Is it dangerous to use Magnesium Nitrate as a colon cleanse?




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Thursday, January 21st, 2010

Does it really remove pounds and pounds of old fecal matter? Is this healthy and safe?

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2 Responses to “Is it dangerous to use Magnesium Nitrate as a colon cleanse?”

  1. S M Says:
    January 20th, 2010 at 2:28 pm

    Please don’t eat Magnesium nitrate! It is very toxic! Specifically ingestion causes dizziness, abdominal pain, vomiting, bloody diarrhea, weakness, convulsions, and collapse. May interfere with blood’s capability to carry oxygen (methemoglobinemia). Here’s some information for you: http://www.jtbaker.com/msds/englishhtml/m0169.htm
    Again, please don’t eat Magnesium Nitrate!!

    You may be thinking of Magnesium Citrate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnesium_citrate) which is used as a laxative. I would be very careful about magnesium citrate as well, because overdose can cause coma and/or death.

    As for the second part of your question, your body is very good at eliminating fecal matter. If you have been keeping fecal matter in your colon, you are very very sick. A normal healthy (or even mildly ill) person will not be storing fecal matter inside their body. Good ways to ensure proper elimination include good bathroom hygiene (ie, going to the bathroom regularly and taking the time to have full bowel movements when you sit on the toilet), high fiber diet, and plenty of water in your diet.

  2. Gata de Barrio Says:
    January 20th, 2010 at 3:05 pm

    I thought the drug name was odd, Magnesium citrate is probably what you were thinking of.

    Please take in mind that every person has a normal standard for bowel movement. What is normal to one person is abnormal to another. Some people have 2 bowel movements in a day, others have it every 3rd day. 7 days is the maximum that it’s still normal. It also depends on the diet the person is on. A high fiber diet will naturally increase the frequency.

    Reserve the laxative drugs if your frecuency has reduced severely recently and only do it if it’s really necesary. If it’s recurrent, consult a gastroenterologist because abusing laxatives isn’t a good idea. Serious abusers can cause paralytic ileum that could require half of their intestines to be removed by surgery to save their lives from a life threatening peritonitis.

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