I'm glad you've got good stress tabs - they never include magnesium, just B vitamins, C, & sometimes zinc or iron. You're better off taking supplements with foods as that's where we neormally find our nutrients - in food. B vitamins are water soluble so taking them on an empty stomach with only water will flush most of it out in your urine. If you think about it almost all vitamins, minerals, & other nutrients occur in foods that stay a while in our stomachs. Only fruits & some vegetables are cleared out fairly quickly. Makes me think vitamin C doesn't need the stomach full to benefit from it. Still, I can't say there's any studies backing this up but it seem sensible to draw conclusions like this from what we find naturally.
Rather than looking for a brand, why not look for the calcium & magnesium commpounds that were used in Soloray instead? It doesn't matter where a certain form of calcium comes from if it's the same compound.
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