12/26/2025
Nik Nik blew out her other knee.
Bunny
It survived to cause havoc another day.
I have been thinking about magnesium for years. There is no good info. It’s a shame we are not looking into what would help heal, only what makes money.
🐶 Magnesium, Dogs, & the Problem With “What We Think We Know” 🐶✨
This is a really important (and often overlooked) question:
👉 If we’re not catching low magnesium in humans because our testing is insufficient… how can we be confident in what we “know” about magnesium in dogs?
Short answer: we can’t have high confidence.
And that’s not controversial — it’s just biology and measurement reality.
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🧪 The core problem: magnesium testing is flawed
In humans:
• ~99% of magnesium is inside cells (bone, muscle, soft tissue)
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