Posted April 19, 2019
Magnesium stearate is a tableting ingredient found in a great many vitamin pills. It is often vilified by those who stand to profit from your buying their much more costly product. Let’s be chemically clear on this: magnesium stearate is two stearic acid molecules coupled to one atom of magnesium. Stearic acid naturally occurs in cocoa, meat, flaxseed oil, chicken, eggs, cheese, walnuts, salmon, palm oil, olive oil and coconut oil. You cannot tell me that all those foods are harmful. And magnesium is VERY good for you, and the majority of Americans do not get even the RDA of this essential mineral. Read more.