The following magnesium compounds have sufficiently low stability that they offer very

high absorption and are well tolerated. Magnesium acetate, chloride, citrate,
gluconate, glycinate, lactate, malate, succinate and sulfate are all very good, ionizable
sources of magnesium. Intravenously, hospitals give magnesium sulfate. Magnesium
chloride would be best, but it is very hygroscopic and difficult to properly package, but
it makes a wonderful oily skin lotion when present in more than 25% concentrations
in

water

and

is

readily

and

beneficially

absorbed.

like

the "Ancient

Minerals" magnesium chloride product sold by LL's Magnetic Clay. It is supposed to be

from an ancient European mineral deposit called the "Zechstein magnesium salt bed"
in

Europe.

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Obviously,neurotoxic-to-us

ligands

(glutamate

and

aspartate) and

oxides

and

hydroxides must be avoided if they are used for dietary supplement purposes.
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On the other hand, maybe for some special people, magnesium oxide could be just
what the doctor ordered. Here are the facts. Some people can't absorb ionizable
magnesium compounds since they have intestinal problems, such as candida albicans
infection and other problems perhaps of a medical nature, and they develop diarrhea
with relatively small doses of ionizable magnesium like magnesium chloride, citrate,
lactate, glycinate and so on. I believe they can't absorb ionizable magnesium since
ionizable magnesium first feeds candida albicans fungus or other infective agent in the
guts, thus worsening intestinal health and diminishing absorption. I don't know if this
condition is rare or common, but suspect it is rare in well people but more common in
sick people such as depressives. Perhaps leaky gut syndrome is present. There are
fascinating tidbits of information that suggests magnesium oxide will not be absorbed
by candida albicans (my intuition only - no facts here), yet the human gut absorbs it.
However, the amount of magnesium oxide needed to effect a benefit in treating
depression may be as high as 2,000 to 4,000 milligrams a day (split the doses please)!
Whoa! That much magnesium citrate or other ionizable compounds might cause
serious health problems (or death?), so it greatly worries me that people may not
remember that these huge doses are very tentatively described ONLY for magnesium
oxide and such doses may or may not cause severe side effects. Benefits? Maybe! Why
am I taking this position now? Last year I worked on magnesium throat lozenges for
asthma, see the article here. Although I did not expect magnesium oxide to work, it

did, but much larger doses were required compared to ionizable forms. Therefore, I had
some personal evidence that magnesium oxide could be absorbed and could be useful
in treating human diseases. Was it very convincing? NO! There are other tidbits of
information too. In this 1986 unpublished article by Vinson, he shows that
magnesium oxide produced urinary levels of magnesium in excess of that produced by
magnesium glycinate. That means that for those several people in the Vinson study,
magnesium oxide was absorbed better than magnesium glycinate. Look at this 2006
article inGut, a journal associated with the British Medical Journal, it shows with clear
laboratory evidence that a woman having had part of her intestinal tract removed from
a previous surgery, absorbed magnesium oxide but not other forms of magnesium. Are
these three tidbits convincing? NOT YET, but I am convinced that there must be a
simple solution to the problem of absorption of magnesium for those people that are
having

trouble

absorbing

ionizable

magnesium

compounds.

Therefore,

with

considerable humility, I suggest that as a last ditch effort to make magnesium work,
try magnesium oxide, and let me know your progress. I will publish your results here.
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"I know you get a ton of mail so I will keep this brief (love the site, btw). My
intention is not to challenge your findings but to find the truth for myself. I have tried
three different types of magnesium for anxiety (malate, citrate, and oxide) and, believe
it or not, only oxide helps. Before you dismiss this email, let me provide you with some
background info. When I take malate or citrate (bound to magnesium, of course) in
daily doses larger than 600 mg (divided into 4 separate doses), I get terrible diarrhea
and cramps and no relief for my anxiety. However, I can consume 2500 mg (or more)
magnesium oxide without any repercussions and it further cures my anxiety
completely. I have found a few reputable links that report that on RARE occasions,
some individuals actually absorb magnesium oxide better than other chelated forms
(the links are below). The vast majority of the research I have done reaches the same
conclusion that you do - magnesium oxide is garbage. Please give me your feedback on
this - I can't explain why oxide works best for me, it just does."

The links he mentioned are the two links about magnesium oxide that I have in
my above text. Thanks, Ryan H. Had he not written, I would not have given any
credibility to my magnesium oxide for asthma data, and would not have made the leap
that there are gut issues here that may be positively influenced by low bioavailability

magnesium compounds such as magnesium oxide. If you want to know how ionizable
any given magnesium compound is, and don't mind a bit of chemical nomenclature
see this page. However, I warn Ryan and anybody that will listen, that if your body
changes, and you suddenly are able to easily absorb magnesium oxide, you could be in
for a major overdose. See this internal link for signs and symptoms of magnesium
toxicity. I think I would prefer people to use "non gut" methods of a taking magnesium,
such as shots, IV, rectal, or topical described below rather than to overdose on
magnesium oxide.

