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Dr. Houser- a Question
Posted: 20 June 2008 05:53 PM   [ Ignore ]
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Dr. Houser- I was told recently by a friend that Magnesium Flouride was good for my bones? Can you tell me, is it, or is it not?
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Posted: 21 June 2008 02:32 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]
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Both Magnesium and Fluoride are instrumental to bone health. It was once thought that absorption of the two as a salt like that above would impede the other, but studies have suggested this to not be the case.

Keep in mind, how much elemental magnesium will vary as the salt varies and how much is absorbed will also vary.

In other words, there is far LESS magnesium present in magnesium (orotate) for example, HOWEVER, pretty much ALL of the magnesium is absorbed.

Take something like magnesium (citrate) - there is much MORE elemental magnesium present, HOWEVER, it has very dismal absorption rates comparatively.

As I used two different ends of the spectrum, I only did this to illustrate magnesium fluoride is kind of middle-of-the-road in this scale.


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