Posted by JLx on March 29, 2003, at 11:28:39
In reply to Re: Miraculous results with magnesium!, posted by Ellen S. on March 29, 2003, at 9:02:41
> Interesting. It appears that the recommended level of magnesium is about 400 mg/day (see http://www.nationaldairycouncil.org/lvl04/nutrilib/digest/dairydigest_686e.htm ) and 700 mg/day is considered safe (this is the "no observed adverse effects level" -- see http://www.crnusa.org/about_safety.html ).
I've always taken a carefully chosen multi-vitamin/mineral, and also took calcium/magnesium supplements (until I had a calclium kidney stone that is) and had no idea that I could be magnesium deficient. I didn't realize, for instance, that in the supplement I was taking the magnesium was a poorly absorbed kind so that I wasn't really getting much, if any, magnesium at all.
This article http://www.drlam.com/A3R_brief_in_doc_format/1999-No3-MagnesiumandAging.cfm notes that the RDA for magnesium is about 2 mg per pound of body weight, which the typical American diet rarely meets. Whereas Asians, Dr. Lam says, already get 3.-4.5 mg per pound of body weight.
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