Posted by JLx on September 23, 2003, at 6:30:12
In reply to JLx, Re: Magnesium Miracle Revisited, posted by McPac on September 22, 2003, at 21:01:10
I hear ya. I don't mind the taking-handfuls-of-pills aspect so much as keeping track of taking what when and not with each other, such as "don't take magnesium with probiotics", "don't take magnesium with high fat meals", and with food or without? Carolyn Dean, M.D. in "The Miracle of Magnesium" said to take it on an empty stomach, but I think this increases my likelihood of having it cause diarrhea.
Perhaps I am confused about magnesium AND calcium also. My understanding of what I've read, mostly from Eby's site, is that the magnesium and calcium combos are to increase absorption/effectiveness of the CALCIUM, and that much of the magnesium is "undone" so to speak, by the presence of the calcium. So, if you want magnesium and its effects, then it should be taken separately. Wrong?
One thing I've tried is the liquid laxative version of magnesium citrate like you find in any drugstore, because I didn't see why it wouldn't be the same as what's in the mag citrate supplements and it's very cheap. The bottle says, "Active ingredient: magnesium citrate 1.745 gr/fl oz", so I just put a small amount like that in my daily water jug. Unfortunately, it also has saccharin and sucrose in it, which I thought set off my sugar-addiction, but maybe I didn't give it enough of a chance -- I only tried it twice -- because it seems like there would be a very small amount of each in only one ounce.
Then I started making magnesium laced lemonade with Epsom salts, glycine and sweetened with stevia. My "recipe" is one bottle of frozen Minute Maid lemon juice + the juice of one fresh lemon, approx. 40 oz of distilled water, 2 rounded half teaspoons (which happened to be the only measuring spoon I could lay my hands on! :))of Epsom salt, one rounded half teaspoon of glycine and stevia to taste. The kind of stevia I buy is stevia glycerite, liquid, and I use 4-7 droppers, depending on how much is in each dropperful. According to George Eby on his site, one rounded teaspoon of Epsom Salt is 1 gram of magnesium. I added the glycine to make it be more like magnesium glycinate. I started doing this to save money on the magnesium -- and then it dawned on me that I was spending $2 a day on the lemon juice!
I'm thinking of trying cherry juice next, if it's cheaper or just choking it down without any flavoring as this liquid version of magnesium feels pretty good to me. If I space it out throughout the day, drinking only a half cup or so at at time, I don't get diarrhea.
> JLx,
> I've searched high and low to find a Liquid calcium/magnesium supp. in a 1:1 ratio in absorbable forms---incredibly hard to find, even on the 'net! Every place loves selling that garbage mag. oxide and that junk calc. carbonate...sooooo hard to find good forms of both in a liquid combo w/ 1:1 ratio (closest I've found is a liquid calc/magn. combo, both being in lactate form, but in a 2:1 ratio...that's as good as it gets)...I've never seen glycinate in a liquid form (or taurate either I don't think).....I'm sick of trying to choke down all these supps I have to take...the mag. glycinate tablets are big and make me gag...I'll pay more to take liquids, sick of gagging on sooo many supps every day....have you come across any good liquid calc/mag combos? Hey, also, I'm looking into that Neuro site that you posted about...they are gonna get back w/ me about trying to find me a place nearby to go to for that....later and take care!!!!
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