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In a study by our research group of a representative sample of individuals in the US [16], adults who consumed < 50% of the RDA of magnesium were found to be more likely to have elevated CRP than adults who consumed ≥ RDA (OR = 1.75; 95% CI = 1.08-2.87). Adults over age 40 with a BMI > 25 and less than half of the magnesium RDA were even more likely to have elevated CRP (OR = 2.24; 95% CI = 1.13-4.46). These results were maintained after controlling for demographic and cardiovascular risk factors. In a second cross-sectional study, we found that magnesium supplementation lowers the likelihood of elevated CRP in people with low dietary magnesium intake by 22% [17]. This observation suggests that not only does magnesium deficiency increase inflammation, but that magnesium supplementation may be a useful strategy for reduction of inflammation, especially in people with low levels of magnesium content from foods in the diet. The study also provides important epidemiologic support for the idea that it is the magnesium itself, rather than some other component of foods high in magnesium, that is responsible for the decreased likelihood of elevated CRP.

adamt wrote:But on the M Citrate label it says:


One vegicap typically provides:

Content:
Magnesium Citrate
500mg
(Elemental Magnesium
80mg)

This slightly confuses me, if i take 2 a day, am i taking 1000mg of Magnesium a day, or just 160mg?

adamt wrote:But if im taking 1200mg of Calcium daily, i am told it ise ssential i take 1/2 the amount in Magnesium = 600mg

jimmylegs wrote:at the end of the day magnesium citrate is not ideal. magnesium glycinate is better. my pills (you take 2 to get 400mg) are great, you can take plenty and it does not send you running to the toilet like mag oxide or mag citrate. however,the product i have does not specify elemental magnesium - i would have to go digging for that info.

NHE wrote:
What form of calcium are you taking? Does it actually supply 1200 mg of calcium or is it something like 1200 mg of calcium carbonate which would provide 480.5 mg of calcium?

NHE

jimmylegs wrote:at the end of the day magnesium citrate is not ideal. magnesium glycinate is better. my pills (you take 2 to get 400mg) are great, you can take plenty and it does not send you running to the toilet like mag oxide or mag citrate. however,the product i have does not specify elemental magnesium - i would have to go digging for that info.

Journal of the American College of Nutrition, Vol. 23, No. 6, 730S-731S (2004)
About the Misdiagnosis of Magnesium Deficiency
http://www.jacn.org/cgi/content/full/23/6/730S
Quote:
...In patients with Mg serum values lower than 0.9 mmol/l Mg, magnesium supplementation is recommended; for patients with values lower than 0.8 mmol/l, starting Mg supplementation is necessary. We recommend that a Mg serum value of 0.9 mmol/l Mg be considered as the lower reference limit, in evaluating symptoms or diseases suspected as being associated with Mg deficiency. In this case, Mg has to be used as a first choice therapy. When symptoms of the MDS are found, patients with serum values of less than 0.8 mmol/l Mg, or better 0.9 mmol/l Mg, ... [not automatically] normomagnesemic.