George,
So far, I only seem to have a positive response to magnesium oxide in very high
doses (over 10 grams, > possibly 14+). Do you know the best way to get this without
taking tons of pills & how to counteract that with > > taurine or anything else? It
definitely overstimulates bowels-so I get to feel good only I can't be around others. I've
suffered from severe chronic depression my whole life & eat an extremely healthy raw
vegan diet. I have tried tons of supplements & natural remedies all of which has done
nothing. I had tried magnesium taurate previously & it didn't do anything, probably
because I needed much higher doses.
i appreciate your assistance.
Thank you,
Lori

Ahhhhhhh!!! You guys and gals are really scaring me! Those could be toxic doses
if it were any compound other than magnesium oxide! WARNING!!!!!
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Cottage cheese, low in calcium and very high in taurine (1700 mg per cup), is a good
food source. Taking taurine supplements along with various ionizable magnesium
compounds (such as magnesium acetate, chloride, citrate, gluconate, glycinate,

lactate, malate, succinate, sulfate, tartrate), seems to do the trick, because both often
result in perfect poop.
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Loose stools normally attendant with daily 1200 mg magnesium dosage (split into 200
to 300 mg doses given 4 times per day), appeared completely preventable by taking six
times the dosage of taurine with the magnesium doses (for example: for each 100 mg
magnesium dosage, about 600 mg of taurine is ingested). Taurine is a conditional
essential amino acid for humans, well known to be essential in human infants, but not
in adults (except in aging, where its absence may be responsible for vast morbidity and
early mortality). Its other main function is in preventing cardiac arrhythmias and
palpitations, and regulating cardiac rhythm generally, by supporting potassium
metabolism too. Since I have had an increasingly severe problem with cardiac
arrhythmias (PACs), such is the reason I experimented with taurine. Although the
arrhythmias were slowly benefited over a one month period and nearly disappeared,
the poop issue became immediately evident the first morning after my initial taurine
dosage.
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Additive taurine also is a potent sleep enhancer.
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However, in those individuals who develop stomach ulcers with aspirin, for instance,
large doses of supplemental taurine may be contraindicated. Some people may have
side effects from too much taurine, and there is a possibility that excessive taurine (6
grams or more per day) over a long time could cause histamine issues, perhaps
resulting in increased - to greatly increased - respiratory mucous production, sort of a
super allergy -type reaction.
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More

on

taurine in

foods

by

H.

Pasantes-Morales

in

"Nutrition

Reports

International", Oct. 1989: Taurine is converted from methionine and cysteine, and
with help from sulfur, sodium and chloride changes to taurine. The highest
concentration of taurine was found in clams and octopus (41.4 micromoles/g and 31.2
micromoles/g),

followed

by

shrimp

and

fish

(12.4

micromoles/g

and

9.1

micromoles/g). Beef, pork and lamb meat contain taurine in concentrations ranging
3.5-4.0 micromoles/g. Taurine concentration in chicken leg was 6.6 micromoles/g and
in chicken breast was 1.4 micromoles/g. No taurine was found either in hen eggs (yolk
or white) or in dairy products or in honey. Taurine was undetectable to trace amounts
in fruits and vegetables to include rice, corn, oatmeal, pumpkin, rye, wheat, barley,
sesame seed, coffee and cacao, black beans, chick peas, peanuts, walnuts, almonds,
cashews, hazelnuts, pinenuts pistachios. All analysis were carried out in uncooked
samples, and cooking greatly reduced taurine content of most foods.
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Anti-Candida Albicans Agents - Ways to Increase Magnesium Absorption
Coconut oil Helpful and safe, but works only for a week.
Garlic Helpful and safe, but works only for a week.
Iodine Very helpful but may not be safe - thyroid issues
Kefir Helpful and safe, and should be taken every day as our main source of

calcium (greatly helps with magnesium wasting perhaps due to high content
of inulin).
Indole-3-Carbinol) Helpful and extremely safe, and is my main anti-fungal, anti-

cancer agent and anti magnesium wasting agent. It also seems to greatly
reduce diarrhea and improve bowel function particularly with use of highdose magnesium.
Bacillus coagulans plus biotin Whoa! This is the cat's meow! Finally some real

efficacy! This is what I like the best. Read the link and see why.

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Warning! Too much magnesium has been known to cause diarrhea for at least 100
years. Each magnesium ion will attract about 800 molecules of water, which is usually
believed

to

be

the cause

of the

diarrhea.

However, too

much

magnesium

exponentially stimulates the growth of Candida yeast cells in vitro, which was
preventable by added calcium. Consequently, large doses of magnesium without

calcium may stimulate intestinal Candida overgrowth in the human. Consequently,

magnesium

should

be

taken

using

several

antifungal

agents,

and

especially garlicwith coconut oil. Also, Indole-3-Carbinol will greatly help in detoxifying
the intestines and inducing immunity to Candida, thus reducing diarrhea and
reducing magnesium wasting. These antifungals will also amplify the absorption of
magnesium

and

greatly

accelerate

recovery

but may

increase

toxicity

of

magnesium due to increased absorption. Consequently, when magnesium (without

calcium) and antifungals are being used therapeutically, potential for overdose should
be considered.
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Magnesium supplementation is well known to terminate palpitations which are
accompanied by mitral valve prolapse. In this same article, they showed that 54% of
patients with emotional symptoms (anxiety and depression) had these symptoms
resolve using magnesium. The literature does support the concept of imbalances
between calcium and magnesium as causal for many episodes of cardiac palpitations
and most more serious and deadly heart conditions. In my case, my cardiac
magnesium status was adversely affected by my long-term use of powdered sodium
bicarbonate while brushing teeth to de-acidify my mouth in the interest of preventing
caries. As soon as I stopped using pure baking soda, my cardiac problems stopped.
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