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Interesting.
So do you think I can assume from the nails strengthening that I am now getting enough magnesium? It's kind of hard to know exactly how much I'm getting as I use the oil on my skin, have rice cooked in bone broth every day, and I've just started a low dose of Remag in my drinking water.

I believe that I have been magnesium deficient for most of my life, but my fingernails didn't begin to suffer until my deficiency became severe (after an antibiotic reaction depleted what was left of my reserves). Nails also grow more slowly when magnesium is deficient. It took almost a year for my nails to grow enough to completely replace all the old damaged growth, but I could tell that they were improving within a month or so after I increased my magnesium intake.

So based on my own experience, it appears that good, strong nails do not necessarily prove that magnesium is sufficient, but they rule out a severe magnesium deficiency. IOW, we can have relatively good, healthy nails, even with a magnesium deficiency, as long as the deficiency is not severe. On the other hand, weak, brittle nails are clear evidence of a severe magnesium deficiency.

At least that's how I see it.

Tex

[SusanneK]

Interesting.
So do you think I can assume from the nails strengthening that I am now getting enough magnesium? It's kind of hard to know exactly how much I'm getting as I use the oil on my skin, have rice cooked in bone broth every day, and I've just started a low dose of Remag in my drinking water.

I believe that I have been magnesium deficient for most of my life, but my fingernails didn't begin to suffer until my deficiency became severe (after an antibiotic reaction depleted what was left of my reserves). Nails also grow more slowly when magnesium is deficient. It took almost a year for my nails to grow enough to completely replace all the old damaged growth, but I could tell that they were improving within a month or so after I increased my magnesium intake.

So based on my own experience, it appears that good, strong nails do not necessarily prove that magnesium is sufficient, but they rule out a severe magnesium deficiency. IOW, we can have relatively good, healthy nails, even with a magnesium deficiency, as long as the deficiency is not severe. On the other hand, weak, brittle nails are clear evidence of a severe magnesium deficiency.

At least that's how I see it.

Tex

Thank you for the explanation. This is all still very new to me and I have a lot to learn, but at least I get the feeling that I'm on the right path. Certainly, the diet is a tremendous help. And as I've read on here so many times already, doctors don't even have a clue.