I've been taking magnesium glycinate for 3 years, for severe Anxiety. It was recommended by a doctor to try, as I am nervous about medications. It worked well for me, so I continued.
I've been taking pure encapsulations brand since the beginning, but Amazon is out of stock, so I decided to try this brand, feeling good about the added veggie components and that each capsule has 200mg, as opposed to most other brands that have 100-120mg. I thought it was odd that this one was 200mg, but only now after researching, do I understand why... more on that in a minute.
I had a few of my old capsules left, so I decided to work my way into the new ones and added them in first one, then two per day. Suddenly two days ago (1 day into taking it), about an hour after taking one, I suddenly got stomach cramps and had to run to the bathroom with diarrhea. I honestly thought it was what I ate. I've continued having loose stools for the last two days, with an uncomfortable feeling in my bowels. I thought it was something I ate, or my Anxiety.
Yesterday and this morning, I could feel my Anxiety roaring back and wondered if this supplement might not be as effective as pure encapsulations, perhaps not as “pure”.
I went to look at the Amazon reviews and under the 1 star are quite a few people talking about diarrhea! It suddenly dawned on me that bathroom troubles probably have nothing to do with what I ate, it's the darn supplement!
THEN I started scouring every word of the Amazon listing when I saw it says, at the bottom of the listing under ingredients, BUFFERED magnesium glycinate. What does that mean? (It doesn't say that on the bottle, but supplements aren't regulated and they can really say whatever they want in the label.)
After googling BUFFERED, there it is... it's mixed with magnesium OXIDE! That causes diarrhea, will cause the mg per capsule to be higher (200mg vs 120mg), and magnesium oxide is barely absorbable by the body. It all gets pooped out via diarrhea.
No wonder my Anxiety is roaring back and I'm running to the bathroom.
I do not recommend this product
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