Re: response to angi / magnesium

January 1, 2008

I tried my son on the low oxalate diet and found it counter-intuitive

and constipating as well. I found the vitamin K protocol was a

better way to deal with oxalates for my son.

Regarding magnesium -- it can have an alkalinizing effect too. I

think that is why my son needed so much of it -- it was being used by

the kidneys to lower his acidity. I think there's a group of ex-

miralax people that may have renal tubular acidosis.

Any behavior or visible changes to use as a guideline?

> Has anyone had experience or suspected that magnesium interferes

with digestion? My kids have been on high dosages of magnesium for

quite a while (my 4 yr old son has dealt with life long constipation,

my daughter constipated this year since doing the low oxalate diet),

and have been on magnesium malate for a few months since we

discovered they were not tolerating the citrate well in magnesium

citrate. Their stools always have undigested food (most noticeably

peas and papaya) that I can't help but wonder if the magnesium is

causing - perhaps the magnesium is working as an antacid? Even with

digestive enzymes, their stool isn't looking any better. I have

tried to change the timing of taking it (from 30min-1hour before food

to after food) but it started backing them up. We don't have the

choice of trying other things for the constipation because they are

extremely intolerant to most supplements and food due to severe leaky

guts. Anyway, just

> wondering if anyone else has had this problem or any thoughts?

> V.

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