Magnesium dosing

[6p6]

Other than taking it until you get the runs...is there a mathematical way to figure out your magnesium needs?


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[Skeletor]

Re: Magnesium dosing

Great question. I'd love to know more about this too

[guns01]

Re: Magnesium dosing

without getting blood drawn and checking if you are def i would have no clue. i have always used 400mg a day when i am sweating more than usual and 200 the rest of the year. like now i am doing a ton of cardio so it's 400 post workout for me

[macedog24]

Re: Magnesium dosing

What kinda of magnesium your taking is probable what to look at first. Certain forms of magnesium are not absorbed so easily. Also avoid zinc when taking magnesium. It will cause your body to absorb less.
Calcium and vit D will aid in absorption of magnesium

[jipped genes]

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Like Guns, I too take 400 mg ED. Never a prob with the runs as long as I take it with food. Now pop one on an empty stomach and you are playing with brown fire.

[BABY1]

Re: Magnesium dosing

I take magnesium glycinate. One of the most absobing and least likely to cause digestive upset. here is a chart...RDA. Of course tweak to your own needs...

Birth to 6 months	30 mg
Infants 7-12 months	75 mg
Children 1-3 years	80 mg
Children 4-8 years	130 mg
Children 9-13 years	240 mg
Teen boys 14-18 years	410 mg
Teen girls 14-18 years	360 mg
Men	400-420 mg
Women	310-320 mg
Pregnant teens	400 mg
Pregnant women	350-360 mg
Breastfeeding teens	360 mg
Breastfeeding women	310-320 mg

[6p6]

Re: Magnesium dosing

I take magnesium glycinate. One of the most absobing and least likely to cause digestive upset. here is a chart...RDA. Of course tweak to your own needs...

Birth to 6 months	30 mg
Infants 7-12 months	75 mg
Children 1-3 years	80 mg
Children 4-8 years	130 mg
Children 9-13 years	240 mg
Teen boys 14-18 years	410 mg
Teen girls 14-18 years	360 mg
Men	400-420 mg
Women	310-320 mg
Pregnant teens	400 mg
Pregnant women	350-360 mg
Breastfeeding teens	360 mg
Breastfeeding women	310-320 mg

Awesome


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[macedog24]

Re: Magnesium dosing

Anytime i use to do the competitions at work. I would use the 10 oz. magnesium citrate at the beginning after weigh in to clean me out. And then at the end of the competition 24-36hrs before weigh in. I could lose 9lbs the last day alone..

[jipped genes]

Re: Magnesium dosing

Anytime i use to do the competitions at work. I would use the 10 oz. magnesium citrate at the beginning after weigh in to clean me out. And then at the end of the competition 24-36hrs before weigh in. I could lose 9lbs the last day alone..

JEEZUZ, I had surgery and had to use the mag citrate to clean me out and it was MISERABLE! It turned my hind end into an upside down chocolate milk volcano. Only volcanoes don't get cramps that bend them double in pain when they erupt.

[guns01]

Re: Magnesium dosing

JEEZUZ, I had surgery and had to use the mag citrate to clean me out and it was MISERABLE! It turned my hind end into an upside down chocolate milk volcano. Only volcanoes don't get cramps that bend them double in pain when they erupt.

if that's the jug of shit they give you for a colonoscopy i know your pain man. that is one of the most miserable experiences of my lifetime. if you threw up with it i would compare it to dysentery