Posted by Larry Hoover on March 30, 2003, at 8:04:59
In reply to Lazy girl wants magnesium answers..., posted by kara lynne on March 30, 2003, at 0:36:03
> I promise to go and read the above threads--just as soon as I have more energy from the magnesium I am going to start taking. In the meantime can someone just post a guideline or is it too complicated? Glycinate is good, or malate if I have fibro symptoms (which I do)? If I were to walk in a health food store tomorrow, with a very sensitive digestive system, what would someone recommend I start at? I know I'm being lazy, but maybe someone will indulge me--if I promise to read more later!
Magnesium chloride will probably give you the most "bang for the buck", but if you have fibro, I'd lean towards the malate. If you have trouble finding the latter in a store, I can tell you where you can get some on the net at a good price.
You want to get at least 400 mg per day of magnesium, working up to closer to 2000 mg/day for fibro sufferers. To avoid stomach upset and diarrhea, you need to spread the intake out over the day, as the concentration in the gut at any moment in time determines whether you'll get diarrhea or not.
Some people tend to get drowsy with magnesium, so if you do, schedule yuour doses to get more in the evening.
Lar
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