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KK's avatar

This is a great reminder. Thank you. Where does amount of dietary mg factor in? Periodically I check my dietary intake with chronometer, so in theory I have a rough estimate. Also per dr Sircus (my translation) have a 2:1 mg:calcium dietary ratio to balance getting Ca to my bones and not too much so that excess goes to calcifying in my arteries. Last question. I’ve come to like transdermal Mg. Am and pm. Am around my heart (noticing fewer irregular beats) and upper torso and pm around my gut and lower torso to aid with sleep and nighttime clean up. Dosing about 300 elemental per time. Again per Sircus, transdermal gets through the skin targeting where you want it. Orally, the gut gets its share and what’s left goes through the body. Thank once again. I’m grateful you are helping scientifically and generously

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Maurice Daher, CNS's avatar

Just to be clear on few things, we will never hit optimal magnesium from food alone ANYMORE, not in 2025 or never. with the soil we've got, and water being tempered with, and not to mention the amount of stress and output most of us are living under.

Chronometer might give you a rough estimate, but it's only as accurate as the data it pulls and it doesn't account for the bioavailability, stress loss, gut absorption, or intracellula depletion.

Your ratio isnt wrong 2:1 but even that the calcium isn't being shoved into tissues from chronic inflammation or high insulin states. it's not about ratios, its about physiology. Fix the terrain and the minerals will be balanced.

Magnesium is one of those supplement every 4hrs intake. and make sure you keep an eye on your RBC Magnesium testing not serum and your aim is 6mg/dL or higher

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KK's avatar

Fix the terrain….I look forward to more from you on this, Maurice. There’s precious little that’s helpful, beyond stating the fact, on the web. No pressure! ;). (Have I missed an article?)

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ArtemisForestFairy's avatar

how about vinegar drinks? switchels? apple cider vinegar diluted with a bit of blackstrap molasses or somesuch? how did ancient people get their magnesium, because clearly they did.

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Maurice Daher, CNS's avatar

Our soils were not depleted.

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Donna Bohaker's avatar

Great information. I have been taking a lot of Magnesium in the morning and evening because I am low in it. I will try taking it over the day instead of all at once. I’m not absorbing my calcium so I have to figure out what to do. Thanks for this informative article.

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Maurice Daher, CNS's avatar

Large magnesium doses all at once often overwhelm absorption and shift electrolytes instead of fixing the deficit. Spreading it earlier in the day usually improves uptake and reduces rebound symptoms.

If calcium is not absorbing, the issue is rarely calcium intake. It’s usually stomach acid, vitamin D status, vitamin K2 signaling, bile flow, or chronic stress pulling minerals out of tissue. Fix the environment first, then minerals start behaving normally.

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Twig's avatar

Great advise!

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Joe k's avatar

Impossible to acquire sufficient magnesium orally if deficient.

Start over!

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KK's avatar

Any good leads on lab to measure cellular Mg and other electrolyte minerals?

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Maurice Daher, CNS's avatar

Make sure you are testing for RBC Magnesium (not serum)

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KK's avatar

Thank you for that refinement!

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Ray Fouts's avatar

So where does the salt enter as mentioned? Glycinate as I read is a carrier so the magnesium is more bioavailability

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Maurice Daher, CNS's avatar

Sea salt with baking soda (15 minutes before your meal with 1 cup of warm water)

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Maureen Santini's avatar

Wondering if there is a reason you did not mention citrate.

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Maurice Daher, CNS's avatar

Citrate mostly for Gut issue more than anything... no real effect on magnesium saturation.. Only use it for emergency purposes to help with gut issue - if you feel bloated, belching, or food not sitting right...

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Maurice Daher, CNS's avatar

200mg would be not bad, as it could be about 40 to 60% being magnesium elemental

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