Guest guest Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 I found out through blood test. My doc said mine was EXTREMELY LOW. he said that selenium and zinc arent accurate through blood, never said mag wasn't. It was a simple blood serum test. Now, Im ordered to try milk of mag every night to raise it. I've never had any prominent symtpoms except an eye twitching once in a while(which could be hypo adrenal or thyroid too), and some shakiness inside. My limbs have never really twitched, like they say would happen with low mag. I read somewhere too, that hypothyroidism causes you to be low in ALL of your minerals. > > > > MOST people with hypothyoridism are low in magnesium. to correct that > > oyu need ot take JUST magnesium. Taking calcium and magnesium does nto > > work,. If you are in doubt about how much you are taking order a lab to > > see where lyour levels of calcium and magnesium are. Guessing is > juts that. > > https://orders.directlabs.com/dl-locator/order_tests.aspx > > > > Magnesium $39 and Calcium spot urine $39 > > > > -- > > Artistic Grooming- Hurricane WV > > > > http://www.stopthethyroidmadness.com/ > > http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/NaturalThyroidHormonesADRENALS/ > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 27, 2008 Report Share Posted January 27, 2008 My understanding from some reading is that we are almost all somewhat mag deficient b/c it has been leeched out of our environment and that us hypo people are even worse off than most. My doc ordered the RBC Mag test and had to write it in on his lab sheet and the phlebotomist had to look it up when she did my blood draw. Mine came back right in the middle of normal - 5.1 with a ref. range of 4 - 6.4. I'm still supplementing with 400mg at night - so far dissolving my mag/glycinate tabs in water and waiting for the Natural Calm that I ordered. > > What kind of blood test did you have? SERUM magnesium is VERY unreliable, but RED BLOOD CELL magnesium is very reliable about what's in the cells. Conventional docs run serum magnesium and people die from heart problems due to serious deficiency but told their magnesium status is fine. Alternative docs run " red blood cell " because they know this is most reliable. Genova Diagnostics is a good lab to get these levels tested by. You can go to their website and look over their excellent tests and ask your doc to order one and do it for you. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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