I'm sure after reading everywhere with transdermal Mg saying how poorly absorbed it was, I found that it's actually about 40% orally, which compared to most things sounds pretty good to me.
I have a friend that's in that trap of taking a tablet for blood pressure, and another for the side effects, and another for the side effects of that one etc.. and mention MgCl and what I'd read about blood pressure. I only have the hexahydrate version here, but gave him a bottle of capsules (EDTA fwiw) that he could empty and manually pack with the Mg. He can test his own blood pressure and found that the Mg dropped it markedly in under 5 minutes. Being Hexahydrate version of MgCl, and flakes rather than powder it was probably only around 50mg of actual Mg. This I thought was pretty impressive, but he said within about an hour the blood pressure returned to its previous level (he's still on medication at this point, so that may skew the numbers). Has anyone else done any tests using Mg for their BP, and did they find similar, or could it be expected to improve or stay normal for longer after a period of time loading, and did larger doses produce a stronger effect, or a longer lasting effect? My friend says (I don't know the numbers) that when he's at that BP level he would normally feel very odd, faint, and generally not good, but in this instance he felt just fine which was a surprise. Can BP really be simplified to being a mineral deficiency? He also has BPH, which was the original reason for discussing Mg, but if it can replace what are pretty much all his meds for these two conditions that would be amazing. Re Lipo C, I've been doing some experimentation with different Lecithin brands and Sodium Ascorbate. I can definately take a lot more when encapsulated than raw, but I'm developing a gag reflex with the taste. I used only bottled drinking water, and dissolved the Vit C to saturation, then added the Lecithin, which blended to a fromage frais kind of consistency, which I scooped into the Ultrasonic unit, which after several cycles (480seconds being 1 cycle) it removed the air bubbles and turned to more like maple syrup in look and consistancy. I got sick last week, with flu like symptoms. I was aching all over, no runny nose, but the worst thing is my kidneys were killing me (I should say at this point that we sell MMS1&2 and normally that would be my choice and that would be the end of it, same day), but in this case because my kidneys were complaining so much I figured my immune system was working just fine and I shouldn't expedite that any further. By day 3 I'd had enough, and decided to use 21g of LET Vit C. It was a struggle to get it down, and it sat in my stomach all day long. By evening it was starting to bubble and I felt that it was going to come out. When it did come out I had sweats, shakes, runny nose.... you get the picture, but once it was all out, all symptoms resolved within a moment, and been fine ever since. I thought LET was supposed to get into the cells directly, but in this instance it looked like it didn't go anywhere and brought the mountain to mohammed. Does anyone have a better explanation for that? A day or so later my GF was compaining about aching, and that her kidneys were hurting, and wanted me to massage them. I quickly grabbed a bottle of Mg oil that I'd made up and went to work, spraying it extremely liberally over her back and shoulders, way beyond what I thought would absorb. She was soon relaxed and drifted off to sleep. A couple of hours later she said she felt okay, and the next morning she was bouncing off the walls with energy, so I think she got the better solution. There's something good about those chlorides that nobody has figured out yet. I have a picture in my head I want to test once I've rounded up enough guinea pigs to get some serial blood tests with various components and figure out at least part of what's going on. >>I tried encapsulating magnesium chloride, but it didn't work. I am = >>taking the magnesium chloride for hypertension and leg cramps, and am = >>wondering if it would be more effective if it was encapsulated and went = >>directly into the blood and cells where needed instead of through the = >>digestive system. >>Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated. >>Dick
