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Aug 11Liked by DoorlessCarp🐭

I am catching up in my reading. Thanks for this. I now understand why magnesium supplementation has helped with some of my long term issues

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That's great to hear. I've been taking it daily for months now, no problems.

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Brilliant! Thank you so much for publishing these very illuminating articles.

Paid forward.

❤️❤️❤️

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Thank you for your support:)

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Wish I could do more and will do my be$t in future, "good lord willin' and creek don't rise."

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Apr 13·edited Apr 13Liked by DoorlessCarp🐭

This is great! I've been figuring out my own magnesium needs. For about 10 years I had excruciating leg cramps that seriously disrupted my sleep. My functional med doc had me take calcium. potassium and magnesium. I was on high-dose prescription potassium. But apparently not enough magnesium. I figured that out on my own. I now take threonate in the a.m. and glycinate before bed. So great to get a full night's sleep. Oddly, I will start to get the cramps shortly before bed, but they resolve after I take the Mg.

I also got the glycinate powder after reading about magnesium on consumerlab dot com. They test supplements and also will evaluate the least expensive. They need more on Mg, but still helpful. It's a subscription, but has saved me money over the long run. Look forward to reading all four of your "essays" er, "novels" on substack. I also use magnesium to keep me regular, but it's barely enough, so I'll up the dose.

About the magnesium baths. I'm aware that my water has bad stuff in it, the usual chemicals but including hexavalent chromium due to a spill (they cover it up). I distill my drinking water, but wonder if using magnesium in bath water to soak in is not so good. I sometimes have access to well water, and that has minerals (hard, sulfur smell) but not industrial waste, etc. Maybe limit baths to when I visit the place with the well? Any thoughts? They also sell water filters for the shower, but not sure how effective and certainly an unwanted expense.

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Yes, it may be counterproductive to use your water supply to top up your Mg if it is contaminated.

Dr Jennifer Depew is probably best to ask, but webmd says the following:

"For a standard-sized tub, use the amount suggested on the package, usually 1 to 2 cups, or the amount recommended by your doctor. Don't use Epsom salts in a hot tub, whirlpool, or other tub with jets unless the manufacturer says it's OK.

Keep the part of your body that hurts in the water for at least 12 minutes. Just relax.

Check with your doctor about how long and how often you should soak. You may need to do it just once for an ingrown toenail, or every day if you have arthritis pain."

https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/epsom-salt-bath

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Apr 9Liked by DoorlessCarp🐭

Doc - Sometimes I print off your articles and some others. [TL:DP] Just wanted you to know, if you produced books/booklets of your longer posts like this one, I would purchase them. Just sayin.'

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Hi Donnah. I'm not a doc btw, but thank you, cool, - it's a long term plan :)

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Great review doorlesscarp953!!

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Holy crapola, what a great review. I need to read a couple more times to absorb. Stunningly useful information, since I’m also working on Klotho hormone that controls calcium, and is an important factor in aging. You article complements this research, and makes sense. Also great to know about substance P and is vital role in CD. Thanks for your research.

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Apr 6Liked by DoorlessCarp🐭

Cyprinus carpio - Another tour de force.

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Apr 6Liked by DoorlessCarp🐭

Very interesting. Thank you.

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Apr 6Liked by DoorlessCarp🐭

I have had a troubled history with magnesium supplements. I knew I needed magnesium due to my prolonged use of Omeprazole and once I stopped Omeprazole I tried magnesium supplements but because of chronic irritable bowel I had a very low tolerance. By chance I started probiotics to see if it would help and I have never had such a positive result from a supplement before. My chronic irritable bowel disappeared completely and my general anxiety reduced. I then tried Magnesium (Dr's Best magnesium powder) and lo and behold I could tolerate the magnesium with no problem, I am currently managing 300 mgs daily. Thank you for the very interesting article I will now read it again more slowly.

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Thank you Amat, what a great outcome. It was my Substack on probiotics that led me straight to magnesium as a complement.

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Apr 6·edited Apr 6Liked by DoorlessCarp🐭

What an awesome list of beneficial things (with magnesium on the top). It fits neatly in a post I started - https://open.substack.com/pub/denutrients/p/new-bad-dx-of-the-day-chronic-hives?r=os7nw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

The bifidobacterium info is also very interesting/very important. That is the species that spike wipes out and which we need for butyrate production.

I'm going to have to read the rest later. Break time.

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Thanks Jennifer. Butyrate deserves a lot more attention too, and the microbiota sources.

Our biggest challenge is what studies to leave out!

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Apr 6Liked by DoorlessCarp🐭

* settling in to read the Carp's piece. In pieces *

Thank you, in advance!

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Apr 6·edited Apr 6Author

I was over 30,000 words for part 2, and that's without the bioavailability studies. So I had to reconsider my approach!

It could be worse. There is advice not to exceed 1500 words in a post.

Imagine a 20 part serialisation, it would run longer than some sitcoms...

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Apr 6Liked by DoorlessCarp🐭

No complaints!! Only gratitude !! and reminders to myself to come back to scoop up more.

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