MD's know nothing about nutrition. Do not rely on them for nutritional advice.
You should buy a low dose magnesium and start with one pill in the evening. Then add a second pill the next day. Then a third the next day. And so on until you have a loose stool. Cut back to the maximum number of pills that your body can handle before becoming loose.
When I was very sick with my rare kidney disease, I was taking 1,000 mg per day of magnesium. Now that I am healed, I take 129 mg.
OH I had terrible diarrhea when I was pregnant! Tested for everything including parasites.
Turned out it was the magnesium in the anti-acid I was taking because of acid reflux from the full abdomen pushing up the acid. Don't remember who clued me in that it could be the magnesium . . .
I am unclear on if you mean specifically when taking supplements or In life in general. Assuming you mean only the magnesium supplements, a loose stool means you are taking too much magnesium.
Excessive Vitamin C will also cause loose stools, too. But you have to take A LOT of vitamin C for that to happen.
If you are talking about life in general, lots of things can cause loose stools.
How much Magnesium do you take? I was on so much calcium and always getting stones yet the doctors never implied that could be a cause. Ughhhhhh
MD's know nothing about nutrition. Do not rely on them for nutritional advice.
You should buy a low dose magnesium and start with one pill in the evening. Then add a second pill the next day. Then a third the next day. And so on until you have a loose stool. Cut back to the maximum number of pills that your body can handle before becoming loose.
When I was very sick with my rare kidney disease, I was taking 1,000 mg per day of magnesium. Now that I am healed, I take 129 mg.
OH I had terrible diarrhea when I was pregnant! Tested for everything including parasites.
Turned out it was the magnesium in the anti-acid I was taking because of acid reflux from the full abdomen pushing up the acid. Don't remember who clued me in that it could be the magnesium . . .
So is loose stool an indicator that you are taking enough magnesium?
I am unclear on if you mean specifically when taking supplements or In life in general. Assuming you mean only the magnesium supplements, a loose stool means you are taking too much magnesium.
Excessive Vitamin C will also cause loose stools, too. But you have to take A LOT of vitamin C for that to happen.
If you are talking about life in general, lots of things can cause loose stools.
Sorry, yes I did mean in reference to loose stools as a direct result of too much magnesium
Have you ever tried transdermal magnesium oil?
Yes I can vouch for Mag oil, it makes a big difference, along with C, B3 complex and Niacin.
No, I have never heard of that.