NOW Supplements, Magnesium & Potassium Aspartate with Taurine, Heart Health*, 120 Veg Capsules

Don't Listen to Others, the Aspartate Form is SUPERIOR!

I've tried several forms of magnesium, including citrate, carbonate, oxide and oratate. None of the forms I tried had any affect. I have muscle twitches, tightness and trouble sleeping and had read several studies showing that magnesium appears to help with these issues, yet none of the forms I tried had any noticeable affect. Then I saw the Now aspartate form, but read many people saying not to use aspartate form because aspartate is an excitatory amino acid that overexcites brain cells. I almost didn't buy it after reading people putting the aspartate form on their "worst types of magnesium" list but since I had tried so many other types to now avail, I figured I'd just go ahead and try this form and boy am I glad I did! I opened two capsules and sprinkled them in my drink mix. I wanted to make a homemade electrolyte drink because these muscle cramps had gotten so bad, especially at night. I used the True Lemon Raspberry Lemonade powder packet because it has no artificial sweeteners or artificial colors, just stevia and 1 gram of sugar and is only 10 calories. I shook up it and it tasted great. I drank it right before bed and even before I finished the 16 ounce homemade electrolyte drink I could feel the muscles in my neck and shoulders relaxing, then I felt myself getting drowsy, then before I knew it I fell soundly asleep. I sleep through the entire night, which I haven't done in years. I usually toss and turn and wake up several times and have trouble both getting to sleep and staying asleep. I awoke refreshed, which also never happens. And I had zero leg, or foot cramps during the night, which hasn't happened in at least 5 years! Tonight as I sit here and type this I have made an electrolyte drink and am drinking it as I'm getting ready for bed and I can feel it working already. I can feel my muscles relaxing. I also had more energy today due to the magnesium I had last night. AND I also didn't have frequent urination. I normally wake up two or three times in the middle of the night to pee and I didn't wake up once! That was a totally unexpected benefit so I checked PubMed for some research studies and found that low magnesium can cause frequent urination. Wow. And for like the last 6 months I'd seen my doctor about frequent urination and all he did was try to get me to take some kind of pill to slow my bladder but I did not want to take medication, I wanted to find out what was causing the frequent urination and now I know! My magnesium was too low! I plan to drink this each night before bed (I hear that's the best time to take it if you have muscle cramps, stiffness, trouble sleeping etc). This form of magnesium has been a miracle already so I don't care what anyone says, the aspartate form is going on my BEST form of magnesium list! The proof is in the pudding! I've used the Now brand of products for over a decade and they haven't let me down yet! Their products always seem to work when others don't.

385 persons found it helpful

Great for those who grind their teeth!

Item received was exactly as expected. While "Now" products aren't usually my preferred in regards to branding, they have a great price/quality ratio and are widely available. I bought these in order to help with the grinding of my teeth, and found that the Magnesium Aspartate helped me tremendously. I had tried out other products, and other types of magnesium, but didn't find them to help that much and in reality they were quite lacking. I finally just got used to using a mouth guard, until I was recommended these. Now that I know they work, I plan to keep using them. In summary, if you have issues with bruxism or grinding of your teeth, this is the supplement to get! It's a total game changer

90 persons found it helpful

Muscle Twitch Relief

My left forearm was plagued by intermittent muscle twitching. I could be holding my phone and it would pitch sideways. The twitching would pulse several times a minute at nighttime keeping me awake. My doctor told me to take some potassium. I tried eating more bananas but that did not help. Since taking this Magnesium and Potassium supplement the occurrence of my forearm twitching has been reduced by about 98%. The few times it does occur, the twitching is much more mild. I am very pleased with this product

54 persons found it helpful

Help for my muscle cramps

For an unknown reason, I get gnarly a Charley horse in my right calf which refuses to go away. These help greatly, and I take no less than one a day now, and an extra if the muscle cramp returns. Strongly recommend

54 persons found it helpful

Taurine makes a difference.

This is great stuff. I was using another brand of magnesium & potassium aspartate to help with bowel elimination but it wasn't working well enough. Then the other brand ran out and there was a problem with the manufacturer so I tried this one and it worked even better. The only difference between both of them was the taurine

51 persons found it helpful

Five Stars

I was having mild heart palpitations due to my diet and a magnesium deficiency. This remedied it nearly immediately

50 persons found it helpful

A good product at a good price.

