Magnesium deficiency in AI diseases? | Arthritis Information

A friend of mine has a rare AI disease and she went to a naturopath who told
her she had a magnesium deficiency, and that is common in people with AI
diseases. So she's been taking magnesium supplements and she says she
notes a difference.

I think magnesium deficiency is quite trendy with naturopaths these days, as
I know another person who is gluten and lactose intolerant and her
naturopath got her to take epsom salt baths twice a week to increase her
magnesium.

I wonder if we do have magnesium deficiencies and that's why espom salt
baths are helpful? Epsom salts have a lot of magnesium which apparently
can be absorbed through the skin.

Use Tri-salts - more stuff than magnesium.

I was low on mag, calcium and potassium.

Pip

Have heard that magnesium is helpful for RA & epsom salt baths are good.
What are tri-salts Pip - is that a product name or does it mean you can buy the 3 supplements in 1 pill?
I was talking to the dr. last week who told me a year ago to keep off dairy, gets lot of vit. D and last week said to add 1T lecithin to my diet. He recently lost a friend with heart disease from RA.   He is a nuclear biologist and geneticis (sp) and is a very strong believer in diet as opposed to supplements where possible.   He has a lot of knowledge and it is unusual for someone so pro nutrition to work in a hospital.
He has my vote.
I cant remember the sources of magnesium apart from whole grains, wheatgerm and I think nuts.   Someone else will prob. be able to add to the list.I looked on this AMAZING site which I just found, which I also posted on it's
own thread, Nutrition Data http://
www.nutritiondata.com/ and I used its Nutrient Dearch Tool to see
999 foods sorted by groups and rated from most magneseum to less. I
really like this site.PS, I was surprised to see coffee is a good source of magneseum. Tri-Salts is a powdered combination of calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate & potassium bicarbonate. It is made by Ecological Formulas & is available on the internet. It is inexpensive, comes in a 200gm jar which lasts almost forever, and is tasteless when mixed with water, which for me is a plus.    Pat

Wow!

Sorry - forgot to check back on this thread.

Cassandra - I think a natural diet is so much better than supplements (especially when we can't really be sure what's in them anyway). Are you allergic to dairy? Did you get allergy testing?

Thanks Kitty Kat - I'll order some on line. I'd just heard about it and knew it had all the stuff I was low on when diagnosed.

Pip