Re: magnesium

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Do you mean in a mix, with zinc, calcium and magnesium? If you took a combo pill, it's most likely the zinc that was hard on your stomach. Magnesium hsa never bothered me one bit. If I take zinc I have to do it with a bunch of food or it totally upsets my stomach.

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Subject: magnesiumTo: Thyroiditis Date: Friday, March 18, 2011, 12:26 AM

I have tried the magnesium supplements but they upset my stomach. does anyone else have this problem?

Do you all know of any thyroid health or autoo immune disease, AF supplements? I am going to the health food store today and wanted some recommendations.

LuAnn Photography www.capturing-life.com

[Guest guest]

I switched to Magnesium glycinate and I tolerate it much better. I

also take baths in Epsom salts.

I

have tried the

magnesium

supplements

but they upset

my stomach.

does anyone

else have this

problem?

Do

you all know

of any thyroid

health or

autoo immune

disease,

AF supplements?

I am going to

the health

food store

today and

wanted some

recommendations.

LuAnn

Photography

www.capturing-life.com

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

What form of Mg upsets your stomach? There are about a dozen forms of Mg to

pick from. My kids like the powdered Mg citrate by Now Foods and they also take

Perque Choline Citrate weekly, me too. I take Mega-Mag by Trace Minerals

Research.

I recently read some very interesting and good stuff about a form called

magnesium taurate. I then went to Amazon and read customer comments -Maybe worth

a try. Taurate is a substance found in our stomach bile, which aids the

breakdown of matter we ingest. The combination of magnesium and taurate is

thought to help speed absorption of magnesium. Also, it allows a more stable

form of magnesium to be ingested without other impurities. As always, we should

discuss any/all supplements with our doctors.

Incidentally, magnesium seems to be the most important of the electrolytes

because it controls the entry and exit of potassium and calcium in the cells.

That's why people who have low magnesium and low potassium and/or calcium in

their cells only get better after their magnesium improves. A study of a man

with hypokalemia (low potassium) who was given intravenous potassium chloride

and strangely it did NOT improve his intracellular potassium. So they suspected

hypomagnesemia, gave him a magnesium sulfate IV, and his intracellular potassium

normalized!

Supplements than may help AF are:

Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)

Pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6)

Vitamin B complex

Magnesium

Vitamin C (Take vitamin C at least an hour away from Mg)

Trace minerals, such as, zinc, manganese, selenium, chromium, molybdenum,

copper, and iodine

Hope this helps,

~Bj

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> I have tried the magnesium supplements but they upset my stomach.  does anyone

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> Do you all know of any thyroid health or autoo immune disease,

AF supplements?  

> I am going to the health food store today and wanted some recommendations. 

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> LuAnn Photography  www.capturing-life.com

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[Guest guest]

Thanks for the info BJ. I just have magnesium. I saw where someone said mag. needs to have zinc in it and some other mineral. I never knew how important magnesium is or realized how many people with Hashi's are deficient.

Thanks for the list of supplements!

LuAnn Photography www.capturing-life.com

Hi ,What form of Mg upsets your stomach? There are about a dozen forms of Mg to pick from. My kids like the powdered Mg citrate by Now Foods and they also take Perque Choline Citrate weekly, me too. I take Mega-Mag by Trace Minerals Research. I recently read some very interesting and good stuff about a form called magnesium taurate. I then went to Amazon and read customer comments -Maybe worth a try. Taurate is a substance found in our stomach bile, which aids the breakdown of matter we ingest. The combination of magnesium and taurate is thought to help speed absorption of magnesium. Also, it allows a more stable form of magnesium to be ingested without other impurities. As always, we should discuss any/all supplements with our doctors.Incidentally, magnesium seems to be the most important of the electrolytes because it controls the entry and exit of potassium and calcium in the cells. That's why people who have low

magnesium and low potassium and/or calcium in their cells only get better after their magnesium improves. A study of a man with hypokalemia (low potassium) who was given intravenous potassium chloride and strangely it did NOT improve his intracellular potassium. So they suspected hypomagnesemia, gave him a magnesium sulfate IV, and his intracellular potassium normalized!Supplements than may help AF are:Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)Pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6) Vitamin B complexMagnesium Vitamin C (Take vitamin C at least an hour away from Mg) Trace minerals, such as, zinc, manganese, selenium, chromium, molybdenum, copper, and iodineHope this helps,~Bj

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

According to much research and my dr feels that testing for magnesium only shows

low in severe cases; and more importantly some severe cases have normal blood

levels of Mg. The body pulls Mg from the bones for calcium and vitamin D

absorption especially when Mg is deficient in the bloodstream. Thus the body is

hindered from functioning efficiently.

