MAG LOADING

[plumerai]

MAG LOADING

Question: Does ingesting large amounts of magnesium induce vivid dreams?

Background research: Some offhanded mention in Esquire. All other research methods ("Google") led to derivatives of this article by Chuck Klosterman and absolutely nothing else.

Hypothesis: Hell yeah! Or maybe Chuck Klosterman is just a dickhead.

Experiment:

Comments

[asetwoman]

Also, diarrhea.

I was going to ask about that since calcium firms things up and magnesium tends to do the opposite.

[akiko]

Mag cit is often used in hospitals for relief of constipation. Also, it reportedly tastes like ass.

[plumerai]

Pills! I can't imagine a liquid would be fun. Is it the same as milk of magnesia?

[akiko]

No, it's a solution I think. MOM is Mg hydroxide, which is insoluble in water. Most citrate salts are water soluble, iirc.

http://www.theangrypharmacist.com/archives/2007/01/mag_citrate_tac.html is a funny story.

[dinaofdoom]

as long as i haven't had a drink before sleeping, i tend to have lots of highly detailed short dreams.
so i cannot even imagine what mag loading would be like.
probably something similar to the part in "clockwork orange" where he sees all the images flashing past.

[fuzzilla]

The last two words were kind of a deal-breaker for me. Well, maybe with your handy-dandy data one can conclude prunes will even things out...

[kesil]

AWESOME

[meifumado]

Thank God someone has finally discovered a way to enjoy the diarrhea caused by some drugs without any of the nasty side effects!