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Lisa, how much (how many miligrams) of NC do you usually take? I'm thinking that maybe 3 pills of the other brand may not be enough for you. The pills I take now (magnesium oxide) have 250mg each and I have to take at least 3 of them, sometimes even 4.
I should get the Now Foods "natural calm" next week. It's in a powder form so I'm expecting it to be very similar to the original NC. I'll keep you all updated.
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Please do let us know how it goes!
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I took the equivalent amount. A tablespoon of NC is about 600 mg, give or take, and that's the same as three tablets of the NOW stuff. I'm still not back to normal, so this week has been rather frustrating. I took an even bigger ginormous dose of NC tonight so hopefully tomorrow will be better.  I will check again tomorrow for the powdered version, but I don't expect it to be any different than the tablets I bought, since it's the same brand. I'll be anxious to hear how the powder works for you!
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#359409 - 06/22/10 09:49 PM
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Zara
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Tuesday - I took the first dose. When I poured hot water over it it sizzled, just like the original NC. However, it doesn't have the same "citric" taste, it tastes more chalky and doesn't mix as well. After I drank the cup I found a lot at the bottom that wasn't mixed in so I added more water and just drank it really quick. I really don't like the taste of this and will try to mix it with something flavored (juice, milk, etc.). But if it works I don't care about the taste/mixing problem because it's so much cheaper. It might be a good idea to sprinkle on something "mushy" (applesauce, oatmeal, etc) and drink a lot of water with it.
I took more than the recommended dose (rec. is 1 leveled teaspoon and I took 1 heaping teaspoon). I did have a good BM the next morning and I think I'll try sticking to the actual dose next time (it was a little too loose but that's fine with me ).
Wednesday - tried mixing it with apple sauce but it didn't camouflage the chalky taste. Didn't have a good BM the next morning, it felt like there was a lot of water in my colon but no poop really came out (sorry for TMI). I was going to travel after Wednesday so I didn't take it with me as I didn't want to experiment while traveling.
Sunday - mixed in water again, kept stirring and stirring and most of it diluted pretty well. The taste is still disgusting. Had an ok BM the next morning.
MOnday - same as Sunday except for no BM on Tuesday morning.
Overall, I'm not happy with this product. I don't understand how two things that claim to be the same can taste so different and act so different (NC dissolves in water easily but this one doesn't). I'm much happier with my regular OTC Mg supplement. I feel like the mg citrate is all-or-nothing for me, I either take a large dose and have really loose, watery stools, or I take a regular dose and nothing happens. There's no happy medium.
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Re: update
#359412 - 06/23/10 05:50 AM
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Natural Calm contains magnesium carbonate plus citric acid which when combined in water produces magnesium citrate. Now Food product contains magnesium citrate only.
The difference accounts for the fizziness and the dissolvability of the two products. In Natural Calm the magnesium carbonate in the presence of water and an acid like citric acid releases carbon dioxide which produces the fizz and magnesium carbonate is converted to magnesium citrate. This is why Natural Calm dissolves better. However, the active ingredient in both products is magnesium citrate which on its own does not dissolve well in water.
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Re: update
#359413 - 06/23/10 06:00 AM
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Syl, you never stop amazing me - always have a scientific answer . Thanks! I thought these were exactly the same just based on the "mg citrate" ingredient.
Now I wish the "plain" magnesium citrate didn't taste like c*ap
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