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[Juniebjones]

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[atomic sagebrush]

Weirdly as I was just trying to answer your other question on IG I came across this little gem that I wrote answering this question two years ago and it made me LOL

"It is not good for your health, and I don't mean, "might give you cancer when you're 93 but if it helps me get a daughter then who cares" but instead "might cause fatal heart arrhythmias that can kill you tomorrow".

It's because it can make you get really really sick to take too much magnesium - as in serious major diarrhea for starters and then heart arrhythmias...it's not worth it. Stick with the 300 total because a LOT of swayers have had bad results with 5-600 even though it's supposed to be safe.

Some vitamins are made for people who are 300 pound men and can tolerate higher doses than 120 lb. women.

[atomic sagebrush]

I don't think it has to be calcium citrate. Calcium citrate is supposed to be better absorbed by the body but we dont' even know if we want it to be better absorbed by the body, KWIM???

[purplepoet20]

When I looked into magnesium I called our family dr... hubby is 275lbs and has health problems. Dr said it would be ok for him to take up to 500mg and it would help his health and the sway. Once he is in better health dr said to lower to 300mg (even if he is the same weight). For me I am 165lbs and I have no heart problems, that have been found, but the dr said to not go above 300mg. Mag is good for bone health but if to much is in your body and your bones do not need it, it will go somewhere else and that is when the health probs can start. It has it's health benefits but if to much is in your body it can affect you over all health.

Here is a small chart.

Age Male Female Pregnancy Lactation
1-3 80 80 N/A N/A

4-8 130 130 N/A N/A

9-13 240 240 N/A N/A

14-18 410 360 400 360

19-30 400 310 350 310

31+ 420 320 360 320