This Is MS Multiple Sclerosis Community: Knowledge & Support

hi cece, by and large yes, with a few comments:

1. coffee and tea deserve mention, not just alcohol. diuretic foods and drinks increase magnesium excretion too. it's not just the phosphates, it's the caffeine if memory serves me correctly.

2. i am not keen on the recommended cal:mag ratio. 2 calcium to 1 magnesium is status quo, but if you have issues with spasticity you'd be better off with a 1:1 ratio. in some cases even a 1 calcium to 2 magnesium ratio could be in order.

3. as to form, i use citrate if i want to take magnesium before bed. i take glycinate before meals to get it pushed down into the lower intestine. i used to take magnesium glycinate at bed time but i had a horrific acid reflux cough as a side effect. (moral of the story: do not soak your LES in nutritional muscle relaxants).

as for sou's pill breakdown:

magnesium oxide contains the highest ratio of elemental magnesium compared to other forms. but, it is the least soluble form, difficult to absorb, and because of that it is the most likely to give you the runs.

if you took two of those 400mg pills each with 350mg mag oxide, you might want to stay near the bathroom in case of unexpected surprises :S

with magnesium glycinate you can take higher doses and still have a normal day. best bet recommendations are up to 1200 mg elemental magnesium per day!! i find that hard to achieve. optimal daily intake proposed in literature = 10mg per kg body weight.

hope that helps!

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my approach: no meds so far - just balanced whole foods (partial 'paleo', much less outright elimination), science, supplements, & bloodwork
my regimen - www.thisisms.com/ftopict-2489.html
www.whfoods.com, www.nutritiondata.com

Thanks jimmylegs! I bet my magnesium levels were affected by all that diet coke over all those years.

I struggle to read stories to my kids and maybe it's due to diaphragm spasms. Would love to see improvement in this. Magnesium it is....

fabulous.

i remember the feeling of not being able to breathe in enough to feel that full lung 'stretch', and how great it was to get that feeling back after starting magnesium.

here's hoping you get it back too

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my approach: no meds so far - just balanced whole foods (partial 'paleo', much less outright elimination), science, supplements, & bloodwork
my regimen - www.thisisms.com/ftopict-2489.html
www.whfoods.com, www.nutritiondata.com