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Calcium/Magnesium and depression

Posted by Lao Tzu on April 19, 2010, at 9:13:48

I've started taking a chelated Cal/Mag supplement at night before bed, and I've noticed my depression is improved somewhat. I used to try taking Calcium carbonate or magnesium oxide by themselves, but I found this didn't work well. For me, I need both together in one tablet with a 2:1 ratio of calcium to magnesium. Further, the chelated forms seem to work much better. By chelated, I mean that the said mineral is attached to an amino acid, and supposedly this means better absorption and utilization. I only take one tablet at night, with 500mg chelated calcium and 250mg chelated magnesium. Vitamin Shoppe has a good generic chelated Cal/Mag supplement which always has worked well for me. There's also a product called Sleep Minerals II, which you can buy online and supposedly improves sleep. I haven't tried it. Some critics say it isn't useful for sleep, that there are more proven supplements out there for insomnia, but I'm keeping an open mind about it.


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