San Jose, CA
A 34-year-old male asked:
I take a multivitamin plus vitamin c, d, all b's with niacin and fish oil, calcium, red yeast rice, should i take the vitamin magnesium with these & why?
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Dr. Randy Bakeranswered
Holistic Medicine 42 years experience
It depends: First of all, magnesium is a mineral, not a vitamin. Vitamins are not a substitute for a healthy diet but it is reasonable to take supplements for prevention. Most people don't need calcium supps- evidence suggests this increases risk of atherosclerosis! i don't advise red yeast rice for most. Magnesium deficiency is common- see my comment for a link to see if you have symptoms of low magnesium.
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Dr. Randy Baker commented
Holistic Medicine 42 years experience
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For more on magnesium see http://drcarolyndean.com/magnesium_miracle/
Best forms to take are magnesium taurate, glycinate or citrate.
For why you may not need Red Yeast RIce see the following link. If you do take it please also take CoQ10.
http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/healthscience/2012/October/Cholesterol-Myth-What-Really-Causes-Heart-Disease/
Apr 30, 2013
Dr. Dean Giannoneanswered
Internal Medicine 27 years experience
I don't like it.: Truth be told, I don't like combining Niacin with the red yeast rice as they can both have toxic effects upon the liver. I hope you're having your liver blood enzyme levels monitored on that combination. Adding Magnesium to all of this is not my concern as I don't see any issue in that as long as your doses of all these other medications are not excessive.
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