Posted by JLx on December 11, 2006, at 19:46:19
In reply to malic acid magnesium questions, posted by Green Willow on December 10, 2006, at 21:06:51
A chemist I'm not, but my understanding is that malic acid itself is separate from magnesium. Magnesium malate is magnesium and malic acid chelated. I have magnesium malate, for instance, and of 1000 mg it says it is 15% magnesum, in a quarter teaspoon. So I take that to mean that there's 150 mg of magnesium, and the rest is malic acid.
Magnesium giving you heart arrhythmias is a puzzler. I can't see why it would. Magnesium itself can be energizing for some people, but glycinate is more likely sedating.
Magnesium orotate is supposed to be especially GOOD for the heart.
I would suggest a smaller dose of magnesium, or perphaps you don't need any supplemented at all? Why are you taking magnesium? Perhaps eating magnesium rich foods would suffice.
You might also try some calcium with the magesium, either equal or 2:1 calcium to magnesium. Again, I would try only a small amount. Or do you already take calcium? Or do you eat a lot of calcium rich foods?
My understanding is that magnesium and calcium have a complex relationship. Too much calcium without enough magnesium, for instance, may result in very little calcium actually being used, because it needs SOME magnesium to do its job. So then it makes sense to me that suddenly taking magnesium could actually result in a calcium rush, as the calcium is now being utilized. And that may cause arrythymia. Or perhaps it's the other way around, too much magnesium, not enough calcium. Just speculating.
Since everyone's different, you may just need to do more experimentation.
JL
> First question: is malic acid a form of magnesium? I thought maybe it was magnesium malate but I am not sure.
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> Second question: I took malic acid (only a quarter of their recommended daily dose) and it really dogged me. Any explanations? What I really wanted to do was find some kind of magnesium that I could take without getting wired and heart arrythmias, which is what magnesium glycinate does to me, and I thought malic acid was a form of mag. Now I am not sure about any of this.
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