Is it normal for Magnesium Supplements to cause nausea?

Is it normal for magnesium supplements to cause nausea?

• My NP recommended I try magnesium supplements to help with tremor and palpitations. The brand I am taking is Nature Made. It's Magnesium Oxide, 250 mg. The thing is, it is causing me SEVERE nausea and heartburn. It's awful. Is this common? Will it go away? What should I do? Thank you.

• Answer:

  Magnesium Oxide is notoriously hard to digest ...... a chelated magnesium supplement would be easiest for your body to assimilate such as a citrate in a powdered form ............. nausea and heartburn may also be occuring because they contain an ingredient that disagrees with you such as lactose ....... or because you aren't taking them with food. For tremors and palpitations eat more foods rich in magnesium such as leafy and green vegies (raw or lightly steamed as cooking devitalises them), organic raw almonds, brazil nuts or sunflower seeds and wholegrain breads and cereals such as brown rice ...... take a multi B complex supplement that contains all the B's also ie ~ B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B12 and folic acid etc.... as they work best as a group ...... perhaps the palpitations are being caused by a lack of calcium in your diet (leafy and green vegies are rich in both calcium and magnesium) and this would inhibit the effective assimilation of vitamin B12 which would produce heart palpitations .......... other things that could be robbing you of your calcium supplies are sodas, soft drinks and pop (they disrupt the calcium phosphorus balance and leach the calcium straight from your bones),taking aspirin, too much tea and coffee (inhibits its absorption) eating too much sugar or protein and taking antacids.........;0) peace baby ♥