Posted by Larry Hoover on June 14, 2003, at 11:12:44
In reply to Re: Magnesium as a sleep aid, posted by Maxime on June 11, 2003, at 19:52:24
> Since it's Magnesium Citrate that causes the runs, will taking magnesium malate alone promote sleep?
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> If you have to go to the hospital for test re. your stomach you have to drink a bottle of magnesium citrate the night before to clean you out .....
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> hence my question
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> MaxAt high doses, any magnesium salt will clean you out. This is purely an effect of concentration in the gut, not specifically because it's magnesium citrate.
Individuals vary in their tolerance to magnesium salts. Ron seems to do fine at 800 mg magnesium a day. Others would not get far from the toilet at that dose.
Start at low doses, and work up until your bowels loosen. Back down about 1/4 on the dose, and that's your crude tolerance level. You may find your body adapts to the magnesium intake, such that you can try higher doses later, without getting the runs.
Lar
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