Posted by Larry Hoover on October 22, 2003, at 15:28:16
In reply to Re: magnesium...Dinah, rianny ?Larry Hoover , posted by rianny on October 21, 2003, at 20:42:52
> I just took Mag-Cal supplement last night before I go to sleep. Today...I felt sooooo different. I kind of felt more calm and....well really hard to explain. Also, I was suffering from dry eye syndrome and skin peeling in mouth. The skin peeling is almost completely gone, and dry eye symtoms are definitely lessened. I also started to take fish oil since last night. So, I really don't know if it's fish oil or magnesium.
Calmness is associated with magnesium. It potentiates GABA receptors all by itself. Fish oil is associated with healing of dry skin, but I'm surprised it happened quickly like that.
In any case, I hope you're encouraged to continue using these supps. ;-)
> You also mentioned about Vitamin D. Could all-in-one vitamin/mineral supplement just be helpful to consume magnesium and Vitamin D?
You need far more magnesium than is available in any multi I've ever seen. A ballpark intake target would be 500-800 mg/day elemental magnesium. But don't start at that dose. Start at 200 or 300 mg/day, and work up by hundreds, if possible. Or split the dose over the course of the day, so there is a high spike of concentration in the gut.
Re: vitamin D, you should be shooting for about 400 IU/day, but not exceeding 2,000 IU/day.
> I never had this much difference with any other supplement (I've tried flaxed seed oil, inositol, niacin, and so on...) I know it is not placebo effect because physical symptoms are also improved. It's amazing...I just took it once. Maybe today's just a lucky day. I'll keep trying to take Cal-Mag supplement and post whatever new happens. Perhaps my body lacks magnesium....???Magnesium deficiency is the second most common deficiency in the United States, next to zinc.
Lar
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