I waited awhile to reviw this but since I take magnesium and need potassium this seemed like a good deal. Mt feet swelling has gone done and my feet almost feel normal. A good product at a good price. Saves me from buying 2 different products and taking 2 pills

39 persons found it helpful

BEWARE

Made me sick! Gave me diarrhea and horrible depression. There should have been a warning about aspartate being an excitatory neurotoxin. Horrible reaction. Second time with a NOW Foods product. It took a year for me to forgive them and try one of their products again. This brand is not to be trusted. BEWARE. Study Link â€" Adverse reactions to aspartame: doubleâ€"blind challenge in patients from a vulnerable population. Although the protocol required the recruitment of 40 patients with unipolar depression and a similar number of individuals without a psychiatric history, the project was halted by the Institutional Review Board after a total of 13 individuals had completed the study because of the severity of reactions within the group of patients with a history of depression. Along these same lines, and as relates specifically to magnesium aspartate, researchers investigating the use of magnesium in treating major depression have noted cases in which the aspartate form of magnesium actually worsened depression, whereas the glycinate and taurinate forms had markedly beneficial effects on depressive symptoms: Study Link â€" Rapid recovery from major depression using magnesium treatment. Magnesium glutamate and magnesium aspartate greatly worsened the 59â€"year old man's depression…These magnesium compounds should be considered as neurotoxic to depressives, and perhaps all people, and should not be used during treatment of depression, anxiety or similar hyperemotional disorders. Several forms of magnesium are remarkably wellâ€"absorbed and highly bioavailable, and are not associated with the excitatory risks of magnesium aspartate. For this reason, we feel that consuming the aspartate form of magnesium simply constitutes an unnecessary health risk

38 persons found it helpful

Among the best chelated magnesiums–plus potassium for cramps and taurine for brain cells

There are similar choices (see below)--but one pill of Now Magnesium-Potasssium Aspartate delivers 150mg magnesium--almost as much as the best per-pill magnesium-only product (165mg)--and also includes 50mg chelated potassium (for cramps) and 50mg taurine (for brains). Caution: many magnesium product labels wrongly imply that chelate mg = magnesium mg OR include non-chelated magnesium oxide in the reported dosage. If you read carefully, the true dosage of magnesium is never more than about 165mg per-pill--as delivered by Twinlab's pure Magnesium Citrate capsules. Therefore, since potassium is also very important, might as well get magnesium-potassium rather than just plain magnesium. The following two other possibilities have a similar per-pill dosage of magnesium potassium. Solaray Magnesium-Postassium asporotate. Pros: includes "orotates" which supposedly might have some extra benefits for keeping the arteries clear. If you have a visible problem with blocked arteries, then it might well be worthwhile to try this formula and to see if your results might be better than with the other formulas. However it is also possible that this is less effective since the potassium asportate seems less effective for cramps (explained below). Cons: a slightly larger pill--and no taurine included. Also, I personally find that 400mg per day of Solaray "potassium asporotate" is not very effective in preventing my muscle cramps. Whereas 200mg per day of either potassium citrate or potassium aspartate is effective against cramps--in my experience and also as reported in numerous Amazon reviews. This does not prove that the "magnesium asporotate" is less effective than "magnesium aspartate"--but it does call in to question the general level of activity of these "asporotates." Solaray also includes bromelain which is very beneficial--but I am taking chewable papaya pills which contain substantial bromelain as well. Enzymatic Therapy Krebs Magnesium-Potassium. Pros: if you suffer from fibromyalgia, this might be helpful because it includes magnesium malate. Cons: This is a large hard tablet that is thus harder to swallow and to digest than the capsules of the other two formulas above

38 persons found it helpful

UPDATE: After all this time, these are still working for me. Still no cramps.

I'm ALWAYS skeptical when buying new supplements, even when, or maybe especially when there are rave reviews about how it does what it claims it does. I have suffered with leg and foot cramps at night for years. The kind that make you bolt out of bed and stand on your toes to try and straighten the muscles. I had also recently started having cramps in my hands during the day. I read on the internet that potassium and magnesium together were helpful, so I went straight to Amazon to see what was out there. This supplement sounded like what I needed -according to what I had read. The reviews were very promising, although I'm well aware that good reviews aren't necessarily a good way to make a decision to buy or not. Long story short, after taking two of these a day for a week or two (sorry, I wasn't counting), I realized ALL OF MY CRAMPING HAD STOPPED. And I mean ALL. Not even one cramp, anywhere, once these supplements kicked in. This is nothing short of AMAZING. Between these, and turmeric curcumin, I'm a firm believer that the right supplements and/ or herbs and holistic treatment should be, at the least, coordinated with today's typically accepted medical practices. And a huge thanks to the makers of this supplement! ðŸ¥

35 persons found it helpful