Magnesium is a critical mineral for the human body to function properly. How do I know how much magnesium to take? Buy a low dose magnesium supplement (see list by u/123456watevs). Your morning BM will indicate the right amount you need for your own body. Take one before bed. The next night, take 2, then the next night three, etc...until you have a loose stool the next morning. Loose stool = too much. Cut back by one and that is the amount you need. When I was very sick with a rare kidney disease, I needed 1,000 mg per day. Now that I am healthy again, I take 200 mg per day in the summer (when I sweat a lot) and 200 mg every other day in the winter (when I sweat less).
Yes, the indicator is the loose stool, and by loose I mean close to diarrhea. If your stool is always loose, you have a different health problem that needs to be looked into.
Magnesium is an electrolyte. The amount in your body changes literally moment by moment as your kidneys try to keep electrolytes balanced and thus expel some in urine, you sweat, your body utilizes it, etc. Blood work is only one snapshot in one moment of time, it is not an accurate indicator of your overall magnesium needs.
Since magnesium is such a critical mineral to body function, you should take as much of it as possible up to the point it creates loose stools. Then your body always has enough to function at its peak.
Electrolytes (it's just salt, dude) cause water to move. This is why they're an excellent laxative. Seriously, google "magnesium laxative."
If you take a large dose of laxatives and don't drink enough water you're pushing your body to a bad corner. Your advice is bad and is based off a misunderstanding. You should get an understanding before you hand out advice.
Yes it is critical which is why your kidneys recycle magnesium. 95% of it is retained through this mechanism.
If you suspect you have low magnesium then the blood work will show that. It's a diagnostic. Your stools are NOT. Your advice has about as much value as those stools.
I think you misunderstood what I said. Yes, you are correct that magnesium is a laxative. I wasn't telling people to take laxative-level doses every day, I was telling people to try once to see how much their body could take before it was too much. This way, they had a baseline understanding of how deficient they were before they started taking the supplement and could dose appropriately.
Because Magnesium is critical to just about every bodily function, I firmly believe that people should take as much as they can -- and the only way to figure out how much you can tolerate is to test it. There is no harm in one loose stool.
I was extremely ill with a rare kidney disease that has no treatment in western medicine. I got blood work every single month for many years. Nothing in the blood work indicated how much magnesium needed to be taken on a daily basis in order for my body to have a sufficient amount of magnesium to heal myself.
Had I just assumed that 200 mg per day would be enough, I likely never would have healed. I needed to test the limits to figure out how much I really needed to take to meet my body's needs -- and at that point in my life, I needed 1,000 mg per day. As I healed, I slowly and steadily needed to cut back on the magnesium, and I knew exactly when I needed to cut back based on monitoring my stools. Likewise, I figured out I need twice as much in the summer when I sweat a lot as I do in the winter when I don't sweat -- and I figured it out by monitoring my stools.
What blood test do you think indicates what time of year to change dosages, or if you even need to change dosages when the seasons change? Why would you trust a blood test over your own personal observations, especially for an electrolyte whose levels in the body change many times a day as you eat/drink/go potty/sweat???? As I said before, blood work only shows one moment in time. It's not a long range indicator for something as dynamic as an electrolyte.
Most people aren't. I'm glad you found a way to manage your health. I think your perspectives are skewed by the extremities of the challenges you faced.
I'm not saying you're wrong for your life, but other people should see this before they decide to blindly follow your advice.
Serious question: Could you please explain to me exactly how a blood test will determine exactly what dosage of magnesium is best for an individual based on that individuals own needs.
If you can't answer that question, then maybe you should take a moment to ponder why you believe that blindly trusting a blood test, which doesn't really tell you anything about the magnesium balance in the body, is better than simply observing your own body to see how your body responds to various inputs.
Do you truly believe it's dangerous for people to trust their own judgment? Because that is my interpretation of what you said.
What are the different levels of absorption for the different compounds you've mentioned?
How much glycinate would you have to take, in terms of bioavailability, to match the power of the other two?
Again, your body is not a car, there is no "formula" for living successfully. There are merely patterns. Not all of them apply to all people. Outcomes can be challenged by genetic factors. Simple advice can be dangerous.
