Okay so am i correct here when i say citrate and citric acid are basically the same thing? They act the same? 1 liter of OJ contains 9-17 grams of citric acid, and we know OJ is very safe and good food to have for as many liters a day as you feel like, Peat drank atleast 1 to 3. Most people here seem to say that citrate is harmful in supplements such as magnesium citrate. Yet the amount is not nearly as much as in citrus fruits and juices such as OJ. Magnenium citrate is about 100 mg magnesium / 1000 mg citrate. So if you want 800 mg of magnesium from citrate form you ingest 8000 mg of citrate, which in most cases is the same amount of drinking about 500 grams of store bought OJ. So can someone explain how this is a problem? Im not saying citrate / citric acid is healthy, but we ingest it already so much so why is it a big deal? And yes i know things like magnesium glycinate are much better choice but citrate form is readily available in most stores and its very cheap.