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To save on chocolate prices: If you crave chocolate, you might be magnesium deficient. Take a magnesium supplement. (lemmy.ca)

submitted 7 months ago by someguy3@lemmy.ca to c/lifeprotips@lemmy.world

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48% of Americans are magnesium deficient. From googling, the hard to absorb inorganic ones are magnesium oxide and magnesium chloride. The easy to absorb organic salts include magnesium citrate, lactate, aspartate, and glycinate.

I also found when I eat eggs, I crave chocolate less. I think it's the fat content.

(But I expect many just like the sugar.)

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[–] wcSyndrome@lemm.ee 12 points 7 months ago (2 children)

No idea what resource you're citing but mag citrate is used to treat constipation... It will give you diarrhea, it is a horrible source of dietary magnesium

[–] Aurix@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Magnesium citrate is a much better source than magnesium oxide, but seemingly less bioavailable than gluconate. Only the liquid form is used as a laxative and the powder dosages don't give you diarrhea at all, at least not in the formulation and dosages I use. https://www.verywellhealth.com/magnesium-citrate-benefits-side-effects-dosage-and-interactions-4177658

[–] wcSyndrome@lemm.ee 0 points 7 months ago

Point taken, I admit I wasn't aware citrate came as a tablet.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 months ago

I think they can probably dose things differently. And you can also blend things, the one I have has 3 types