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Old Sun, Feb-09-14, 10:01
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Plan: Mostly Fung/IDM
Stats: 165/138.4/135 Female 63
BF:???/better/???
Progress: 89%
Location: Washington state
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I started taking magnesium many years ago, about the same time I started calcium supplements because the calcium was constipating. Chelated magnesium (those products ending in -ate) is better absorbed by the body. Magnesium oxide has a stronger laxative effect.

Everyone's dose is a little different. The advice I got was to start small - 200 or 250 mg per day. Try that for a few days and if that's not enough, add another 200 - 250 mg. Repeat till you get the degree of regularity you need, then stop. If you go too far, you may get diarrhea, and then you back down. I usually take 400-600 mg per day and I've heard up to 1000 mg is safe.

Is each of your cal/mag/zinc 1000/400/25? That would be more calcium per day than is currently recommended and which is not thought to be as beneficial or even benign as it once was (I know, something else to research). Perhaps you'd have better luck if you dropped one of the cal/mag/zincs and added a bit more mag till you reach a good balance.
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