Calcium and Magnesium

[Guest guest]

Hi Bee

I'm Karma and started your program about 2 weeks ago. I have been

sugar free for 15 months and have been trying to find a good candida

program in that time. I am so happy I found this group. Your program

is easy to understand and makes a lot of sense.

I am currently taking:

Calcium Complete - Health Direction

Calcium Citrate 1.05g (elemental calcium 221.6mg)

Hydroxyapatite 240mg (elemental calcium 60mg)

Magnesium oxide 227mg (elemental magnesium 131.4mg)

Manganese amino acid chelate 10mg (elemental magnesium 1.0mg)

Zinc gluconate 6.7mg (elemental Zinc 875mcg)

Acetomenaphthone (Vit K4) 7.5mcg

Cholecalciferol (Vit D3) 2.5mcg (100IU)

Copper gluconate (elemental copper 490mcg)

Boron (as Borax) 750mcg

Just wondering if you think this is a good calcium tablet? I am still

learning and have only just realized it has copper in it. Is copper ok

to take? I thought candida was all about removing heavy metals from

the body?

Magnesium Complete - Health Direction

Magnesium orotate 200mg (equiv 13mg magnesium)

Magnesium aspartate 200mg (equiv 13mg magnesium)

Magnesium amino acid chelate 150mg (equiv 30mg magnesium)

Magnesium phosphate 80mg (equiv 16.5mg magnesium)

Total elemental magnesium content 73mg

Do you think this is a good magnesium tablet? The main reason I went

with this brand is that it is free from salt, lactose, sucrose, dairy

products, gluten, yeast, artificial colors, artificial flavors,

artificial sweeteners or preservatives.

Thank you for any help, and thanks for a fantastic program.

Karma

[Guest guest]

>

> I just got some new supplements and they are capsules so I cannot cut them

> in half like I was doing before.

>

> So is it ok to take 300mg of Calcium Citrate with 400mg of Magnesium

> citrate? I was taking equal amounts, 300mg of each, but now I am taking a

> little more magnesium and wondering if this is okay? I know that I do need

> the extra magnesium anyway, but I just want to make sure that this isn't a

> huge problem

+++Hi Mia. Yes, that should be okay.

Luv, Bee

[Guest guest]

> I bought more vitamins today and I could only find a combo of 500 Calcium

> and 400 Magnesium. I know it's supposed to be 300 of each right? Or 400 of

> each right?

>

> But will it be okay to take 500 of Calcium and 400 of Magnesium?

>

> Thanks

>

> Mia

**** Hi Mia:

Look on the vitamins and see if they say the mg are " elemental " . If they do not,

then Bee recommends taking more of the " non-elemental " versions of the vitamins.

I believe it's 40% more that she suggests.

So, in the case of your Calcium, you would take around 600mg (a little more, I'm

aproximating, but you can use a calculator ) to get 300 elemental mg. So

taking the 500 pill actually gives you a bit less than 300 elemental mg.

With the Mag, taking 800 mg gives you about 400 elemental mg roughly. You may

want to break those Mag pills in half and figure out what to take.

Plus, the whole ratio of Cal/Mag often needs fine-tuning for people. This why I

am picky about the mg. amounts in my Calcium and Magnesium especially. Once I

found my formula, I always buy the same mg. And I buy in quantity, and I buy

again when I start my last bottle because I don't want to get caught with other

formulas.

Hope this helps,

Marissa

[Guest guest]

>

> I bought more vitamins today and I could only find a combo of 500 Calcium

> and 400 Magnesium. I know it's supposed to be 300 of each right? Or 400 of

> each right?

>

> But will it be okay to take 500 of Calcium and 400 of Magnesium?

+++Hi Mia. Please buy cal/mag separately. Often we need more magnesium than

calcium, so you need to start with equal amounts initially. Marissa helped you

too.

Bee