Please don't take so much of a drug that it loosens your stool. And "sub stool loosening" doses probably aren't a statistically or practically useful measure. You might consider if you have other problems, like water intake, or other challenges, that would be better solved first.
Both are great and should be part of your daily multi stack. Magnesium works against arterial plaque making your arteries flow better delivering whatever you take to wherever blood goes.
Been taking Mag Glycinate before bed, definitely helps me sleep! I didn't sleep particularly well before and it's been a game changer to wake up feeling a little more rested
Magnesium also stops menstrual cramps, too. Fun fact: the reason women crave chocolate during their periods is because chocolate is a good source of magnesium.
For those of you who don't know me, I'm Dr. Clint Steele. I'm a brain and nervous system specialist. I help people just like you improve your life by improving your brain function, specifically around preventing and in many cases reversing dementia and Alzheimer's disease. What they did was they took 6,000 people over the course of 16 months between the ages of 43 and 70. They gave one group 350 milligrams of magnesium. They gave the other group 550 milligrams of magnesium. They found at the end of 16 months was that the group that took 550 milligrams improved cognitive ability, improved memory, and decreased risk. This is according to the research, decreased risk of dementia risk by as much as 41% just by increasing your magnesium intake from 350 to 550 milligrams. In addition, as many of you already know, magnesium is huge in helping people sleep. This also helps to decrease your risk of dementia. I give my patients on regularly 250 milligrams of magnesium in the morning, 250 milligrams about an hour before bed. And I prefer magnesium threonate or magnesium glycinate. These work the best for improving brain function and also improving sleep. Give it a shot.
You should add that nobody who has renal problems should do this without regular testing of blood magnesium.
Healthy kidneys can cope with a large load of extra magnesium, but if the kidneys have poor function a toxic level can build up rapidly.
I had a few patients who took big doses of crushed dolomite (it was a fashion at that time to increase magnesium intake) who had increased sensitivity to certain muscle paralysing drugs used in anaesthesia, but forgot to tell me.
Yes sir! I take Magnesium, Potassium, and Dr. Berg's Vitamin D3 / K2 supplement every day. I feel 20 years younger and my blood pressure dropped 15 points!
I've been taking magnesium at night, helps me go to sleep, have a good sleep, and I feel great the next day, less stressed and less brain fog, it also got rid of my kidney stone (which it is known for)
Bonus points for sleep:
Zinc to help metabolize adenosine while you sleep (improves sleep effectiveness and helps indirectly break caffeine addiction)
Vitamin B6 to help keep GABA levels necessary to produce brain fog when its time to sleep. (Fall asleep faster)
Magnesium also regulates melatonin in the body to help keep you asleep and prevent the melatonin hangover in the morning (stay asleep and wake up more effectively).
Magnesium is a critical mineral for the human body to function properly. How do I know how much magnesium to take? Buy a low dose magnesium supplement (see list by u/123456watevs). Your morning BM will indicate the right amount you need for your own body. Take one before bed. The next night, take 2, then the next night three, etc...until you have a loose stool the next morning. Loose stool = too much. Cut back by one and that is the amount you need. When I was very sick with a rare kidney disease, I needed 1,000 mg per day. Now that I am healthy again, I take 200 mg per day in the summer (when I sweat a lot) and 200 mg every other day in the winter (when I sweat less).
Thank you Christine!
Ok, May I Ask, What if you Go In the Morning Every Morning as Is i.e. No Mag Supp? You Still Go by the Same Metric?
Yes, the indicator is the loose stool, and by loose I mean close to diarrhea. If your stool is always loose, you have a different health problem that needs to be looked into.
Magnesium is a known laxative. You have loose stools because you're literally taking a laxative dose of it.
Your body is not a simple machine. Get blood work or simple home testing kits. The density of your morning shit is not a diagnostic reference.
Magnesium is an electrolyte. The amount in your body changes literally moment by moment as your kidneys try to keep electrolytes balanced and thus expel some in urine, you sweat, your body utilizes it, etc. Blood work is only one snapshot in one moment of time, it is not an accurate indicator of your overall magnesium needs.
