Re: Magnesium Aspartate? How harmful is it???? » bluedog

Posted by Larry Hoover on March 30, 2003, at 7:59:12

In reply to Re: Magnesium Aspartate? How harmful is it???? » Larry Hoover, posted by bluedog on March 30, 2003, at 4:33:36

> I thought I was doing the right thing with my magnesium supplements. The particular brand I take contains the following magnesium compounds in each tablet for a total of 73mg elemental magnesium per tablet:-
>
> Magnesium orotate 200mg
> (eqiuv. 13mg magnesium)
>
> Magnesium aspartate 200mg
> (equiv. 13.4mg magnesium)
>
> Magnesium amino acid chelate 150mg
> (equiv. 30mg magnesium)
>
> Magnesium phosphate 80mg
> (equiv. 16.5mg magnesium)
>
>
> Now having read George Eby's "Rapid Recovery From Severe, Stress-Induced Depression Using Magnesium" site I saw that he considers magnesium aspartate as toxic and now I am worried!!!!!
>
> I therefore have some questions for you Larry:-
>
> 1) Am I actually worsening my depression by taking this particular formulation?
I wouldn't be overly concerned. You'll get nore aspartate from eating a meal with beef or chicken. Just take it with a meal, so the amino acid counter ion (the aspartate part) doesn't enter the blood all in one little flood. Also, take note that your 630 mg tablet contains only 73 mg magnesium. You would need to take a number of these particular tablets to meet the treatment guidelines of 400-800 mg magnesium per day. Rather than taking a number of these, you may want to take additional tablets of magnesium chloride (cheap and effective) to top up your magnesium intake for the day.
> 2) Should I discontinue taking these tablets because of the magnesium aspartate content (I just bought a new bottle of 100 tablets)?
Answered above.

> 3) What is magnesium amino acid chelate in the context of your explanation in this thread on what the various magnesium compounds mean?
I could probably tell you exactly if I spent a few minutes with a calculator, but it's probably glycine.

> Thanks Larry
>
> warm regards
> bluedog
You're welcome. Hope you're well.
Lar

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