Amazoniac
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It's very safe at low to moderate doses and potentially detrimental at high, if not from what was mentioned, from impurities or competition/laxation. Poor absorbability makes magnesium great at concentrating in the intestinal lumen and drawing water. Added to this, the tendency of magnesium to promote bacterial activity, as opposed to killcium.Lots of interesting info here, most of which is way above my level
I guess the question that remain is this: is the form of magnesium carbonate potentially harmful, in any way, to anyones knowledge? Or is it very safe to try? Mixed with anything (water, juice, dilluted vinegar)???
Btw- I’ve tried most forms of Mg - including malate, glycinate and threonate, but they either don’t do anything, or they seem to be ”downers”, and do not yield the immediate positive effects that citrate has on me....
I would start with just water to get a sense of how it affects without other factors. Around 100-150 mg of magnesium at a time should be enough, it gets wasteful as you increase the dose.
It can be supplemented with meals, in this case it's better to favor those that don't contain foods that are challenging for you since it may fuel the problem.
Later on, I would try to react with vinegar to know if your response is positive. Acetate is a basic molecule, it can have diverse fates (fatty acid and hormone synthesis, cellular respiration) as opposed to the others that are more specific. The reaction doesn't need to be flawless, it's fine to have some carbonate in excess of acetate if stomach acid is concerned.
The carbonate form allows you to switch to other organic acids when needed, because otherwise you're forced to obtain as much of the ligand as required to get the desirable amount of magnesium. The flexibility will also help you to take it easy when you notice that it's having a negative effect on gut microbes, each organic acid will have a different impact and it's not always good.
If nothing works, I would test Jorge's Magnoil (topical product) because it will avoid indigestion and malabsorption.
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