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Dr. Will Bulsiewicz

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Dhru Purohit Show
The Nutrient Most of Us are Under-Eating That Boosts Brain Health and Fights Inflammation and Visceral Fat

Magnesium citrate, you can buy at your local drugstore. It's typically about the size of a can of soda and carbonated, lemon-lime flavor. It really does not taste good. But when you do an entire bottle of magnesium citrate like that, The intent of this is to jumpstart your bowels.

Dhru Purohit Show
The Nutrient Most of Us are Under-Eating That Boosts Brain Health and Fights Inflammation and Visceral Fat

So if you are a person who is constipated, you would not do this on a daily basis because that would basically leave you perpetually in diarrhea. But instead, if you were constipated, you would do this first. You would drink a bottle of magnesium citrate. This gets things going. You have one or two really good solid bowel movements.

Dhru Purohit Show
The Nutrient Most of Us are Under-Eating That Boosts Brain Health and Fights Inflammation and Visceral Fat

So if you are a person who is constipated, you would not do this on a daily basis because that would basically leave you perpetually in diarrhea. But instead, if you were constipated, you would do this first. You would drink a bottle of magnesium citrate. This gets things going. You have one or two really good solid bowel movements.

Dhru Purohit Show
The Nutrient Most of Us are Under-Eating That Boosts Brain Health and Fights Inflammation and Visceral Fat

So if you are a person who is constipated, you would not do this on a daily basis because that would basically leave you perpetually in diarrhea. But instead, if you were constipated, you would do this first. You would drink a bottle of magnesium citrate. This gets things going. You have one or two really good solid bowel movements.

Dhru Purohit Show
The Nutrient Most of Us are Under-Eating That Boosts Brain Health and Fights Inflammation and Visceral Fat

And then after that, you want to get into something that's more of a routine that you're going to do on a consistent basis. which could include fiber, but also would potentially include magnesium supplements. So magnesium supplements are more like the routine daily intervention that you will do to support good, healthy bowel movements.

Dhru Purohit Show
The Nutrient Most of Us are Under-Eating That Boosts Brain Health and Fights Inflammation and Visceral Fat

And then after that, you want to get into something that's more of a routine that you're going to do on a consistent basis. which could include fiber, but also would potentially include magnesium supplements. So magnesium supplements are more like the routine daily intervention that you will do to support good, healthy bowel movements.

Dhru Purohit Show
The Nutrient Most of Us are Under-Eating That Boosts Brain Health and Fights Inflammation and Visceral Fat

And then after that, you want to get into something that's more of a routine that you're going to do on a consistent basis. which could include fiber, but also would potentially include magnesium supplements. So magnesium supplements are more like the routine daily intervention that you will do to support good, healthy bowel movements.

Dhru Purohit Show
The Nutrient Most of Us are Under-Eating That Boosts Brain Health and Fights Inflammation and Visceral Fat

And when it comes to magnesium supplements, there's a number of different ones that are good for constipation, magnesium citrate, magnesium sulfate, magnesium oxide. These three particular ones I've had great success. The way that I typically approach it will be depending on which type, starting at four or 500 milligrams per day. I usually tell people take it before bedtime.

Dhru Purohit Show
The Nutrient Most of Us are Under-Eating That Boosts Brain Health and Fights Inflammation and Visceral Fat

And when it comes to magnesium supplements, there's a number of different ones that are good for constipation, magnesium citrate, magnesium sulfate, magnesium oxide. These three particular ones I've had great success. The way that I typically approach it will be depending on which type, starting at four or 500 milligrams per day. I usually tell people take it before bedtime.

Dhru Purohit Show
The Nutrient Most of Us are Under-Eating That Boosts Brain Health and Fights Inflammation and Visceral Fat

And when it comes to magnesium supplements, there's a number of different ones that are good for constipation, magnesium citrate, magnesium sulfate, magnesium oxide. These three particular ones I've had great success. The way that I typically approach it will be depending on which type, starting at four or 500 milligrams per day. I usually tell people take it before bedtime.

