Re: Relationship of Mg and Calcium

[Guest guest]

Dear Friend,

That is right. But its always good to supplement minerals through

diet first.

you can find mineral charts and dietary sources of minerals at

http://www.mynutritionandhealth.com/downloads.asp

regards

vidsp

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> I read on a webiste this:Calcium, magnesium and phosphorus levels

are

> kept in a seesaw balance by the parathyroid hormones. If calcium

goes

> up, magnesium goes down and vice versa. With a low magnesium

intake,

> calcium goes out of the bones to increase tissue levels, while a

high

> magnesium intake causes calcium to go out of the tissues into the

bones.

>

> It was suggesting that people who took in the most calcium in the

form

> of dairy and supplements had the weakest bones.

>

> It also said: A high phosphorus intake without a high calcium or

> magnesium intake causes calcium to leach from the bones and leave

the

> body with the urine. A high phosphorus intake with high calcium

and

> magnesium leads to bone mineralisation

>

> It makes it sound like supplementing with Mg is more important

than

> supplementing with Ca.I was thinking about getting a mg chloride

> supplement but it makes me nervous to take anything by itself when

> everything has a specific relationship to each other. I don't want

to

> get worse.

>

[Guest guest]

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> It makes it sound like supplementing with Mg is more important than

> supplementing with Ca.I was thinking about getting a mg chloride

> supplement but it makes me nervous to take anything by itself when

> everything has a specific relationship to each other. I don't want to

> get worse.

>

From the reading I've done, it is definitely more important to

supplement with magnesium than with calcium.

I'm curious why you would choose magnesium chloride though. We use

Natural Calm (plain, unsweetened) - some proprietary fizzy, lemony

form of magnesium citrate. Plain ol' magnesium citrate is nasty

tasting unless one encapsulates it.

Mountain Rose Herbs has a nice " mineral " tea - their herbal

" VitaBlend " formulation - should address both calcium and magnesium

needs. Not for pregnant ladies though.

-jennifer

[Guest guest]

I used that same Mg supplement a long time ago, I know exactly what

you are talking about. I had totally forgotten about it though until

you just reminded me.

I was thinking of Mg chloride just based on hearing that it made a

big difference with someone I know. He knows a lot about biochemistry

and such but I don't remember the reasons why and he also said to be

careful with it. Right now I am using encapsulated Mg Citrate and

whatever Mg I am getting from the Trace minerals solution.

-- In , " bluets11 " <jen@...> wrote:

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> > It makes it sound like supplementing with Mg is more important

than

> > supplementing with Ca.I was thinking about getting a mg chloride

> > supplement but it makes me nervous to take anything by itself

when

> > everything has a specific relationship to each other. I don't

want to

> > get worse.

> >

>

> From the reading I've done, it is definitely more important to

> supplement with magnesium than with calcium.

>

> I'm curious why you would choose magnesium chloride though. We use

> Natural Calm (plain, unsweetened) - some proprietary fizzy, lemony

> form of magnesium citrate. Plain ol' magnesium citrate is nasty

> tasting unless one encapsulates it.

>

> Mountain Rose Herbs has a nice " mineral " tea - their herbal

> " VitaBlend " formulation - should address both calcium and magnesium

> needs. Not for pregnant ladies though.

>

> -jennifer

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