Posted by janejane on January 18, 2010, at 9:05:00
In reply to Re: Good Melatonin brand » janejane, posted by ralphrost2 on January 18, 2010, at 7:24:20
Ralph,
If a bottle just says "magnesium chelate" (or even just "magnesium"), you may be able to look at the back to see what form it is. For example, I have one that says "chelated magnesium" on the front, but in the ingredients it specifies that it's magnesium glycinate. This would mean that the magnesium was chelated with glycine. If it says taurate or taurinate, then it would be taurine. Those two would probably both be good choices since the amino acids they are made with are associated with calming. I've read that there is one form called asparate and another called glutamate, which some people say are less desirable for use with depressed people since the aminos they are chelated with are excitatory. (I don't think those two are very common, though.) There are other forms too, but I don't know what the pros and cons would be. If you find one you have a question about, you might be able to look it up.
As for dosing, I think the recommended daily allowance for men is 400 mg per day. You might try 200 to start, and work up as required. I think I remember reading that up to 600 per day is quite safe since it isn't stored in the body and any extra just comes out in your urine.
You can learn a lot more about magnesium by searching the archives here. That's pretty much where I learned what I know. Of course you can ask me more questions if you have them.
-Jane
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