Posted by Larry Hoover on April 2, 2003, at 16:24:32
In reply to Re: Magnesium--HELP anyone » JLx, posted by beardedlady on April 2, 2003, at 16:16:22
> Last night at bedtime, I took a 250 mg. tab of what I bought a week or two ago before reading all the posts. I had the shallowest sleep I've ever had. It was weird and awful.
That sucks. I'm sorry to hear that.
> Here's what the stuff has in it: Magnesium (as magnesium oxide), Microcrystalline cellulose, croscarmellose sodium, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, stearic acid, titanium dioxide, magnesium stearate, hydroxypropyl cellulose, ethylcellulose, povidone, polyethylene glycol, and carnuba wax.
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> What the hell are all those things? Poison?Magnesium oxide is very poorly absorbed, compared to other magnesium compounds. It doesn't even qualify as a salt of magnesium. All the other things are binders, with the exception of the titanium dioxide, which is one of the whitest pigments known.
Lar
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