MAGNESIUM Information:

[wasabi]

I've very much enjoyed reading through this thread. I also believe that magnesium supplementation can be extremely helpful for many people.

For those who might be interested, magnesium taurate is available through Amazon. The company that makes it is called Cardiovascular Research Ltd.

[Chemar]

Magnesium Taurate by cardiovascular research can also be purchased at the Vitamin Shoppe Stores or from their website

[mrsD]

to become a guinea pig for a new product.

Ionic Fizz Magnesium Plus. I was surfing the net a couple of days ago and
ran across this product.

I bought it locally at Whole Foods (they only had one left) and it comes with
a large flyer/handout. It appears similar to the product Calm on the surface, but it has
an effervescent base, which appeals to me (effervescent products can enhance absorption...speed it up...and in the case of magnesium that would be very good, and spare the laxative side effects).

I liked the other ingredients in it too. The silica and boron are taylored to
arthritis sufferers/fibro patients/people with osteoporosis.

I'll let you all know on this thread, after a month!

If this spares the "laxative" effect for me--- to which I am very sensitive--
I will be back with a glowing review!

There is another version called Ionic Fizz Calcium Plus. It has 25% of daily
calcium in it...but the maker recommends using the Magnesium Plus daily for 90 days before trying the other! This product is flavored, and not hard to take.

I bought it locally, but it is available for much less $$ online. Vitacost and our friend iherb both have the larger tub for the same price as I paid for a smaller size.

It has other nutrients in it too:
here is a listing of ingredients:
http://www.pureessencelabs.com/pdf/if_mag_supp.pdf

I will come back later with my own opinion about this product!

[NowIsAll]

I saw a alternative medicine consultant. I informed her that when under great stress my blood pressure rises sometimes to the point of svere hypertension. However, when I use the conventional medicines it comes back to normal but if I continue on them I go to low.

She recommended and I bought Peter Gillham Natural Vitality Natural Calm (Magnesium 615 mg {elemental from magnesium citrate} ) . . . I have taken 1 teaspoon so far.

Now on reading some of the post of this thread I realize that "citrate" is a laxative.

Please tell me if I have made a bad choice as just last week my general doctor told me I have to start practising kegel exercises to strengthen my muscles.

Should I discontinue this Natural Calm. If so what is the right type of magnesium I should use?

[Chemar]

my husband (who also has high BP ) uses the Natural Calm Magnesium and has found it very beneficial

a lot of parents with kids who have tics or tourette syndrome are using the Kid's Calm with success too

the citrate is laxative but if you use only the minimum dose of 1 teaspoon per day (evening before bed) it shouldnt cause digestive woes....I know that the general feeling is to increase dose until it becomes laxative and then move down a bit in doseage

[mrsD]

does not get absorbed. I think the general rule is that if you are going to
the bathroom more or alot, you are in the "losing" category.

Many supplements give partial absorption. I would just caution you to understand that some of the magnesium is probably not getting in. This is true with calcium too. So don't think you are getting 100% of the elemental on the
labels, and count on that number.

I am doing well with the Ionic Fizz. I seem to get loose after about 5 days on it, so I skip a day here and there now. I can feel much less tension in my muscles.
I use that symptom as well as improved night sleep as therapeutic indicators.
I find I am much less tense too.

Don't count on magnesium oxide to provide much. But all the other forms, do
have absorption. The lactate was tested at very high, but, hey, who drives Lexus here? I am content with my Toyota! If you get my drift.

[KimS]

Originally Posted by NowIsAll

...my general doctor told me I have to start practising kegel exercises to strengthen my muscles.

Should I discontinue this Natural Calm. If so what is the right type of magnesium I should use?

I am wondering why you are worried about kegels?

Are you losing a bit of pee? If so I would suggest cutting out all dairy.

I kegeled like crazy to no avail but the pee drops (after my first baby) never stopped. Once I got rid of dairy it disappeared like magic.

After a year of being dairy free, I put some goat/sheep feta back in my diet for a week. By the end of the week I had pee drips again. It took the last week or so of being dairy free again for them to stop.

Dairy is also the reason for enuresis in many children. This is known and documented in scientific studies... and applies to at least 5 children I know, including my own daughter.

[Chemar]

no sure if it has been mentioned yet on this thread.........

Kirkman labs makes a magnesium sulfate cream that I have heard very good reports on.
I am planning to get some for those times when my son would prefer a cream to an Epsom Salts bath

[etech]

Originally Posted by NowIsAll

I saw a alternative medicine consultant. I informed her that when under great stress my blood pressure rises sometimes to the point of svere hypertension. However, when I use the conventional medicines it comes back to normal but if I continue on them I go to low.

She recommended and I bought Peter Gillham Natural Vitality Natural Calm (Magnesium 615 mg {elemental from magnesium citrate} ) . . . I have taken 1 teaspoon so far.

Now on reading some of the post of this thread I realize that "citrate" is a laxative.

Please tell me if I have made a bad choice as just last week my general doctor told me I have to start practising kegel exercises to strengthen my muscles.

Should I discontinue this Natural Calm. If so what is the right type of magnesium I should use?

Any magnesium at high doses is a laxative. Mag citrate is cheap and adsorbed well especially when compared to mag oxide. Take a smaller dosage twice a day rather then one large dose.

I like the powder as compared to the pills.

[wasabi]

mrsd,

Thanks for the information on Ionic-Fizz Magnesium Plus. Based on your positive experience, I went and got a small container of it to try. I will let you know how it goes. Having Lyme disease, I have some muscles in my low back and hips that just won't relax no matter how deeply and how often I massage them. I get magnesium oxide and magnesium glycinate from my multi and I take some magnesium taurate on top of that, but it's still not enough.