I´ve been asking google and I didn´t really get a result. I am wondering about my muscle cramping lately. I´m having multi vitamins, calcium and magnesium extra and never together and still I am having these moments when leg muscles or toe muscles start cramping and in a brighter moment I realized that this could mean that my body doesn´t pick up what I deliver. Are there any blood tests whom would bring such proof or what enzyme is responsible to fit in these minerals? I am somewhat puzzled.
duh...
later,
Lemoncurd
Try dividing your calcium intake over the day; separate them to around meals, before or after as appropriate for you. Add Potassium [Potassium Citrate].
from
http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/health/az1042.pdf
Quote:Low calcium intakes — Your body absorbs calcium less efficiently as your intake increases, therefore it is best to take your calcium in smaller doses throughout the day to aid absorption. You should not take more than 500 milligrams of calcium at one time and allow 4 to 6 hours between doses.
There is other useful information in this Univ. of AZ pdf.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/calcium...ts/AN01428
Quote: If you take 1,000 mg of calcium a day, split it into two or more doses over the course of the day.
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You may need to take calcium supplements several hours before or after taking your medications. Ask your doctor or pharmacist about possible interactions between calcium supplements and medications you're taking to make sure you time the doses correctly.
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If your calcium supplements contain calcium carbonate, take them with food. Stomach acid produced while eating helps the absorption of calcium carbonate.
If your calcium supplements contain calcium citrate, you can take them with or without food
Based on information from other sites I take calcium with K[K2] and D[D3] as these aid calcium uptake.
You need magnesium in order to absorb calcium.
Take Magnesium either with the last meal before bedtime, or about an hour before going to sleep. [Magnesium usually can help you sleep] ;
calcium and magnesium are
both required for good sleep.
One of the leading symptoms of magnesium deficiency is chronic insomnia.