On Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:46:55 -0700, william <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> On 01/27/2012 11:43 AM, Lynnet Bannion wrote:
> You can apply magnesium oil (saturated solution
>> of magnesium chloride) to a cramping leg or restless legs, and
>> in 20 minutes or so, the problem will go away.
>
> Bad idea!
> Magnesium oil is what is left (31%) after salt is extracted from  
> seawater, or the dried ancient seabed of NW Europe (Zechstein).
> The sellers don't and won't tell you that the assay reports show 0.4%  
> bromine (one of the the poisons that the iodine protocol removes) and  
> other nasty stuff including arsenic IIRC.

You can make your own magnesium oil from Nigari (magnesium chloride)
food grade, the kind used to precipitate tofu.

> Mg glycinate is the only kind that has no bad reports.

I've had excellent results from Mag Malate.
Other people from Mag Taurate.  Not everybody gets along
well with glycinate.

	Lynnet