Very informative article . Very few people and medicos are aware of this topic

Thank you Dr. Lundberg . Refresh and add concepts to my knowlodge. Very easy to read and understand.

@Becky Lehr I second LEF. Good intelligence at this level.

@S H Several holistic pregnancy websites discuss and advise women to take supplements. My niece took supplements daily during her twin pregnancy, never had BP problem, no preterm labor, delivered on her due date.

I agree, in those individuals at risk (poor diet, daily alcohol consumption, PPI use, symptomatic complaints etc.), low Magnesium should be measured (for low serum values) and supplemented if needed; however, patients should be advised of the potential risks of excess Magnesium levels (esp. those individuals taking Mag supplements chronically and unaware of its content (Maalox Mylanta MOM etc.); additionally, those with renal insufficiency, chronic renal failure and or on dialysis, need to be ed…

does rbc magnesium reflect intracellular stores. Is it worth testing?

@Carol Lanier Hi Carol, I highly recommend Solgar’s Magnesium Citrate from Amazon.com

@Dr. Robert Powell One of my optometrist friend once told me that his wife was under the care of Psychiatrist for depression and was on two medications. I had read somewhere along the line that some of these patients do well with Mg ++ supplement. She started taking it twice daily. Lo and behold, she felt better and stopped taking her anti depressant medications. This was almost two years ago. To this day, she is feeling fine and going about her work without any sign of depression. Several pa…

My Grandmother, not a doctor, not a nurse took Mag supplements daily in rather large amounts. Milk o Mag everyday, she felt it wasn’t addictive but medicinal. She lived to be 97 years old, she had aortic stenosis, no surgery, no atrial fibrillation. Rarely what I guess was a PVC. I am a nurse, she lived with me the last 14 years of her life and I checked her “regular” pulse. Always amazed me. I have thought about how her magnesium supplements were really her intuitive ideas about maintaining …

Eniva has a liquid Mg that achieves close to 100% absorption and is in the cells working as soon as 5 minutes. When I have my pre-atrial contractions ( I wrestled in College and that high intensity workouts can lead to this problem – free radical production.) an ounce of Eniva’s Mg and within 5 minutes my heart is beating normally . Before Eniva the only thing that would stop them was to rest and take a nap.This is something I had to do after almost every 5k and 10k race I ran after college.