Supplements that Lower Your Magnesium

#1

I was aware of some, but not all.

  1. Vitamin D
  2. Calcium and Sodium
  3. Creatine
  4. B Vitamins and Iodine
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#2

Very useful.

For me this goes to recovery and sleep quality.
The video does leave me with the question of how much one can/should push the upward dosing of magnesium (from the most absorbable sources)?

Just need a rule of thumb here, e.g., increase dose until one has gastro intestinal issues then dial back a bit?

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#3

Two important considerations as far as kinetics and renal handling goes :

  1. One can push it if kidney function is normal.
  2. The dosing must be distributed through out the day as any pulse dosing(i.e., once a day big dose) exceeds therenal threshold and all the magnesium gets dumped in your urine.
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#4

As an aside, SGLT2IS increase magnesium.

Empagliflozin Increases serum magnesium: Empagliflozin can lead to an increase in serum magnesium levels. For example, a study showed a significant increase in plasma magnesium levels after 14 days of empagliflozin therapy.

I take empagliflozin. However, my serum magnesium levels were on the low side when I tested this past summer. I guess I need to supplement more as I take a lot of vitamin D.

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#5

Also, here is the bigger issue. Nearly 39% of magnesium is intracellular, 60% in thr bones and only 1% extracellular. The blood levels are poor representation of total magnesium stores even though thats the only commercially available test we have.
One should also add PPIs to the list of OTC drugs that impair magensium absorption.

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#6

In addition to taking magnesium threonate at night, I also use magnesium foam on my legs every night to prevent cramps – and it works. I use the Theraworxx brand of foam. No downsides that I can discern.

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#7

Also PPI for excess stomach acid. I was on a PPI for many, many years prescribed by my Gasto. I started having heart issues ( arrhythmias ) and during the investigation phase with my Cardiologist; I found out my Mg was so low it was tagged as extreme/dangerously low. PPI’s cause low Mg and one would think that the gastro would know that and would tell me and also have me taking Mg supplements but…Nooooo! I did go on mg supplements as ordered by my cardiologist but they wouldn’t get my Mg up into normal range so i had to stop taking a PPI.