Posted by IsoM on March 3, 2003, at 23:47:03
In reply to Re: Calcium and Magnesium » IsoM, posted by KrissyP on March 3, 2003, at 19:48:13
Like most women, my need for nutrients went up when I was preganant, but while eating good & taking supplements was enough for most nutrients, I started showing B6 deficiency signs in my 2nd pregnancy. My lips initially were chapped but it progressed till they were raw & the redness extended beyond my lip line. In the morning, I woke with my lips sealed shut with a dry crust that oozed out during the night. I had to soak my lips to soften it before I could open them.
I did checking about - my doctor was baffled - & found it was a B6 deficiency even though I was taking B vitamins. Further checking showed the link between magnesium & B6. It only improved when I took extra magnesium.
There's other signs that I have a fairly high need of B complex vitamins & magnesium, & my health is better when I take extra - more than my diet can provide. I take a good B supplement; a stress formulation has the best ratios of the diff B vitamins, plus I take nutritional yeast most of the time that I remember to. I don't believe in a "right" calcium/magnesium supplement but I do believe in the right ratio. It's a 2:1 for cal:mag.
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