Magnesium supplements

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mellowyellow

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Magnesium has been found to play an important role in the immune system health.

As magnesium deficiency worsens, symptoms may include:

  • numbness.
  • tingling.
  • muscle cramps.
  • seizures.
  • muscle spasticity.
  • personality changes.
  • abnormal heart rhythms.
I only started taking magnesium supplement a few years ago after my surgeon told me it was important. About 3 weeks ago I ran out of tablets and bought Magnesium Gummies instead but didn't like them so stopped taking it altogether for about a month or six weeks. Coincidentally or not, I suddenly developed a temperature and my joints started to ache. I'm now ok but it took a good 10 days to get back to normal. So I'm wondering was it something to do with the magnesium supplements or not. PS Those gummies are revolting, it was like chewing ground up sugar granules.
 

Magnesium is very important for the bones and joints. Itā€™s also good for aching muscles, soothing the nerves, helping with sleep and numerous other things. Epsom Salts is loaded with magnesium which is why when you are sore, if you soak in a bath of Epsom salts, you feel better so YES it helps.

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/10-proven-magnesium-benefits#TOC_TITLE_HDR_5
 

We try to eat healthy balanced meals....but as a bit of "insurance", we take a daily multivitamin. The pills we take show about 50% of the RDA of Magnesium....and we don't have any serious issues, so I guess they are helping keep us out of the doctors office.
 
I've been using a magnesium supplement for years now on a daily basis. I use the powder since I have trouble swallowing pills, I empty all my supplement capsules and mix them with orange juice. We do not get enough magnesium in our diet, I take it for muscle support, etc. This is my regular brand. I don't have any serious health issues either and rarely see a doctor, am on no prescription medications. I attribute my health to the use of vitamins and supplements for decades now, much healthier than when I was young and only took a multi.

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A magnesium supplement is on my list to buy. I didnā€™t have time to read the brand labels so will have to return to the store when itā€™s quiet.
 
The trouble is...the pills are so big, they get stuck in my throat. Why can't they make them half the size so that you take two small ones instead of choking on one big one?
 
RadishRose said:
You can soak your feet in Epsom salts... very cheap.

You can buy Magnesium spray to use on the soles of your feet to be absorbed. I hear sometimes the feet get itchy, though.
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I have kept Magnesium Oil on hand for many years now. Not only instant relief for leg/foot cramps. But relieved my Plantar Fasciitis when I suffered from that during my working years. When I had an injured knee due to a collision with a running dog at the park, I rubbed it with Mag Oil and it helped a lot with the pain. I give my husband and epsom salt bath when his muscle pain is severe, and I take them a couple of times a year myself.
 
Some people are more sensitive to magnesium supplements, this is the brand I give to my husband a couple of times a week.

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sadie123 said:
I use scissors to cut my pills in half. Just an old sanitized pair used only for this purpose. I also take magnesium daily.
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I haven't taken vitamin pills in years, since I have trouble swallowing. I always make it a point to buy capsules if I'm not buying powders. Easier to swallow before I started mixing in orange juice.
 
RadishRose said:
You can soak your feet in Epsom salts... very cheap.

You can buy Magnesium spray to use on the soles of your feet to be absorbed. I hear sometimes the feet get itchy, though.
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The itching for me just seems to be noticeable in the back area, I just rub lotion like Curel over the mag oil, that helps a lot. The feet or knee never became itchy with me, but we're all different.
 
Aneeda72 said:
You are so wrong. I have to take a great deal of magnesium and I am far from starving. Not getting up to look, but I I take 2 pills a day, so 800 mg, I think, and since I still test low, doctor wants me to take 3 pills a day. But those pills are expensive.
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I've known people who take supplements & (like you) they're still low. To me, that indicates a possible malabsorption issue, which may not be helped by supplements. You might ask your doctor about that before increasing the dosage.
A friend had a problem with Anemia. His doctor told him to eat lots of meat & take Vitamin B. The excess made him sicker, and he was still deficient.
"Malabsorption is a disorder that occurs when people are unable to absorb nutrients from their diets, such as carbohydrates, fats, minerals, proteins, or vitamins. Some commonly known disorders related to malabsorption are lactose intolerance and celiac disease."
 
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win231 said:
I've known people who take supplements & (like you) they're still low. To me, that indicates a possible malabsorption issue, which may not be helped by supplements. You might ask your doctor about that before increasing the dosage.
A friend had a problem with Anemia. His doctor told him to eat lots of meat & take Vitamin B. The excess made him sicker.
"Malabsorption is a disorder that occurs when people are unable to absorb nutrients from their diets, such as carbohydrates, fats, minerals, proteins, or vitamins. Some commonly known disorders related to malabsorption are lactose intolerance and celiac disease."
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Well, yes, I am positive itā€™s malabsorption, but when I do not take it I shake like I have an advanced case of Parkinsonā€s, I am too weak to stand or walk, and I become wheelchair bound. Never, ever, NEVER missing my dose, never.
 
I take magnesium, too, in a drink that includes calcium and a couple other things. It's a powder that I mix into water (or I guess I could use juice). It helps with the achy leg thing that I sometimes experience.
 
Devi said:
I take magnesium, too, in a drink that includes calcium and a couple other things. It's a powder that I mix into water (or I guess I could use juice). It helps with the achy leg thing that I sometimes experience.
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I've been getting a lot of leg cramps for the past ten years or so, foot cramps while driving too (clutch). The Mag Oil is good when you can apply it at home, and I think the magnesium supplement helps too. This past month I started taking a Potassium supplement also to see if that helps, too early to tell. I don't take any supplemental calcium in my old age, excessive calcium may build up in the arteries causing strokes, I just get whatever is in my multi and my diet.

Not magnesium, but I also use a very effective CBD balm on my back and other areas that get sore and painful from muscle strain, etc.
 
Interesting. I love CBD ... just a bit where there's pain and -poof!- it's gone.

The only problem for me with magnesium is that, if I take too much, I could end up in the :cough: bathroom. But if I don't take it, then achy-legs.
 

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