Since magnesium is such a critical mineral to body function, you should take as much of it as possible up to the point it creates loose stools. Then your body always has enough to function at its peak.
Electrolytes (it's just salt, dude) cause water to move. This is why they're an excellent laxative. Seriously, google "magnesium laxative."
If you take a large dose of laxatives and don't drink enough water you're pushing your body to a bad corner. Your advice is bad and is based off a misunderstanding. You should get an understanding before you hand out advice.
Yes it is critical which is why your kidneys recycle magnesium. 95% of it is retained through this mechanism.
If you suspect you have low magnesium then the blood work will show that. It's a diagnostic. Your stools are NOT. Your advice has about as much value as those stools.
I think you misunderstood what I said. Yes, you are correct that magnesium is a laxative. I wasn't telling people to take laxative-level doses every day, I was telling people to try once to see how much their body could take before it was too much. This way, they had a baseline understanding of how deficient they were before they started taking the supplement and could dose appropriately.
Because Magnesium is critical to just about every bodily function, I firmly believe that people should take as much as they can -- and the only way to figure out how much you can tolerate is to test it. There is no harm in one loose stool.
I was extremely ill with a rare kidney disease that has no treatment in western medicine. I got blood work every single month for many years. Nothing in the blood work indicated how much magnesium needed to be taken on a daily basis in order for my body to have a sufficient amount of magnesium to heal myself.
Had I just assumed that 200 mg per day would be enough, I likely never would have healed. I needed to test the limits to figure out how much I really needed to take to meet my body's needs -- and at that point in my life, I needed 1,000 mg per day. As I healed, I slowly and steadily needed to cut back on the magnesium, and I knew exactly when I needed to cut back based on monitoring my stools. Likewise, I figured out I need twice as much in the summer when I sweat a lot as I do in the winter when I don't sweat -- and I figured it out by monitoring my stools.
What blood test do you think indicates what time of year to change dosages, or if you even need to change dosages when the seasons change? Why would you trust a blood test over your own personal observations, especially for an electrolyte whose levels in the body change many times a day as you eat/drink/go potty/sweat???? As I said before, blood work only shows one moment in time. It's not a long range indicator for something as dynamic as an electrolyte.
Most people aren't. I'm glad you found a way to manage your health. I think your perspectives are skewed by the extremities of the challenges you faced.
I'm not saying you're wrong for your life, but other people should see this before they decide to blindly follow your advice.
Serious question: Could you please explain to me exactly how a blood test will determine exactly what dosage of magnesium is best for an individual based on that individuals own needs.
If you can't answer that question, then maybe you should take a moment to ponder why you believe that blindly trusting a blood test, which doesn't really tell you anything about the magnesium balance in the body, is better than simply observing your own body to see how your body responds to various inputs.
Do you truly believe it's dangerous for people to trust their own judgment? Because that is my interpretation of what you said.
Keep going.
What are the different levels of absorption for the different compounds you've mentioned?
How much glycinate would you have to take, in terms of bioavailability, to match the power of the other two?
Again, your body is not a car, there is no "formula" for living successfully. There are merely patterns. Not all of them apply to all people. Outcomes can be challenged by genetic factors. Simple advice can be dangerous.
Please don't take so much of a drug that it loosens your stool. And "sub stool loosening" doses probably aren't a statistically or practically useful measure. You might consider if you have other problems, like water intake, or other challenges, that would be better solved first.
You would be surprised how much of how you feel is directly related to electrolyte imbalances.
Sauce to back up your statement: https://www.verywellhealth.com/what-happens-when-your-body-is-low-on-electrolytes-8758873
This is idiocracy. Go drink some Brawndo.
You just made a giant fool out of yourself with that comment. Please read this so that you understand basic body functions: https://www.verywellhealth.com/what-happens-when-your-body-is-low-on-electrolytes-8758873
Magnesium is crucial if you’re taking ivermectin.
i thought you were supposed to take zinc with ivermectin?
Both are great and should be part of your daily multi stack. Magnesium works against arterial plaque making your arteries flow better delivering whatever you take to wherever blood goes.
