Need some advice

[mintgreenish]

How much magnesium and or vitamin c can i take daily for constipation. Thanks!

[Anthea55]

No idea, but I eat sweet potato several times a week which seems to keep me regular. This link tells about the benefits of sweet potato.

medicalnewstoday.com/articl...

[humanbean]

You can find out from these two links :

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieta...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refer...

Theoretically you'd expect the links to agree with each other, but there are some differences.

[mintgreenish in reply to humanbean]

Thanks Humanbean. Will give it a read.

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

mintgreenish

This is something you have to experiment with and find what dose you need. Your requirement is likely to be different from someone else's.

I use magnesium citrate for constipation and I use the powder form which makes it possible to tweak the dose finely to find exactly how much you need.

I use Natural Calm Original (no flavour) Magnesium Citrate. Seems expensive but should work out quite budget friendly as you may not need much.

Start low - 1/4 of a teaspoonful, build up gradually and once you reach the stage where stools are too loose or diarrhoea then drop it back a bit.

I use kitchen scales that measure in 1 gram increments to give the exactly amount I need each day.

[mintgreenish in reply to SeasideSusie]

Thanks Seaside susie. Will give it a try.

[heathermr]

Have you thought about trying apple cider vinegar (with The Mother) capsules which are brilliant. Just two a day keeps me regular and comfortable and I've even persuaded my husband to take them despite his dislike of "medicine"!Heather

[mintgreenish]

Thanks heathermr. I will give it a try.