The standard magnesium oxide is only 10% absorbed so costs a lot per unit!
The cheapest is magnesium sulphate (mag sulph) but can cause loose bowels if you take too much - Andrew's Liver Salts is available everywhere and makes into a fizzy drink. Start with a quarter of teaspoon and work up over the next 3 weeks to 1 teaspoon or to tolerance. My OH swears by it.
Magnesium ascorbate combined with a form of vitamin C is good, as are the citrate, malate, succinateand fumarate forms which are well absorbed and tolerated.
Generally it is best to get it in a balanced formula so it doesn't interfere with the balance and absorption of other minerals - so a multivit/min plus extra magnesium is a good way to go.
Magnesium is found naturally in kelp, green vegetables, nuts (almonds, cashews), brewers yeast, wheatgerm, buckwheat, molasses, reducing amounts in other foods.
Low stomach acid, alcohol, tea, coffee and smoking may reduce absorption
Anyone interested in supplementing with Magnesium, might want to search " [url]Transdermal Magnesium Therapy[/url] "
A brief intro to transdermal usage is given on the [url]ancient minerals website[/url]. There's plenty more info available if you do some research. The form is Magnesium Chloride....
Thanks so much for your replies: lots of valuable information there, The transdermal Magnesium products are definitely worth looking into, as I know my daughter has a very sensitive bowel and gets cramping. She is grateful to everyone passing on thoughts/advice. May be back to fire further questions at everyone in a few days!! x
I'd just like to add that magnesium ending in "ate" is better to take e.g. citrate, malate etc. Saying that, citrate is the one of the cheapest to take but causes the worst "runs" 😮 so others are better. I get mine online as health food shops are rubbish for buying the correct/sufficient magnesium.
I did see a migraine specialist privately. I did mention that mine weren't caused by eating certain foods (like cheese, chocolate etc) and how much easier my life would be if this were the case (as I could avoid these foods). She told me that eating certain foods do NOT cause migraines (it's just a fallacy perpetuated by the media and non migraine specialists) - the craving for these foods is actually the start of a chemical reaction in the body that is the start of the migraine - so basically there is a chemical reaction in the body that makes you crave chocolate, you eat it and then erroneously blame the chocolate for the migraine when in fact the chemical reaction is your migraine starting.
And that craving could well be for magnesium! In my case it usually is, though I'm sure it can be different for other people.
I know for sure some of my migraines are caused by food intolerances as I've done a food elimination diet on two occasions now and when I've tried specific foods after avoiding them for 12 weeks they have triggered within 6 hours and it has been the only change in diet at that time.
A lot of my migraines are linked to hormonal changes and stress levels. So I have all that to sort out too.
I've bought the magnesium salt and the oil. Tried the magnesium salt in a bath this evening and feel all warm and tingly. Will see in the next few days how it makes me feel I guess. 🙂
And that craving could well be for magnesium! In my case it usually is, though I'm sure it can be different for other people.
Yes - that's what the specialist said - it's the imbalace of vitamins/minerals causing a chemical reaction in the body that can cause the migraines to start. Obviously there are other factors like poor posture, hormones, stress etc but she did say that foods causing migraines weren't true - it was the chemical imbalance in the body.
Funnily enough i saw her at the same time as I was starting to use the magnesium. She did tell me that if I hadn't been using magnesium then she would have recommended for me to start.
headache especially migraine headaches , there is no effective treatment
headache especially migraine headaches , there is no effective treatment
What have you tried?
headache especially migraine headaches , there is no effective treatment
Really?
I suggest you read the book "Migrains and Epilepsy" by Jan de Vries
All Love and Reiki Hugs
Really?
I suggest you read the book "Migrains and Epilepsy" by Jan de Vries
All Love and Reiki Hugs
Thank you for your recommendation, I will read this book.
Wow, I must say this 'chat' has been very helpful!!
After suffering from migraines for years and bugging my doctor to help me, he also put my on Amitripalyne, like some of the people on this 'chat'. Which worked for a while but then recently my migraines as well as just normal headaches have returned, and are just as hard to get rid of, with the use of Sumatriptan. (Which I was told, after I had used it, that the amount I was taking was going to give me a stroke at 26 years of age. So nice of him to warn me AFTER taking it!!)
But anyway, this talk about magnesium has never been mentioned to me, and i made it clear to my GP that I'd rather not take medication if I can, I want to find the problem and fix it, not just numb it with daily tablets.
So what i'm saying is thanks basically, I am going to try magnesium supplements and see if it works for me. 🙂
Just what I needed... I suffer chronic headaches and the only help I've had from my GP is to prescribe me Amitryptiline. Which out of desperation I gave in and started to take. My new GP is now messing about with my dosage so may try taking some additional magnesium to prevent my medication dose being increased and may hopefully lead me to reducing and eventually stopping the medication all together. I keep challenging my GP that headaches must be caused by something, they can't just occur for the sake of occurring so this will definitely help my case.
Wow, I must say this 'chat' has been very helpful!!
After suffering from migraines for years and bugging my doctor to help me, he also put me on Amitryptiline. Which worked for a while but then recently my migraines as well as just normal headaches have returned, and are just as hard to get rid of as before all the medication, with the use of Sumatriptan. (Which I was told, after I had used it, that the amount I was taking was going to give me a stroke at 26 years of age. So nice of him to warn me AFTER taking it!!)
But anyway, this talk about magnesium has never been mentioned to me, and i made it clear to my GP that I'd rather not take medication if I can, I want to find the problem and fix it, not just numb it with daily tablets.
So what i'm saying is thanks basically, I am going to try magnesium supplements and see if it works for me. 🙂
After suffering from migraines for years and bugging my doctor to help me, he also put my on Amitripalyne, like some of the people on this 'chat'. Which worked for a while but then recently my migraines as well as just normal headaches have returned, and are just as hard to get rid of, with the use of Sumatriptan. (Which I was told, after I had used it, that the amount I was taking was going to give me a stroke at 26 years of age. So nice of him to warn me AFTER taking it!!)
My goodness, you can be pretty sure anything given by a Doctor will undoubtedly hold a zillion side effects.
Well , I'm interested in this topic.Thank you for your opinions ,there are lots of valuable information there,
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