Posted by JLx on March 29, 2003, at 9:56:15
In reply to Re: Miraculous results with magnesium!, posted by SLS on March 29, 2003, at 7:41:18
> > I started on magnesium glycinate and quit my meds (Zoloft, Provigil) 24 hours later because I was already feeling so much better.
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> How much magnesium are you taking?
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> Is one form of magnesium more effective than another?
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> Thanks.
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> - ScottI started out taking 1,000 mg and have varied up and down from that each day, as I've been experimenting. At first, I ordered the exact type of magnesium glycinate from Carlson labs that George Eby said had worked for him, but now I am trying magnesium citrate and so far, so good.
My understanding is that certain types are more absorbable than others, with magnesium chloride being the most easily absorbed, and magnesium glycinate, magnesium citrate and magnesium malate also being highly absorbable. Epsom salt baths are another way to increase magnesium intake. You can also take Epsom salts orally but only if diluted -- much diluted and spaced out throughout the day -- to avoid the laxative effect. According to Eby's website, it's important to avoid altogether certain other types, such as magnesium aspartate.
There's a lot to plow through on that site, but I've found ALL of the info there to be extremely valuable -- sometimes the hard way. ;)
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