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To: frankl who wrote (2200)	11/28/2008 2:37:35 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 39304

Thanks, Frankl. I put a couple in the Header. Since it is a minor supplement, and my list is long, I think I will leave it off the Doctor's list. I am sure he knows the story on Niacin, and probably on Fish Oil. The Vitamin D will be a discussion. He won't care about the rest. But since I have them justified, he will let them go. The things to tell a Doctor about Vitamin D is that your body loses 70% of it's ablility to manufacture it between age 20 and age 70 and that the body does not store it until you are at a blood level of about 50. This means you are using up all you have below that number. Proving you don't have enough. Then quote, "Pilz study. - Low vitamin D linked to sudden cardiac death." He still won't believe you, but at that point he should be willing to go along with ordering a 25 OH D-3 blood level on you.

To: frankl who wrote (2200)	11/28/2008 3:17:52 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 39304

I got curious and went searching to find out how much magnesium was in my drinking water. I'm taking a supplement now but started thinking that I might not need it. Well, nowhere is there data on magnesium. I did find a figure for hardness. So I went elsewhere to find out how hard the number, 7.6, was. Well, it seems like that number is grains/gallon. I found a conversion factor of 17 to get mg/L, which is what I needed for the chart that tells me how hard is hard. It seems that my water is very hard. I also found that the hardness minerals are mainly calcium and magnesium and that the ratio of the two varies but I conclude that, if my water is very hard, there's probably enough magnesium in it. All of which is neither here nor there. Just expressing frustration at how much work there is in finding out if one's water has enough magnesium. And then still not being sure of the result. It shouldn't be that hard.