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| | From:  JamieDH4 (Original Message) | Sent: 7/29/2007 11:33 PM |
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I was thinking of taking Lithium Orotate to help improve my mood. I did a search for 'lithium orotate' and all of the "credible" websites, such as John's Hopkins. all say that Lithium Orotate has not been proven to be effective like lithium carbonate and lithium citrate are.
I was wondering.... why would they think that? Is the difference in between them that different? Lithium is still the active ingredient, so I don't seem why thy think it would not work. I have searched and searched for a REASON as to why they think it won't work and all I find are declarations that it hasn't been studied. Does the ion that its attached to really make that much of a difference? I see them recommending calcium carbonate and calcium citrate as if though they are interchangeable, so what is wrong with lithium orotate? |
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| I don't see how the carbonate form could have better absorption than the citrate form, but I've only seen the orotate form being sold as a supplement, so that is why I've mentioned that in the past. Keep in mind that I would open the capsule and take a tiny amount, so that it might take a week to consume the contents of the lowest dosage capsule being sold to the public. The idea is that a little bit over the course of a couple of weeks or so might help, and if not, how could it do any harm? Again, my reading of the evidence leads me to believe that once you get the AA out of your cells and normalize you biochemistry, then you don't need this kind of supplement, though as I said, a very small amount now and then seems to be a worthwhile thing to try, though at this point I just take a little nutritional yeast with my meals rather than supplementing with things like lithium. I would suggest you make sure you are getting enough magnesium, especially in the citrate form - that seems to be more important, in general. |
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