Hi Robin120,
You wrote this question above:
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Hi Amanda- why does D3 mean i need the other kind of magnesium?
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When you take vitamin D3, the body needs magnesium, too, to do the work that D3 is supposed to do, so the uptake of magnesium from your food is higher than it might otherwise be. However, the not-so-good thing is that many of us don't get enough magnesium in our food so that when we take D3, our bodies "steal" it from elsewhere, such as from our muscles, leaving us feeling tired and prone to cramps. If this happens and people aren't aware (or their physicians aren't either) of this possibility occurring then, understandably, people blame the D3 for the new symptoms they have, when it is highly likely that a lack of magnesium is causing the problem.
As another poster pointed out, the body absorbs Mg oxide very poorly, so if you are deficient, this is not the best or quickest way to build up your magnesium stocks. It might be cheap, but if it doesn't work, then it is still a waste of money.
I took Mg oxide for years, thinking I was being really clever because I got
400mg in one tablet, whereas the ones I'd taken previously (Mg citrate, I believe) had been much lower dosed per tablet and, what's more,
they were really cheap and I could get them at any drugstore here in Germany!!! Eventually, however, I began to notice that they weren't making any diffference whatsoever to my symptoms: no matter how much I took, my night-time toe and calf cramps just would NOT go.
Finally, I started trying out different kinds of magnesium, some very expensive, others not so expensive. After testing various kinds, I now use this brand:
http://www.iherb.com/Doctor-s-Best-...lets/16567?at=0
I have also recommended this brand to many people on this forum and have received good feedback from lots of them.
240 tablets cost $17.17, plus a bit for shipping, so, for the sake of argument, let's round it up to $20. Each tablet contains 100mg, so you'll need to take about 4 of them a day to make sure you're getting enough Mg into your system (although you should maybe start on 200mg a day and then work upwards). So that bottle would last you for sixty days, which means (I think!!!) that we're talking about the princely sum of 33 cents per day.
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Update- nurse called and said my Dr. said he suggested the MagOx, hoping it will raise my level enough that i can stop taking it in a month when he wants me rechecked. He said he hoped the MagOx would work since it is so much cheaper.
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It's kind of nice, really, that your Doc is thinking of your cash situation, but still, even if you're on a really tight budget, 33 cents a day doesn't seem a lot to me, even for someone on a tight budget, given that those 33 cents might give you back your energy and improve your health in a multitude of ways.
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I don't know if it matters, but I have also been deficient in vit D before- taking the d3 has allowed to get into the mid-30's (obviously the low end, but still within normal).
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I think all this means is that you should regularly supplement with vitamin D3, throughout the winter, probably 5K every day, or every other day.
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Soooo, I think maybe I want to stay on it, even if my levels do end up back at the low end of normal, so i don;t get into this situation again. And since he was just trying to save me $$$ i will try the chelate after i run out of the ox?
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Seems like a plan!
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thanks again, guys- i have been feeling overwhelmed by the conflicting info on the net.
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We all know that feeling!!! This is why I still rely on plain old books when I want to read about something "properly". I can recommend "The Magnesium Factor" and "The Magnesium Miracle", both of which I have read (and re-read!!!) and found most enlightening!
amanda
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