a positive controlled trial of IM Mag - Re: Magnesium-

[Guest guest]

> I don't know why it is so helpful.

Ja, it seems flipping odd. Why would a perfectly fine organism like

you or me not be able to conserve enough Mg, after 3 billion years of

evolution - illness or no?

Pernicious anemia is one interesting absorbtion disorder, but it has a

good reason - an autoimmune reaction that harms the B12 uptake protein

in the gut. B12 is a big ugly molecule that is not absorbed except by

means of this special transporter.

Tell you what, this world is full of fools, and I am one of em. I used

to eat well, so I'd be like: bah, I don't need to supplement anything,

what's garbage, what do you think I spent the last 3 billion years

evolving for? - to live. Well - it turns out that environments change,

genius!... I ain't been in Virginia no 3 billion years, been in

African savannahs. It turns out that vit D may be the main cause of

the white skin of caucasians, and this may be due to having moved

north to where there is weaker sun. And even this may not be enough to

cause totally safe repletion of vit D, because exposing the flesh

under your skin to light (by being pale) also has a downside; it

destroys folic acid, which can cause real problems. I didn't look at

the evidence closely enough to be certain whether this is in fact a

probable reason why ancestrally nonequitorial humans aren't even paler.

I also forgot that I had barely gone in the sun in the summer for some

time, since I ususally take 400 mg of doxy. And that I never linger

outside in cool weather because CFS makes me so sensitive to the cold.

So it's no wonder I apparently became D-deficient. So much for my

incisive evolutionary reasoning.

A little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing... I know a little bit

about just about everything...

Now, I have seen rumours that some drugs can hamper Mg uptake, and I

think some abx are included. I don't know how strong this effect is.