Thread: Interesting story about low Magnesium levels
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Old 05-03-2012, 12:36 AM
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Originally Posted by mrsD View Post
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The test ranges are not that informative for serum magnesium.

Very low and very high levels, are useful with blood work, but the middle ranges can still be deceptive, and you could still need more.

When you get laxative action, that shows that the mag is not being absorbed, and is acting like a laxative.
Can you please expand on this? I used to take MOM for heartburn, but had to discontinue due to the laxative type of effect. Are there other types of tests?
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