best form of magnesium?

[SweetLou321]

i like magnesium before bed as its the best thing to help me sleep, and its cheap. but what is the best form to take?

 

[Flaw]

Taurate but it's not as cheap

 

[nattydisaster]

Glycinate

 

[nattydisaster]

Any form bound to an amino, like taurate or glycinate will be best

 

[SweetLou321]

sweet thanks guys, ill look into both of those for a long term addition lol

 

[criticalbench]

hmm, i always take my mag in the AM, maybe I'll switch. It really helps you sleep?

Mike

 

[Aleksandar37]

Helps with anxiety so I can see how it could help with sleep too.

 

[fightbackhxc]

I take a topical magnesium oil that Mike Mahler promotes. Excellent stuff, it comes highly recommended

 

[SweetLou321]

the mag oil is to pricey for me, ive looked into it before...unless the price dropped for servings per container. I know it helps dhea tho unlike reg mag.

And yes it does mike, my boss told me to try it since i was having sleeping issues since most ppl lack magnesium. She gave a huge speech tho. It in fact helps me sleep.

 

[broons]

Glycinate, malate, citrate, taurinate are all good. I prefer orotate if you can find it. Google orotic acid.

 

[Eizbear]

hmm, i always take my mag in the AM, maybe I'll switch. It really helps you sleep?

Mike

It sure does mate, zink and magnesium.. I pop it every night just before I hit the bed... A cortisolinhibitor also helps me sleep better, deeper i guess, I don't wake up as much as I usually do..

Try it atleast, if it doesn't work for you, then switch back to your former schedule.. Remember to avoid calcium around that time...

 

[rms80]

Glycinate, malate, citrate, taurinate are all good. I prefer orotate if you can find it. Google orotic acid.

Good post- from a formulation perspective, I like mag orotate and malate in terms of the effects in relation to the pathways both forms can trigger

From a mfg. perspective- magnesium stearate and mag carbonate are a couple favorites- stearate is a great lubricant for automatic encapsulators and tablet presses, plus it can slow disintegration/dissolution (think time-release). Mag carbonate is really good as well- we use it in most of our excipient blends- it is a really great lubricant, plus it has decent bioavaliability, so it makes for a good fit for products....

 

[criticalbench]

It sure does mate, zink and magnesium.. I pop it every night just before I hit the bed... A cortisolinhibitor also helps me sleep better, deeper i guess, I don't wake up as much as I usually do..

Try it atleast, if it doesn't work for you, then switch back to your former schedule.. Remember to avoid calcium around that time...

lmao, when you said zinc, it just clicked.. ZMA! haha

 

[Antabolix]

I love magnesium, it makes me sleep SO well, and keeps me from getting knots in my back from my job. I like the malate form because it's easily assimilated and the malic acid has health benefits. I saw some ionic magnesium drops at vitamin shoppe today that interested me. I haven't done any research yet on the ionic drops, but it looked interesting as well.

 

[MetaBeta]

Natural Calm is my favorite. Fizzy, bubbly and it works FAST Gets rid of cramps fast, great for sore muscles.

 

[fightbackhxc]

its also a great laxative in large doses haha

 

[nattydisaster]

its also a great laxative in large doses haha

Yup lol...it is actually the main ingredient in many laxatives

 

[freefall365]

i use swanson's topic magnesium

transdermal is supposedly where it's at.

 

[nattydisaster]

Ice heard that as well. I believe Andrew swears by it

 

[SweetLou321]

yea he does

 

[andrew732]

Ice heard that as well. I believe Andrew swears by it

Bro when you train as hard as I do, you learn what helps, Erase does wonders on my cortisol especially when taken with Mag oil.:bigok:

 

[baldwanus]

Yup lol...it is actually the main ingredient in many laxatives

milk of magnesia...........people in nursing homes hate drinking this stuff

 

[fightbackhxc]

i use swanson's topic magnesium

transdermal is supposedly where it's at.

how many mg's does one "serving" provide?