Can you take too much magnesium?!
Question:
Can you take too much magnesium?
My boyfriend takes 4 pills of 250mg every other day. I don't think this is good for him, but he tells me its the only way to keep his bowls flowing right. Is there something else out there he can take that will do the same thing, but without pumping tons of magnesium in his body?
Answers:
Shouln't cause any problems as long as he is getting plenty of calcium as well.
Magnesium (Mg) and calcium (Ca) interact so that if you consume a large excess of one then you may end up deficient in the other one due to preferential absorption.
If you consume too much Mg then it will be preferentially absorbed at the expense of Ca and you could end up deficient in Ca.
Too much of one mineral can easily create an imbalance in the system due to preferential absorption.
The same scenario applies to sodium (Na) and potassium (K). Too much table salt (Na) can lead to a deficiency of K.