Dhru Purohit Show
The Nutrient Most of Us are Under-Eating That Boosts Brain Health and Fights Inflammation and Visceral Fat

It can help in terms of sleep. There's a number of other benefits to magnesium. Magnesium is kind of a cool thing to take. And by the way, I've found that the vast majority of people are actually deficient in magnesium. But if you're concerned about that, you can always get your blood drawn with your doctor before you start doing this. Just get your blood drawn. Make sure you know where it is.

Dhru Purohit Show
The Nutrient Most of Us are Under-Eating That Boosts Brain Health and Fights Inflammation and Visceral Fat

It can help in terms of sleep. There's a number of other benefits to magnesium. Magnesium is kind of a cool thing to take. And by the way, I've found that the vast majority of people are actually deficient in magnesium. But if you're concerned about that, you can always get your blood drawn with your doctor before you start doing this. Just get your blood drawn. Make sure you know where it is.

Dhru Purohit Show
The Nutrient Most of Us are Under-Eating That Boosts Brain Health and Fights Inflammation and Visceral Fat

It can help in terms of sleep. There's a number of other benefits to magnesium. Magnesium is kind of a cool thing to take. And by the way, I've found that the vast majority of people are actually deficient in magnesium. But if you're concerned about that, you can always get your blood drawn with your doctor before you start doing this. Just get your blood drawn. Make sure you know where it is.

Dhru Purohit Show
The Nutrient Most of Us are Under-Eating That Boosts Brain Health and Fights Inflammation and Visceral Fat

Then you start doing this and you take four or 500 milligrams before bedtime once a day. Give it a week. See how you feel. If you're not where you need to be in terms of having those good regular bowel movements, then you can start to increase the dose by about 250 milligrams at a time. And until you get yourself to a place where it's like, okay, cool, I'm in a rhythm. This is where I need to be.

Dhru Purohit Show
The Nutrient Most of Us are Under-Eating That Boosts Brain Health and Fights Inflammation and Visceral Fat

Then you start doing this and you take four or 500 milligrams before bedtime once a day. Give it a week. See how you feel. If you're not where you need to be in terms of having those good regular bowel movements, then you can start to increase the dose by about 250 milligrams at a time. And until you get yourself to a place where it's like, okay, cool, I'm in a rhythm. This is where I need to be.

Dhru Purohit Show
The Nutrient Most of Us are Under-Eating That Boosts Brain Health and Fights Inflammation and Visceral Fat

Then you start doing this and you take four or 500 milligrams before bedtime once a day. Give it a week. See how you feel. If you're not where you need to be in terms of having those good regular bowel movements, then you can start to increase the dose by about 250 milligrams at a time. And until you get yourself to a place where it's like, okay, cool, I'm in a rhythm. This is where I need to be.

Dhru Purohit Show
The Nutrient Most of Us are Under-Eating That Boosts Brain Health and Fights Inflammation and Visceral Fat

And you know you're in a rhythm, by the way, Drew, with this particular thing. If you are constipated, you almost surely are going to have gas and bloating. And from my perspective as a GI doctor, when I treat people with this issue, what I'm looking for is that their gas and bloating has improved substantially, if not completely gone.

Dhru Purohit Show
The Nutrient Most of Us are Under-Eating That Boosts Brain Health and Fights Inflammation and Visceral Fat

And you know you're in a rhythm, by the way, Drew, with this particular thing. If you are constipated, you almost surely are going to have gas and bloating. And from my perspective as a GI doctor, when I treat people with this issue, what I'm looking for is that their gas and bloating has improved substantially, if not completely gone.

Dhru Purohit Show
The Nutrient Most of Us are Under-Eating That Boosts Brain Health and Fights Inflammation and Visceral Fat

And you know you're in a rhythm, by the way, Drew, with this particular thing. If you are constipated, you almost surely are going to have gas and bloating. And from my perspective as a GI doctor, when I treat people with this issue, what I'm looking for is that their gas and bloating has improved substantially, if not completely gone.

Dhru Purohit Show
The Nutrient Most of Us are Under-Eating That Boosts Brain Health and Fights Inflammation and Visceral Fat

Because I know that once the bloating is gone, I know that I have them in a rhythm where they're moving their bowels the way that they're supposed to. So magnesium is one of the ways that we can accomplish that.