What kind of magnesium should I take when fasting?

[Opo]

There's like 8 types so I'm a bit confused. 

Edited March 28, 2021 by Opo

[The0Self]

Epsom salt USP. Magnesium sulfate. Take up to a teaspoon a day. 1 tsp yields 495mg elemental magnesium, which may seem high but it doesn't have perfect bioavailability, so not all of that will be retained -- though it does have fairly high bioavailability. Don't take more than 1 tsp. It's ultra cheap and widely available at pharmacies.

Basically anything besides magnesium oxide, which has a very poor bioavailability of like 4%. Magnesium chloride is not great either. Magnesium citrate has decent bioavailability at 30%. Buffered magnesium glycinate lysinate chelate seems as though it may have even higher bioavailability than magn. sulfate, but it's usually formulated in tablet form with various binders that are of questionable quality and may not be healthy.

Magn. sulfate also functions as a sulfate source, which is necessary for processing salicylates and phenols. The sulfate absorption is somewhat inefficient and can complex with lead, clearing it out of the body -- this is NOT chelation, it only purges lead from your actual current diet / water intake, preventing you from being further poisoned, essentially... (to actually excrete stored lead you need DMSA or DMPS chelation).

Edited March 28, 2021 by The0Self

[Opo]

@The0Self Thank you so much.?

[The0Self]

@Opo You're welcome!

[Matt23]

A moderator on the Andy Cutler Heavy Metal Detox Protocol facebook page said that magnesium oxide is worth staying away from since it's "cheap and poorly absorbed."

[Leo Gura]

Epsom salt tastes like poison.

Take citrate powder. It has no taste.

[Opo]

5 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

Epsom salt tastes like poison.

Take citrate powder. It has no taste.

Thank you. 

If you wrote this a couple hours later I would have bought the salt and needlessly suffered. 

[The0Self]

@Leo Gura It's a bit bitter, but I always take less than a tsp a day. Maybe it's a genetic thing bc it goes down super easily for me. But yeah, citrate is just as good, just have to be aware it only has a 30% bioavailability. Epsom salt USP is great if you have phenol/salicylate intolerance though, as sulfates are needed to process them and some people have low sulfates.

[Opo]

3 hours ago, The0Self said:

@Leo Gura It's a bit bitter, but I always take less than a tsp a day. Maybe it's a genetic thing bc it goes down super easily for me. 

I read in a review for magnesium that that one tasted completely different from the previous ones that he bought. 

Maybe that's why there is a difference in your experiences. 

[bracknelson123]

I usually recommend people take 5,000 mg of sodium, 1,000 mg potassium, and 300 mg magnesium malate each day in addition to food. I consider these are the appropriate dosages for fasting days too.

[The0Self]

On 3/29/2021 at 4:17 PM, Opo said:

I read in a review for magnesium that that one tasted completely different from the previous ones that he bought. 

Maybe that's why there is a difference in your experiences. 

Epsom salt (USP) / magnesium sulfate isn't a regular magnesium supplement. It has a lot of uses. It always tastes the same. It's Epsom salt USP. Just make sure you do NOT get "Epsom salt" -- only "Epsom salt USP." Epsom salt probably does taste like poison -- it's meant for baths, and is usually scented. Even Epsom salt USP (what Leo and I were talking about) tastes quite bitter though, it's just not the worst thing in the world imo.

Or just get magnesium citrate. It is perfectly fine and as Leo stated, tastes better.

Edited March 31, 2021 by The0Self

[The0Self]

@bracknelson123 Not bad. Yeah, sodium in particular is super important for fasting. And keto as well.