Magnesium deficiency

[Sabaarya]

Hi everyone..

I just got my blood results and I’m my magnesium level is low. There are different types of magnesium,which one is more beneficial? I’m confused and don’t know which one should I get…

thank you

Saba

[Blue-Sky]

You can use any type you want. Some are absorbed more than others but might also be more expensive. You can google the bioavailability of the particular type of magnesium listed on the package. That will tell you how much will be absorbed. Then you can adjust the dosage accordingly.

[Sabaarya]

51 minutes ago, Blue_Sky said:

You can use any type you want. Some are absorbed more than others but might also be more expensive. You can google the bioavailability of the particular type of magnesium listed on the package. That will tell you how much will be absorbed. Then you can adjust the dosage accordingly.

My doctor didn’t mention which one,he just said Magnesium 400mg 

[Posterboy]

Sabaarya,

For Magnesium Form definitely matters.

The easiest and best forms to take are Magnesium Glycinate (most expensive) and Magnesium Citrate.

Don't take Magnesium Citrate as a powder until you have found how it is going to affect you. It is so quick dissolving as a powder (in water) that it can act as mild a laxative.  In Tablet/Pills and liquid gels you shouldn't have this problem.

Take it with meals and you should be fine. Also find Bentotiamine (the fat soluble Vitamin B1) supplement  to take them with.......found in the diabetic section of most vitamin/supplement shops.

If you are low in Magnesium you will also be low in Thiamine aka Vitamin B1.

See this article that bears this out

Entitled "Thiamine refractory Wernickes encephalopathy (from low Vitamin B1) reversed with magnesium therapy"

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5093844/

Magnesium is a co-factor for thiamine so you are also low in Thiamine too!  It wouldn't hurt to also take a B-Complex with your meals.  You are NEVER low in just one B-Vitamin.  The cascade of deficiencies will begin with one Vitamin/Mineral but affect 4 or 5 other vitamins at the same time (often)....

This interconnections are laid out well in this article...

https://www.deannaminich.com/vitamin-and-mineral-interactions-the-complex-relationship-of-essential-nutrients/

I call it a "Web of Life" but when these links begin (Vitamin deficiencies) to break the spider of sickness pays you a visit.

I never tested low in Magnesium but from all my symptom's like Chronic Fatigue and Charley Horses I had....it was obvious I was low in Magnesium (which not surprisingly) went away after I started supplementing with Magnesium Citrate.

Also see this article from the Kidney Coach that explains why Magnesium Citrate is the best form of Magnesium too take!

https://www.kidneycoach.com/causes-of-kidney-disease/magnesium-citrate-its-use-in-renal-disease/

I hope this is helpful but it is  not medical advice.

Posterboy,

[Blue-Sky]

20 hours ago, Sabaarya said:

My doctor didn’t mention which one,he just said Magnesium 400mg 

I am not sure...probably 400mg of whichever type you want would be fine.

[Sabaarya]

1 hour ago, Posterboy said:

Sabaarya,

For Magnesium Form definitely matters.

The easiest and best forms to take are Magnesium Glycinate (most expensive) and Magnesium Citrate.

Don't take Magnesium Citrate as a powder until you have found how it is going to affect you. It is so quick dissolving as a powder (in water) that it can act as mild a laxative.  In Tablet/Pills and liquid gels you shouldn't have this problem.

Take it with meals and you should be fine. Also find Bentotiamine (the fat soluble Vitamin B1) supplement  to take them with.......found in the diabetic section of most vitamin/supplement shops.

If you are low in Magnesium you will also be low in Thiamine aka Vitamin B1.

See this article that bears this out

Entitled "Thiamine refractory Wernickes encephalopathy (from low Vitamin B1) reversed with magnesium therapy"

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5093844/

Magnesium is a co-factor for thiamine so you are also low in Thiamine too!  It wouldn't hurt to also take a B-Complex with your meals.  You are NEVER low in just one B-Vitamin.  The cascade of deficiencies will begin with one Vitamin/Mineral but affect 4 or 5 other vitamins at the same time (often)....

This interconnections are laid out well in this article...

https://www.deannaminich.com/vitamin-and-mineral-interactions-the-complex-relationship-of-essential-nutrients/

I call it a "Web of Life" but when these links begin (Vitamin deficiencies) to break the spider of sickness pays you a visit.

I never tested low in Magnesium but from all my symptom's like Chronic Fatigue and Charley Horses I had....it was obvious I was low in Magnesium (which not surprisingly) went away after I started supplementing with Magnesium Citrate.

Also see this article from the Kidney Coach that explains why Magnesium Citrate is the best form of Magnesium too take!

https://www.kidneycoach.com/causes-of-kidney-disease/magnesium-citrate-its-use-in-renal-disease/

I hope this is helpful but it is  not medical advice.

Posterboy,

Thank you so much. I do take B12 1000mg and iron supplement,also D and will take Magnesium as well.  I was taking them once in a while but doctor said that I should take them everyday…