Magnesium Diarrhoea = Magnesium Deficieny?

[thisoldtown1978]

I’ve recently started supplementing small amounts of magnesium. Perhaps 80-100mg. It gives me an almost immediate loose bowel movement. Not so much diarrhoea, but just loose, and it feels like a total emptying of the bowel. Actually quite refreshing. Within 5-20 minutes.

I’m aware of the idea of magnesium reaching the intestine and acting as a laxative, but does this imply that magnesium has been deficient until this time? Would a better tolerance imply a better absorption of magnesium?

Or is it simply that my body doesn’t tolerate magnesium in this form - mag bicarbonate?

 

[Makrosky]

I think it's just the laxative effects of magnesium. With such small ammount, no, probably you are not deficient in it. The opposite maybe.

 

[Carrum]

Can magnesium chloride and/or magnesium suplhate in a bath cause diarrhea? I tried some (It was from a packet that contains a mixture of the chloride and sulphate) in a bath on Thursday and Friday evenings this week and have had diarrhea several times today (Saturday).

 

[Nick21]

Consider experimenting with magnesium malate or magnesium glycinate and assess if the problem occurs.