What type of Magnesium is key question
Thank You 🥰
Been taking Mag Glycinate before bed, definitely helps me sleep! I didn't sleep particularly well before and it's been a game changer to wake up feeling a little more rested
Thanks.
Taurinate? Or L-Threonate?
You can take baths in Magnesium Chloride too. It is sold as an animal friendly ice melt in the winter. It is also known as Nigari
On the advice of of my massage therapist, magnesium has helped eliminate cramping, especially leg cramping, when I work out.
Yes!
pickle juice is good for muscle cramps.
I Will Literally just Drink Pickle Juice, just Cause! I love it! 🤭
Same. Make pickle cubes in ice cube trays. Delish!
What about pickle juice with a shot of Tito’s??
Picklebacks ftw!!!
Magnesium also stops menstrual cramps, too. Fun fact: the reason women crave chocolate during their periods is because chocolate is a good source of magnesium.
Magnesium can also (supposedly) help you sleep better.
https://health.clevelandclinic.org/does-magnesium-help-you-sleep
Refusing cholesterol medication will also significantly reduce the risk of dementia.
Yes!!
https://nitter.poast.org/wideawake_media/status/1940358124650574012
For those of you who don't know me, I'm Dr. Clint Steele. I'm a brain and nervous system specialist. I help people just like you improve your life by improving your brain function, specifically around preventing and in many cases reversing dementia and Alzheimer's disease. What they did was they took 6,000 people over the course of 16 months between the ages of 43 and 70. They gave one group 350 milligrams of magnesium. They gave the other group 550 milligrams of magnesium. They found at the end of 16 months was that the group that took 550 milligrams improved cognitive ability, improved memory, and decreased risk. This is according to the research, decreased risk of dementia risk by as much as 41% just by increasing your magnesium intake from 350 to 550 milligrams. In addition, as many of you already know, magnesium is huge in helping people sleep. This also helps to decrease your risk of dementia. I give my patients on regularly 250 milligrams of magnesium in the morning, 250 milligrams about an hour before bed. And I prefer magnesium threonate or magnesium glycinate. These work the best for improving brain function and also improving sleep. Give it a shot.
Thanks ccc! 👏
Hey Joy, I've used https://github.com/mkiol/dsnote Speech Note for Linux for this.
I've asked grok what is best for me, gave it my age, sex, weight... and it recommended the magnesium taurate to me. Give it a try.
Edit: Thank you for posting this!
YW fren! Thanks for the link! 👏
Thank you for this.
You should add that nobody who has renal problems should do this without regular testing of blood magnesium. Healthy kidneys can cope with a large load of extra magnesium, but if the kidneys have poor function a toxic level can build up rapidly.
I had a few patients who took big doses of crushed dolomite (it was a fashion at that time to increase magnesium intake) who had increased sensitivity to certain muscle paralysing drugs used in anaesthesia, but forgot to tell me.
Great contribution, thank you!
Yes sir! I take Magnesium, Potassium, and Dr. Berg's Vitamin D3 / K2 supplement every day. I feel 20 years younger and my blood pressure dropped 15 points!
Pumpkin seeds. Buy raw organic and roast yourself with oil, salt, and pepper. One serving is 155mg plus protein, fat, and fiber.
https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/eating-more-magnesium-each-day-keeps-dementia-at-bay
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00394-023-03123-x
Thanks DR! 👏
I've been taking magnesium at night, helps me go to sleep, have a good sleep, and I feel great the next day, less stressed and less brain fog, it also got rid of my kidney stone (which it is known for)
Bonus points for sleep: Zinc to help metabolize adenosine while you sleep (improves sleep effectiveness and helps indirectly break caffeine addiction)
Vitamin B6 to help keep GABA levels necessary to produce brain fog when its time to sleep. (Fall asleep faster)
Magnesium also regulates melatonin in the body to help keep you asleep and prevent the melatonin hangover in the morning (stay asleep and wake up more effectively).
I'm a believer Vertigo!
great post / news for health!
One Calif. doctor did terrible doctoring for my mother, a top-rated “U.S. News” doctor who needs his rating set to 0, not qualified
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=magnesium+dementia