Jill,
Thanks for warning about magnesium citrate. You are very correct. The amount will be different for everybody. I take less than a teaspoon every day.

I am impressed with your knowledge about supplements and minerals in foods. That is great.

Do you think the bone broth is helping with your afib? Preventing it? The bone broth has a lot of good minerals. That is for sure.

Thanks very much for the info.

Well thankyou, my knowledge is not all that, but I grew up with a certain healthy lifestyle, and some of that sticks with you. I do know that information has changed so much.
As for the bone broth, I'm not sure if it stops it, but it does seem to make me feel better. A pot of chicken soup is always a good thing isn't it? LOL! I simply roast a chicken, (costco has organic), eat it, cut off any for sandwiches/salads, toss the chicken into a crockpot, next morning or few hours, take the meat off for soup, strain the broth. With that you can make soup. Then, toss the carcass into the crockpot again, with a small splash of vinegar which helps to release the minerals, (same for beef bones) and cook overnight again. That broth can be cooled and frozen for use at your leisure. I cook it for as long as it takes to turn the bones into mush. I do strain all broth, hate to choke on a mushy bone.
The bones are now safe for your pets too if they like that kind of thing, or to be used to make pet snacks.

I recently started taking 400mg cleated mag (200mg BID) along with Taurine and vitamin K-2. I was told that I have a slight Potassium deficiency so I drink one low sodium V-8 a day as it has 700mg. It's too soon for me to know if they are making any difference.

Jill, I really got alot out of your article on magnesium.

Thanks for all the info.

Thanks, glad you liked the article, although it's not mine, ha ha. Wish I could write that much intelligently. LOL! I have only written up on vitamin D, and my writing is geared toward younger people. I have not kept up with my blog since I had A-Fib. I'm being encouraged by a few of the "kids". I have hand written some things, but just never officially went and blogged about it.
That seems low for mag, 200mg. When I did the math, I think my number was around 400. But then that would be an average everyday dose. Factor in illness, stress, adrenal fatigue, and a host of other things, and that would probably require upping the dose from there. But with mag. you always want to do it in increments. At least that's how I understand it to be, and it does make sense. My body seems to be using what I'm taking so far, with no visits to the porcelain gods so I think I can now up it by about 100 to 200. I'm a chicken on ever starting anything new. Like I'm waiting for the world to stop or something when I start anything new like that.

Anyone else using Magnesium?
Petey, how many mg are you taking or is it with Potassium as a supplement?

I am on Micro K which is 20 MEQ which converts to 1500MG daily of Potassium. But I am not on any form of Magnesium. My Vaseretic has a diuretic in it.
Thanks,
Travis

I take 800mg in divieded doses through out the day. I use
magniesium orotate. And I take between 1000 and 1500 of
potassium per day. And when I do blood work those values
are on the high end but not over. So my dr. says thats a good
range.

I eat 2 bananas a day, eat really well to include vegetables, bean, fish (usually salmon), fruit/beries/apples, lots of fluids, no alcohol or caffeine, ... some spaghetti (what the heck) and take 500 mg of magnesium. I think I read that was a good amount... I am not that scientific about it because I eat well. I also exercise without any symptoms. Not sure the reason why I am asymptomatic, but I am staying with my approach. petey

99 mg of potassium too.

I go on fitday.com and they calculate the amount of vit's and minerals that I have eaten for the day.
I will say I'm not consistent about doing it.