Re: I'm beginning a course of Vitamin D3 shots...

On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 02:07:23 -0700, betaine_hcl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:

>Be sure to split your magnesium dose so it doesn't give you
>the diarrhea. Further don't use magnesium oxide as even
>people with good digestion and uptake only get about
>15% of this forms elemental magnesium. Sure one
>can take more MgO than other forms but it just p***** all the way thru
>the gut
>and then out. Magnesium carbonate or one the chelated forms would be
>better.
>
Magnesium citrate and magnesium aspartate are even better absorbed.
Other relative good options include magnesium chloride and magnesium
sulfate. I favor magnesium citrate, because it has probably slightly
stronger alkalizing effect than other magnesium compounds.


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Matti Narkia