This year we will be reducing our phone hours during the Christmas and New Year holiday weeks. Starting December 21 and until January 9, you will need to leave voicemail messages for us most of the time. We will try to return your call the same day if possible to answer your questions or take your order.

You can always place your order online 24/7 and your order will still continue to go out the next business day. But remember that there will be no shipments sent on December 26 or January 2. You may also contact us by email using our website contact form at www.msm-msm.com/contact.html. We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and a great start to the new year.

I have been following a relatively low carbohydrate diet now for several years. Initially I had lost over 50 pounds and had gotten down to a reasonable weight. I am up just about 15 pounds from my low due to some setbacks in my exercise regimen due to injury. But I am maintaining fairly well and feel pretty healthy.

But more recently I have been experiencing heart palpitations where at rest, my heart seems to beat very slow but very strongly with each beat. A little research showed that this is common on low-carb diets and for those that are fairly athletic from exercise. And it seems to be largely due to a combination of a low resting heart rate and a deficiency of some minerals including potassium and magnesium.

So I have recently added glucosamine sulfate 2KCL (the K is potassium) and magnesium citrate to my supplement regimen of MSM, Ultra-Man Multivitamin, and Vitamin D 5000. It has only been less than a week and I am already feeling less of the palpitation episodes and less strongly when they do occur. I anticipate that they will continue to lessen until they disappear as I gradually get my minerals balanced again.

All of this to say that I know what a struggle it is to find a diet that works for you, and still get the nutrition you need. Fortunately there is a lot of information available out there from those who have traveled the road ahead of you. I hope my experience is helpful to those of you fighting the same battle.

Due to a manufacturer supply shortage and higher demand expected this month than normal, we may run short on Lignisul granular and powder MSM in late December and early January. If you are thinking you will run out around that time, you may want to place your order early.

We do not anticipate any problems with having OptiMSM on hand during that entire time, so if necessary, you may substitute that brand instead.

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