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Becky · 09-17-2007, 07:32 PM

You need calcium and magnesium (and Vitamin D) to build healthy bone but I stand by my "taking them separately".

Unless you are using calcium and magnesium to relax the muscles to help you sleep, they should be taken separately. This is especially true if you do not eat enough greens (the best natural source of magnesium) and are deficient in magnesium. Calcium absorption overtakes that of magnesium. And since magnesium is more highly water soluble than calcium, then it is washed out of the body before it can be utilized.

Calcium also greatly inhibits the uptake of iron (hence eating the kosher way of not mixing meat and dairy). The body so preferentially uptakes calcium over other metals (yes, they are atomically metals - magnesium too) that iron and others are wasted.

09-17-2007, 07:32 PM	#7
Becky Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Stockton, NJ Posts: 4,179	You need calcium and magnesium (and Vitamin D) to build healthy bone but I stand by my "taking them separately". Unless you are using calcium and magnesium to relax the muscles to help you sleep, they should be taken separately. This is especially true if you do not eat enough greens (the best natural source of magnesium) and are deficient in magnesium. Calcium absorption overtakes that of magnesium. And since magnesium is more highly water soluble than calcium, then it is washed out of the body before it can be utilized. Calcium also greatly inhibits the uptake of iron (hence eating the kosher way of not mixing meat and dairy). The body so preferentially uptakes calcium over other metals (yes, they are atomically metals - magnesium too) that iron and others are wasted. __________________ Kind regards Becky Found lump via BSE Diagnosed 8/04 at age 45 1.9cm tumor, ER+PR-, Her2 3+(rt side) 2 micromets to sentinel node Stage 2A left 3mm DCIS - low grade ER+PR+Her2 neg lumpectomies 9/7/04 4DD AC followed by 4 DD taxol Used Leukine instead of Neulasta 35 rads on right side only 4/05 started Tamoxifen Started Herceptin 4 months after last Taxol due to trial results and 2005 ASCO meeting & recommendations Oophorectomy 8/05 Started Arimidex 9/05 Finished Herceptin (16 months) 9/06 Arimidex Only Prolia every 6 months for osteopenia NED 18 years! Said Christopher Robin to Pooh: "You must remember this: You're braver than you believe and stronger than you seem and smarter than you think"