Price is not bad, has anyone tried this Magnesium oil ? I was going to order it today.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0026R ... 5IE6KJWFH6
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0026R ... 5IE6KJWFH6
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loess said:narouz, I think that's correct, that it's referred to as "oil" because of the slightly viscous texture when magnesium chloride is mixed with water. It is very subtle though.
Best value I have found is to buy the big 8 lb. bag of flakes and make your own magnesium oil. It is about $40 on Amazon.
BingDing said:Yes, been using it for a couple years. There are more than one brand sourced from it, and price can be all over the place. I found Life-flo brand locally for $9.44 for 8 oz, which was better than I've paid before.
BingDing said:I started using mag oil a few months before I started reading RP. I must have been drastically deficient because the first few times my whole body was vibrating, it was pretty dramatic. I use it occasionally now after a shower, I read somewhere that the skin absorbs more when it's warm and flushed. 25 sprays on each leg, 'twixt boxers and socks, and I just leave it on. It attracts moisture from the air and takes forever to dry, but I got used to feeling on my skin. Reminds me of swimming in the ocean and air drying on the beach, but without the sand in my drawers.
loess said:I get pretty much that same result, narouz. Spray it, rub it in and once it evaporates it leaves a white residue.
I have to admit that between magnesium chloride baths, epsom salt baths, topical magnesium oil before a shower and occasionally at intervals throughout the day if I have to be out of the house (a few sprays here and there on my forearms is easy to rub in and then rinse off), and drinking magnesium bicarbonate water every day, magnesium supplementation is kind of a hassle, a full-time job. I don't do all of that every day. Truth be told I would love to get magnesium and other minerals by simply soaking in my own personal tropical hot springs while sipping on chocolate milk and chomping on cherimoyas
BingDing said:I started using mag oil a few months before I started reading RP. I must have been drastically deficient because the first few times my whole body was vibrating, it was pretty dramatic. I use it occasionally now after a shower, I read somewhere that the skin absorbs more when it's warm and flushed. 25 sprays on each leg, 'twixt boxers and socks, and I just leave it on. It attracts moisture from the air and takes forever to dry, but I got used to feeling on my skin. Reminds me of swimming in the ocean and air drying on the beach, but without the sand in my drawers.
narouz said:loess said:I get pretty much that same result, narouz. Spray it, rub it in and once it evaporates it leaves a white residue.
I have to admit that between magnesium chloride baths, epsom salt baths, topical magnesium oil before a shower and occasionally at intervals throughout the day if I have to be out of the house (a few sprays here and there on my forearms is easy to rub in and then rinse off), and drinking magnesium bicarbonate water every day, magnesium supplementation is kind of a hassle, a full-time job. I don't do all of that every day. Truth be told I would love to get magnesium and other minerals by simply soaking in my own personal tropical hot springs while sipping on chocolate milk and chomping on cherimoyas
I've been experimenting with magnesium mainly because I have had for several months now
this weird syndrome where
I can't take the amount of thyroid supp I need
(and used to be able to take)
to get my temps/pulse up to where they should be.
I get heart palpitations, racing, irregularities, skipped beats, etc.
So...I've heard Peat say this can sometimes be due to difficulty hanging onto magnesium
if one is hypothyroid.
Kinduv a Catch-22:
-can't hang on to magesium because hypothyroid
-hypothyroid because (theoretically) can't hang on to magnesium....
Another clue, in my mind, that I may be magnesium deficient:
I have some bouts of cramping.
"Ray's response was "sometimes i think the products change and European thyroid supplements are unpredictable. Magnesium Deficiency can cause those symptoms. Thyroid makes your cells able to use magnesium and take it up. Big organs like your skeletal muscles and bones can take up so much from your blood that your heart and brain have trouble getting any magnesium they need to respond to the thyroid and then you get an exaggerated stress of adrenaline. Doses of about 100mg at a time as you take the 1 - 2 mcg cytomel. 100mg will be enough for a few hours to respond the the dose of thyroid."
What brand would you recommend? Does this look good to you. So is it it okay to start magnesium if you have low thyroid but not yet supplementing with thyroid?Aspekt said:narouz said:loess said:I get pretty much that same result, narouz. Spray it, rub it in and once it evaporates it leaves a white residue.
I have to admit that between magnesium chloride baths, epsom salt baths, topical magnesium oil before a shower and occasionally at intervals throughout the day if I have to be out of the house (a few sprays here and there on my forearms is easy to rub in and then rinse off), and drinking magnesium bicarbonate water every day, magnesium supplementation is kind of a hassle, a full-time job. I don't do all of that every day. Truth be told I would love to get magnesium and other minerals by simply soaking in my own personal tropical hot springs while sipping on chocolate milk and chomping on cherimoyas
I've been experimenting with magnesium mainly because I have had for several months now
this weird syndrome where
I can't take the amount of thyroid supp I need
(and used to be able to take)
to get my temps/pulse up to where they should be.
I get heart palpitations, racing, irregularities, skipped beats, etc.
So...I've heard Peat say this can sometimes be due to difficulty hanging onto magnesium
if one is hypothyroid.
Kinduv a Catch-22:
-can't hang on to magesium because hypothyroid
-hypothyroid because (theoretically) can't hang on to magnesium....
Another clue, in my mind, that I may be magnesium deficient:
I have some bouts of cramping.
Peat wrote this (or said it) about taking t3:
"Ray's response was "sometimes i think the products change and European thyroid supplements are unpredictable. Magnesium Deficiency can cause those symptoms. Thyroid makes your cells able to use magnesium and take it up. Big organs like your skeletal muscles and bones can take up so much from your blood that your heart and brain have trouble getting any magnesium they need to respond to the thyroid and then you get an exaggerated stress of adrenaline. Doses of about 100mg at a time as you take the 1 - 2 mcg cytomel. 100mg will be enough for a few hours to respond the the dose of thyroid."
The oil is interesting stuff. Sometimes it's intensely painful for me, most of the time not at all. It seems to absorb faster if I haven't used it that day and especially if I've been doing exercise. Regarding the salt left on the surface, its probable that if there's still a lot of salt on the skin it will inhibit absorption. Rinsing it off before applying the next layer seems to work well.
natedawggh said:I use this and I love it:
http://www.swansonvitamins.com/swanson- ... fgod-3UAJw
I just mix some into a glass of water, milk, or orange juice two-three times a day. Unlike epsom salts it does not really create a laxative effect unless you really take too much.
BingDing said:RPmom, it's definitely OK to start magnesium. If you start thyroid supps or increase metabolism some other way your magnesium requirements may increase. Mg is a cofactor in oxidative respiration, which is to say metabolism.
loess said:I get pretty much that same result, narouz. Spray it, rub it in and once it evaporates it leaves a white residue.
I have to admit that between magnesium chloride baths, epsom salt baths, topical magnesium oil before a shower and occasionally at intervals throughout the day if I have to be out of the house (a few sprays here and there on my forearms is easy to rub in and then rinse off), and drinking magnesium bicarbonate water every day, magnesium supplementation is kind of a hassle, a full-time job. I don't do all of that every day. Truth be told I would love to get magnesium and other minerals by simply soaking in my own personal tropical hot springs while sipping on chocolate milk and chomping on cherimoyas