Furthermore, Mg plays a key role in more than 300 of the body's biochemical

reactions. There is a pandemic deficiency in today's world. All the literature

indicates that most, if not all, Hashis are deficient leading to vitamin D

deficiency, too. We mostly only hear about vit-d though. And around 80% of the

population is deficient in Mg worldwide.

When Mg is deficient the number of receptors on cells that receive vit-d is

reduced resulting in less vit-d binding to those cells. Weight gain factors in

here as scientists have found that vit-d hinders fat-cell growth and speeds

fat-loss. To gets the full effects of vit-d ample amounts of magnesium MUST be

present.

In addition, magnesium is needed for the adrenals to make stress hormones and

process those hormones efficiently. Magnesium regulates cortisol. Lack of Mg

causes sleep, anxiety, muscle, menstrual, exercise, diet and lifestyle

disruptions etc. Mg is one of the most important supplements for patients with

fibromyalgia.

Magnesium is at the top of my supplement list, it is needed to modulate various

processes. Magnesium is important for thyroid support because our bodies need Mg

to activate and convert our T4 hormone into the active T3 hormone.

Signs of a Mg deficiency may include tingling, muscle cramps and contractions,

seizures and abnormal heart rhythms. Certain medications, including diuretics

and antibiotics, raise our risk for magnesium deficiency. Age, malabsorption

problems such as gluten-sensitive and other food intolerance or factors, like

low or high calcium, vitamin D or potassium levels, are also risk factors.

Best in wellness,

~Bj

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> That is interesting about the magnesium helping you, BJ. I went off my

magnesium after going gluten-free because my blood tests showed a normal level

again (finally). But I wonder if my struggle this past year with recurrent vag

infections has to do with that.

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[Guest guest]

Thanks, BJ - my doctor friend also said something to the effect that for

magnesium to show low in a blood test meant that I was *really* low because the

body only carries a small amount of magnesium to begin with (I'm paraphrasing).

I was aware of this view on magnesium deficiency for the general population as

well as Hashis patients, but was hoping it wasn't true as that's one more pill

to take/ buy. I don't have any of the symptoms you list. However, it doesn't

hurt to try it again, so I'll hunt down some glycinate or citrate - I found the

most common form of oxide was not very absorbable.

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> > That is interesting about the magnesium helping you, BJ. I went off my

magnesium after going gluten-free because my blood tests showed a normal level

again (finally). But I wonder if my struggle this past year with recurrent vag

infections has to do with that.

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[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I believe the normal so-called magnesium symptoms do NOT often occur in some

people. I have struggled with low blood sugar, adrenal fatigue and so on...

Then last fall my blood sugar was erratic - going high and then low again; and

my T3 dumped severely, too. Long story short, my blood sugar and T3 are now

where they should be all due to increasing my magnesium intake. I will never go

a day without it.

I did extensive research on magnesium and diabetes. I was told by a diabetes

nutritionist-educator or whatever she was called that simply because I had taken

Cortef for AF and had hypoglycemia, low blood pressure etc I would get diabetes

type 2. I refused to take her word for it. I didn't want to take more drugs and

check my sugar level six times a day; actually I did take Metformin with my

dinner meal for about six weeks when I remembered to. While upping my magnesium

my glucose dumped to 50-55 over night, too low. Thank God I am in tune with my

body or I might have suffered badly. For the last six weeks, maybe longer, my

sugar level is 70-75 in the morning, so my dr says to only do it once a week

until I see her again at the end of August.

Best,

~Bj

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> > > That is interesting about the magnesium helping you, BJ. I went off my

magnesium after going gluten-free because my blood tests showed a normal level

again (finally). But I wonder if my struggle this past year with recurrent vag

infections has to do with that.

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