Re: Magnesium alternatives
First of all, do not take high magnesium dosages together with zinc, it is nausea within 5 minutes.
Alternatives to citrate is malate; or a mix of those two.
Divide dosage if nausea! 400 mg in three dosages througout the day is much better than one go of it.
It may be a utilization problem, or the uptake is not up to par, yet.
Other alternatives are magnesium oil / chloride, not transdermally, but taken in a capsule you make yourself, or just in a glass of water. (Salt make it more palatable, IMO.)
Also make sure your magnesium supplement doesnt contain dicalcium phospate; or calcium carbonate. This will neutralize the stomach acid and prevent the magnesium uptake.
A good site I have learned alot from lately;
"BEST MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS
Mg-glycinate is best absorbed , famous for sedation , sweet taste
Mg-malate is easily absorbed , famous for energy and fibromyalgia pain, cheap , tolerable, but has bad taste
Mg-gluconate is easily absorbed.
Mg-salicylate is in Doan's pills.
Mg-citrate is famous for vulvodynia and kidney/gall stones, is a very mild laxative
Mg-sulfate or
Epsom Salt , mild laxative. Sulfate is an excretion product of amino acid degradation. Magnesium sulfate should have an acid reaction the same as adding sulfuric acid to a normal diet. Since sulfate is an excretion product, it is probably disadvantageous and can be dangerous in large amounts. It is possible to receive a lethal dose of magnesium just from gargling with
Epsom Salt [Gerard].
Mg-hydroxide or milk of magnesia , antacid , mild laxative
Mg-chloride is used in Europe and Russia. It should have the same acid reaction as adding hydrochloric acid to a normal diet, whatever that is, but should be easiest for the body to adjust pH.
Mg-oxide has been thought to be poorly absorbed. However research has shown this as probably not so. It is a laxative, cheapest (should be physiologically the same as Mg-hydroxide), and is found in drug .stores.
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