Spiky Bugger
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Well, I was remiss in ordering calcium and am almost out...so I wandered by Sprouts and the Solgar lady was there and I decided to try their liquid calcium. (I hate the horse pills and generally use Bariatric Advantage lozenges.)
So, it tasted okay and I thought it would be an okay product to use pending arrival of my regular stuff. While chatting with the Solgar lady, I glanced at tbe label...no gluten, no sugar alcohols, 1000 mg per tablespoon...I figured I'd need six half-tablespoon doses...I bought the strawberry and the orange.
Came home, tried it...not bad. Next day, I took all 3000 mg via liquid calcium...saving the remaining lozenges for when I was out. And I awakened at 3:00 a.m. and was NOT able to get to a toilet in time. Shat (that's past tense, you know) my guts out. And could not figure out why.
And it happened again...although my timing was better the second night.
This morning, I looked at the label to make SURE there were no sugar alcohols. There were not. What there WAS, in big letters front and back, was mag citrate. You know, like the stuff that used to be the standard for pre-op bowel prep? And I was cleverly taking 225% of the RDA for supplementation. (In addition to the small amount of mag citrate I routinely take as a supplement.)
The take away? Do not talk to anyone while reading labels.
And...maybe try this stuff if you have constipation issues?!?!
PS--hey! Smart people! Why would Solgar call for 1000 mg "servings?" Can we absorb 1000 mg at once?
So, it tasted okay and I thought it would be an okay product to use pending arrival of my regular stuff. While chatting with the Solgar lady, I glanced at tbe label...no gluten, no sugar alcohols, 1000 mg per tablespoon...I figured I'd need six half-tablespoon doses...I bought the strawberry and the orange.
Came home, tried it...not bad. Next day, I took all 3000 mg via liquid calcium...saving the remaining lozenges for when I was out. And I awakened at 3:00 a.m. and was NOT able to get to a toilet in time. Shat (that's past tense, you know) my guts out. And could not figure out why.
And it happened again...although my timing was better the second night.
This morning, I looked at the label to make SURE there were no sugar alcohols. There were not. What there WAS, in big letters front and back, was mag citrate. You know, like the stuff that used to be the standard for pre-op bowel prep? And I was cleverly taking 225% of the RDA for supplementation. (In addition to the small amount of mag citrate I routinely take as a supplement.)
The take away? Do not talk to anyone while reading labels.
And...maybe try this stuff if you have constipation issues?!?!
PS--hey! Smart people! Why would Solgar call for 1000 mg "servings?" Can we absorb 1000 mg at once?