Relationship of Mg and Calcium

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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.