Theory (my theory) about magnesium being 'used

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Has anyone here been testing their child's PH? I am convinced that

many kids are 'using' the magnesium (and possibly calcium) in their

diet to buffer their acidic PH since their kidneys are not clearing

acids the way they are supposed to. Now that I'm working on my

child's PH balance with LiverLife and bicarb, he seems to need less

magnesium....

Anyone else have thoughts?

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Having a hard time creating a cohesive thought today, so I don't know

how to tie this in, but I think it does.

I noticed that my son's urine pH was usually very high (too alkaline)

while on mag citrate, which, at that time, I thought was on account of

the citrate (citrus foods alkalinize, I think, and I had read that

citrate supplements can do the same). Our pediatrician didn't seem to

think much of the alkaline urine (I assumed it was because she agreed

about it being on account of the citrate).

But, after switching back to MOM, I found that his pH was still

frequently too alkaline (correlated to behaviors/increased

constipation/etc.). I kept researching and from what I'd read in a

few different places, the overly alkaline urine was actually an

artifact of an overly acidic body (that the kidneys were now excreting

ammonia(?) in some desperate attempt to accommodate the acidity and

therefore the urine was alkaline - not sure if I'm explaining this

properly, I never have stopped to think more about the science of

that, just trusted it based on having read it so many places...)....

In agreement with this idea (that the alkaline urine = acidic body) -

when he had highly alkaline urine and I started giving the bicarb/salt

drink, the pH of his urine " normalized. "

That said, I have also read that an acidic body reflects internal

inflammation. I can say that now that we've been gluten-free for

about 3, almost 4 months, his urine pH seems to be pretty consistently

in " normal " range, despite continuing on magnesium (mag glycinate and

mag peroxide). Recently, I think we were " glutened " - and DS#1 (who

was moving his bowels nearly daily), started getting backed up. I

checked his urine pH and it was too alkaline.

With this recent episode, I did up his magnesium on the first day he

skipped a movement, so it's possible that the increased mag also

increased his pH...? Or, maybe the gluten exposure resulted in some

GI inflammation that raised his pH? or combo? (inflammation caused

constipation, constipation required more mag = vicious cycle...?)..

Next time (I hope there's not a next time, but there's bound to be

one) we get glutened, I'll try to remember to check my own pH. (Mine

was very commonly quite acidic pre-GF and I was taking the bicarb

drink daily myself. Since GF, it's normalized mostly also..)

The other thing is that maybe DS's urine pH is not as affected as much

by the mag glycinate and mag peroxide as it was by mag citrate or MOM?

The switch in magnesium supplements happened about 2 months into GF,

I guess, and I am not sure how much I checked pH during that

time..??.. Not a very scientific approach for a scientist....but when

you're scrambling to keep their bowels moving, sometimes it's

impossible to be methodical about the protocols being tried!?!?...

Sorry, LeeAnn, not sure if this is helpful info or just babbling?....

best,

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> Has anyone here been testing their child's PH? I am convinced that

> many kids are 'using' the magnesium (and possibly calcium) in their

> diet to buffer their acidic PH since their kidneys are not clearing

> acids the way they are supposed to. Now that I'm working on my

> child's PH balance with LiverLife and bicarb, he seems to need less

> magnesium....

>

> Anyone else have thoughts?

>

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You aren't babbling -- your experiences are similar to mine. I hadn't

correlated the type of magnesium to the buffering effect. Hmm -- now I

have another thing to put into the mix. I need to create a specialized

database just for tracking all this stuff.

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> > Has anyone here been testing their child's PH? I am convinced that

> > many kids are 'using' the magnesium (and possibly calcium) in their

> > diet to buffer their acidic PH since their kidneys are not clearing

> > acids the way they are supposed to. Now that I'm working on my

> > child's PH balance with LiverLife and bicarb, he seems to need less

> > magnesium....

> >

> > Anyone else have thoughts?

> >

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