magnesium supplement or not

[Linesteps]

hi just putting this out there different reactions from medics and sufferers , to supplement or not and which is the best , thanks

[Ppiman]

Several times, and over a long period, I tried various magnesium supplements, including oxide, hydroxide, sulphate and taurate. Sadly, I did not have the good luck to find they did anything and I concluded that the online advertising was misleading and not based on scientific studies. Some people here swear by them, however.

Trying to find evidence, I searched online using Google and Google Scholar and found several studies but none that showed much effectiveness, if any, at reducing ectopic beats or AF. What did show, thankfully, was that - given healthy functioning kidneys - supplementing with magnesium is safe and worth trying.

The studies also showed that whatever the salt, very little magnesium is absorbed and all forms produce a similarly small increase in blood levels. The taurate salt might be the fastest to be absorbed initially, but all forms produce equal blood levels.

It seems also true that, despite levels in some foods being somewhat lower than in the past, magnesium still occurs abundantly in all vegetables, fruits. nut, pulses and is absorbed best of all from these sources.

Fortunately, any excess magnesium, of any type, stays in the large bowel and is flushed straight out without being absorbed. This is why, in excess, it acts as a very efficient and safe laxative and why gurgling and possible colic are side effects.

Steve

[secondtry]

Its not just which but what dose level and finding a respected supplier. I am on just Flecainide and take the following supplements: Magnesium compound, CoQ10, Krill fish oil, VitD/K2 & for my prostate Prostex (Lamberts Healthcare) that usefully also contains ingredients that are active against Covid - 2 birds with one stone 😁.

[doodle68]

It seems there is no definitive results for the use of Magnesium to help control AF, however what we do know is ..

if you are deficient in Magnesium it can contribute to arrhythmias , magnesium is sometimes given intravenously in hospital to those with AF, you would need to take a lot of magnesium to cause a problem usually an upset tummy.

It is not easy getting tested for magnesium levels unless you pay, I take Magnesium Taurate as recommended by Dr Sanjay Gupta the York Cardiologist this one...

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I feel it is better to make sure I am not deficient.

When i first started taking it I told them about it when I attended the arrhythmia clinic along with my other medication , it was rather dismissed , recently it was suggested I might take it by the clinic I reminded them I already take it .

[Brizzy50000]

I have taken magnesium turate for the last five years after my ablation, I was suffering a lot of ectopic beats and they have all but disappeared, placebo effect? who knows but it works for me, they do not seem to upset my bowls

[marcyh]

My cardiologist has recommended magnesium but I tend to have the "runs" with it, I'm told MagEnhance is absorbed better so I'm starting on that. I also want to use it as a sleep aid.

[JOY2THEWORLD49]

Hi

Don't just have natural fruit and vegetable. e.g banana and nuts.

cheers JOY

[JoniM]

ditto to what many say here. I doubt it will prevent specific episodes of afib but may help as a part of other efforts at leading healthy balanced life of good diet, exercise, managing stress, not smoking, and meds or procedures as indicated. I do not think it has been studied enough to know and doubt it will be as big pharma won’t be interested. The reason I take it is because there is data to support magnesium as helping with arrhythmias, for example it is used in cardiac surgery to prevent or treat surgery related arrhythmias. There have been a few studies including the Framingham heart study which found people with low levels of magnesium were more likely to develop afib. So given the general safety of the supplement I take it along with eating lots of foods that are rich in magnesium like nuts, dark chocolate, green vegetables, bananas, etc.

[JoniM]

here’s a link to the abstract from the Framingham study on pubmed…. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/231...

[listerines]

Have been taking magnesium taurate 500mg daily for couple of years now and has helped a bit with ectopic beats - though I am under no illusions that it has done anything with regard to controlling my afib.Also take fish oil, co-Q enz 10, b12, vit D on a daily basis. Probably more for psychological peace of mind than for any real physiologic outcome.

Warmly