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Osteoporosis, Magnesium, and IBS
Osteoporosis & Bone Health | Last Active: Mar 30 6:01pm | Replies (28)Comment receiving replies
Magnesium Glycinate is the only magnesium that I can tolerate and it is also recommended for those with osteoporosis. My understanding is that some magnesium, like magnesium oxide, is not absorbed well in your body and therefore just moves on to the colon where it ends up being expelled, hence diarrhea. I have tried several brands of magnesium glycinate and the one I like the best is made by Quinol. I take it at bedtime because it helps me with my sleep. However, if you take it during the day, it does not make you sleepy but just a relaxed feeling. I hope this helps.
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If you read nutrition book by the Caltons, which is recommended by Dr. Lucas, they say Magnesium Oxide and Citrate are fine, I take both and had an increase in Dexa (still had fracture later). I think the magnesium choice depends upon whether you need or don’t need a laxative effect.
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Do you take Quinol's with 420mg in each pill? I started taking the brand Doctor's Best with 105mg in each capsule so I could start low and work my way up. I'm currently taking 3 capsules a day (315mg) but my functional medicine NP wants me to take around 400mg a day. I take it about 1.5 hrs before bed and haven't noticed any side effects. It might be helping my sleep but there are other factors that could be affecting that too