There's more to citrate than being said here, it seems. If citric acid is harmful, what makes it harmful and why aren't lemons being avoided? Is it because the goodness of vitamin C in it makes up for it?"Magnesium citrate is a magnesium preparation in salt form with citric acid in a 1:1 ratio (1 magnesium atom per citrate molecule)."
Quantitative Assessment of Citric Acid in Lemon Juice, Lime Juice, and Commercially-Available Fruit Juice Products
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On magnesium citrate, I've been taking more of it in the past few days, as much as 2 grams of it over 4 doses. I noticed that my arthritic knee felt better, likely from the magnesium intake, but my blood pressure shot up. Maybe it's the citrate?
The molar weight of magnesium and magnesium citrate is 43 and 214 respectively. I didn't do the math earlier, so it seems like I'm taking only a small amount of magnesium 2*43/214 = 350 mg (which still is in the ballpark of daily intake value recommended as a 1:4 ratio of calcium intake). But my citrate intake is 1650mg.
I still want to increase my magnesium intake and work my way up to 1500mg/day on a 1:1 ratio with calcium (as an answer to my lead toxicity), but now realize that I cannot do it with magnesium citrate. Barring any delay, I'll have my own magnesium bicarbonate made with my DIY carbonated water in about 3 weeks.
Goodbye to magnesium citrate. Magnesium bicarbonate - here I come!