Re: Re: cal/mag conversion

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Thanks for the link, LeeAnn, that was fascinating. Makes me feel better about my own diet (according to Western science I'm courting osteoporosis by not taking calcium supplements and not eating dairy). But I'm still worried about my kids...my 4-year-old will eat carrots, but not every day. She won't eat broccoli or any leafy greens. If I do succeed in getting her to drink juiced kale, that should help a lot, but I'm still skeptical that I'll get her to do that...My 9-year-old is much better and will eat all kinds of fruits and vegetables. Still, she doesn't care for broccoli, carrots or any very dark green leafy vegetable. On the other hand, they're still both growing like weeds, so maybe I shouldn't worry. Actually, in the year after we cut back on dairy (except for occasional 6-week CF experiments, we haven't eliminated it altogether), my 4-year-old jumped onto a higher curve on her height chart...

Bonnie

An ND (who I ended up not seeing again due to insurance) told me

that I had done the 'perfect' thing with my son when I put him on

magnesium without any calcium for about 7 months. I actually didn't

add calcium for a year. She said that magnesium will " retone " the

muscles of the GI tract. I've never seen any specific research on

this, but her explanation made sense. Basically, it helps the body

relearn the proper peristaltic action.

Once you have the right mag dosage for daily BMs -- then add the

calcium -- watch for behavior changes due to calcium -- and for BM

change.

http://www.uswellnessmeats.com/Calcium_Myth_and_Facts.pdf

Basically --don't stress too much about calcium for bones -- just

eliminate dairy and make sure you serve broccoli and carrots!

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> > Hey all,

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> > I wanted to ask - I know it's been discussed before, but it

would

> help me if people could report again their child's magnesium

dose? We

> are switching from MOM to liquid cal/mag. We've used cal/mag in

the

> past for his muscles, so that works well for us.

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> > My guy is about 70 pounds. Per his G.I., he was on 10cc (2

tea) of

> Milk of Magnesia a day. The liquid cal/mag is about 350mg/15cc,

so I

> think that would be about 13-14cc a day for him to compare to

the milk

> of magnesia?

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> > sharry, aidan's mom

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