On Tue, 29 Aug 2017 22:44:07 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Tue, 29 Aug 2017 19:21:15 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> I can tell when my magnesium is low because I
>> crave tomatoes. I buy the small cans of sauce and will eat them with a
>> spoon, straight from the can.
>
>You know those beans you love have 5x as much magnesium as tomato
>sauce, right? But noooooOOOOOoooooo. You gotta eat tomato sauce out
>of the can.
>
>-sw

Perhaps beans are more difficult to digest... because of all the their
fiber beans pass through the digestive system faster than the body can
absorb much of the nutrients. If most of the bean's magnesium is in
their skins the body wouldn't absorb much before it reaches the large
intestine. Tomato sauce/juice I think would be a faster magnesium
fix. I often eat cold canned whole peeled tomatoes as a snack.