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Those with severe renal disease should not supplement large amounts of magnesium. Instead, they should seek to balance calcium and magnesium with a vegetarian diet. Such a diet helps overcome kidney disease, and also creates sound calcium and magnesium balance.
Everyone else can use magnesium in whatever levels they like. In fact, the only known effect of excess magnesium is temporary diarrhea that dissipates within hours of reducing intake. Many natural health practitioners believe the best way of determining ideal magnesium intake is to gradually increase usage until diarrhea occurs, and to then cut back to the highest level that did not cause it.
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