magnesium advice

[Pingu778]

I would like to try a magnesium supplement but am unsure what to look for. Can anyone advise if any dos and donts please? I have low iron at the moment so am in tablets for this as well as levothyroxine and bisoprolol.

[pip_pip]

Go to the search icon at the top of this page and put in 'magnesium' and there you will have hundreds of magnesium postings from archives. Phil

[Ppiman]

There's plenty of evidence online (amidst the utter morass of misinformation and snake oil claims...) that all forms are absorbed pretty much similarly, with a touch more coming from taurate and glycinate. This is because the body itself severely restricts how much can be absorbed with most of any dose passing through the bowel (which is why it's such an excellent laxative). This is perhaps because high magnesium levels can affect potassium metabolism and that is dangerous. It also means that any form is safe to take as you cannot easily overdose!

By far and away the best form occurs naturally in food so you'll need no extra at all if you eat a normal mixed diet, including plenty of vegetables, fruit, nuts, pulses and similar (that is, unless your blood tests show that you have a specific malabsorption problem).

Sadly, there's no worthwhile evidence that oral magnesium does anything at all useful for the heart, but several here find otherwise so its worth a try. I gave up after about a year with various kinds mostly taurate with no success at all.

Steve

[JOY2THEWORLD49 in reply to Ppiman]

Hi Steve

Remember with AF and anti-coagulant greens intake is kep down because of the Vitamin K factor.

Also thyroxin can be a stopper for some foods interacting.

Good idea to keep to natual foods. I take a banana every day with my mini schnauzer scoring the tip or borrom and brown spots! She kows whata'narna' is!

We share apples, pears, the odd grape as it says not for dogs but pip free. I wonder why as JAZ eats celery, core of tomato, broken small nuts, carrot, beetroot, she loves the differing flavour after her "black hawk kangaroo' kibble which meat I change about. Pups need to be introduced to various foods.

I breed mini schnauzers in UK and here and I have never had one sick except over worm powder. But sorted out qickly. They have raw carrot instead but show no worms.

cheers jOY

[Ppiman in reply to JOY2THEWORLD49]

I think vitamin K was a no-no only with warfarin, Joy? My friend avoids various vegetables for that reason so that’s a good point you make. With the newer anticoagulants, all they need is a good meal to go with them (well rivaroxaban, anyway - it needs food to be absorbed).

Steve

[JOY2THEWORLD49]

Hi

Remember that levels of magnesium are not able to be excreted normally if too much like natural foods are. Like banana, avocado, nuts.

Keep up your level via above.

I too are on thyroxine synthetic daily pills post thyroid cancer and stroke with AF.

I do not take supplements except B12 nugget Solgar (Gold Top) which I take under tongue for deficiency.

Synthroid and licorice don't like each other.

And I keep greens, soya low due to above and anti-coagulant PRADAXA.

Take care.

Iron deficiency happens after an operation although they give drips more now.

Spinach or egg for iron.

cheri. JOY