Natural Vitality Natural Calm Magnesium, Powder, Organic Orange Flavor 16 oz (453 g)

Comments about Natural Vitality Natural Calm Magnesium, Powder, Organic Orange Flavor:

I take this product when I am not eating enough greens, juicing or ate something that makes my tummy rummble and not flow. It does not go bad, so I can keep it on hand for as long as it has magnesium citrate in the container.

Comments about Natural Vitality Natural Calm Magnesium, Powder, Organic Orange Flavor:

Great product, it seems to have alleviated some of my sleep issues. I just feel better when I take it.

Comments about Natural Vitality Natural Calm Magnesium, Powder, Organic Orange Flavor:

Great taste, relaxes..

Comments about Natural Vitality Natural Calm Magnesium, Powder, Organic Orange Flavor:

Although Calm must be mixed in advance of drinking it (to let the effervescence die down - or will cause gas), I take this every night before I go to bed. If I miss one night, I will be constipated the next day. I have always suffered from chronic constipation and had stumbled upon this wonderful "side effect" after being prescribed "Calm" by my neurologist to help control migraines (he did warn me that it would loosen my stools). I prefer the orange flavor or lemon.

Comments about Natural Vitality Natural Calm Magnesium, Powder, Organic Orange Flavor:

Best flavor they have come up with. Use it to quiet my mind at night, but also helps with headache prevention and elimination.

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The studies being sited in this review and on other sites is from consumerlabs.com. This is not a reputable organization. They take money from both the companies they review and from their subscribers. The companies who buy their services "own" their own studies and can have them published or not. Natural, low cost products like this one do not pay consumerlabs.com exorbitant testing fees and get bad reviews. This is a great product. Do not believe the faulty reviews. I would hate to see this product hurt by dubious tactics.

Comments about Natural Vitality Natural Calm Magnesium, Powder, Organic Orange Flavor:

Love CALM, I started taking for muscle fatigue but it also works great to regulate your system. Works for many symptoms.

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I saw a post that claims "excessive lead" in Gillham's products but there was nothing to back up this statement. I searched the web and found the lab reports and after reading it I decided I WILL CONTINUE to take the supplements. THERE IS NO EXCESSIVE LEAD in these products. [@]

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I'm a medical professional who at first was pleased to find a nice-tasting magnesium supplement which I was taking to help with osteoporosis and electrolyte imbalances.

Normally I recommend everyone check out supplements first at consumerlab, which independently tests products for contamination and to see if they really contain what the label contains (since supplements are not regulated in the USA)

I didn't follow my own advice, and was dismayed to find that although most magnesium supplements passed their testing, this one failed, as well as a brand called Total Nutrition.

I'm tossing this in the trash, sad to say. Here is what consumerlab has to say:

* Peter Gillham's Natural Vitality® Natural Calm, a powder, was found to contain 0.295 mcg of lead per teaspoon. It suggested a daily dose ranging from 1/2 teaspoon to 3 teaspoons per day which, at the higher end of the range, would exceed the State of California's limit of 0.5 mcg of lead – above which a warning label is required. Such lead exposure can be easily avoided when taking magnesium, as evidenced by the many other products that did not exceed this limit.
* Total Nutrition Natural Amino Acid Chelated Magnesium provided only 28.8 mg of magnesium per tablet rather than the expected 100 mg.
* Tropical Oasis™ Liquid Calcium Magnesium Orange Flavor contained only 45.4% of its labeled amount of magnesium. Instead of one tablespoon providing the promised 115 mg of magnesium, it provided only 52 mg. CL found the same problem with this product in 2007, when it was found to contain only 46.4% of the magnesium claimed. Ironically, at both times the product has boasted a "GMP" seal (suggesting that it was made under Good Manufacturing Practices) around which was written "Certified by an independent laboratory." The back label on this product noted, "Tropical Oasis believes in giving the consumer the most accurate information to allow the consumer to make informed choices."