Re: can i alkalize without causing heartburn or upsetting bowel ph?

 The master of manipulation strikes once again. Or maybe it is just Justin knowns as little about science and medicine as his master who keeps him on a short leash. The study is based on 8 to 14 year old girls. Why is this important? Because stomach acidity declines after a certain point in life. After the age of 40 stomach acid levels decline significantly, which means there is less stomach acid to buffer the caustic nature of hydroxides. This is science and medicine facts at their most basic!!! So let's look at some other studies that Justin ignored: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11794633 "Results indicated relatively poor bioavailability of magnesium oxide (fractional absorption 4 per cent)"

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14596323?ordinalpos=37&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum "Urine, blood and saliva samples were taken at baseline, 24 h after the first Mg supplement was taken ('acute' supplementation) and after 60 days of daily Mg consumption ('chronic' supplementation). Results showed that supplementation of the organic forms of Mg (citrate and amino-acid chelate) showed greater absorption (P = 0.033) at 60 days than MgO, as assessed by the 24-h urinary Mg excretion. Mg citrate led to the greatest mean serum Mg concentration compared with other treatments following both acute (P = 0.026) and chronic (P = 0.006) supplementation. Furthermore, although mean erythrocyte Mg concentration showed no differences among groups, chronic Mg citrate supplementation resulted in the greatest (P = 0.027) mean salivary Mg concentration compared with all other treatments. Mg oxide supplementation resulted in no differences compared to placebo."

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7716929?ordinalpos=84&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum "[Assessment of bioavailability of magnesium preparations] [Article in Polish] Szyszka A, Kaźmierczak E, Dziegielewska G, Lowicki Z, Mrozikewicz A. I Klinikii Kardiologii Ak. Med. w Poznaniu. The bioavailability was studied of three magnesium preparations-Asmag, Slow-Mag and magnesium oxide (wafer)-administered to healthy volunteers for two weeks. The observed increase of magnesium level in the serum was not statistically significant."

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2407766?ordinalpos=104&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DefaultReportPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum "Magnesium bioavailability from magnesium citrate and magnesium oxide. Lindberg JS, Zobitz MM, Poindexter JR, Pak CY. Center for Mineral Metabolism and Clinical Research, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235. This study compared magnesium oxide and magnesium citrate with respect to in vitro solubility and in vivo gastrointestinal absorbability. The solubility of 25 mmol magnesium citrate and magnesium oxide was examined in vitro in solutions containing varying amounts of hydrochloric acid (0-24.2 mEq) in 300 ml distilled water intended to mimic achlorhydric to peak acid secretory states. Magnesium oxide was virtually insoluble in water and only 43% soluble in simulated peak acid secretion (24.2 mEq hydrochloric acid/300 ml). Magnesium citrate had high solubility even in water (55%) and was substantially more soluble than magnesium oxide in all states of acid secretion. Reprecipitation of magnesium citrate and magnesium oxide did not occur when the filtrates from the solubility studies were titrated to pH 6 and 7 to stimulate pancreatic bicarbonate secretion. Approximately 65% of magnesium citrate was complexed as soluble magnesium citrate, whereas magnesium complexation was not present in the magnesium oxide system. Magnesium absorption from the two magnesium salts was measured in vivo in normal volunteers by assessing the rise in urinary magnesium following oral magnesium load. The increment in urinary magnesium following magnesium citrate load (25 mmol) was significantly higher than that obtained from magnesium oxide load (during 4 hours post-load, 0.22 vs 0.006 mg/mg creatinine, p less than 0.05; during second 2 hours post-load, 0.035 vs 0.008 mg/mg creatinine, p less than 0.05). Thus, magnesium citrate was more soluble and bioavailable than magnesium oxide."

If only Justin knew even the basics of how the body really works and knew how to do real research!!!