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Magnesium, although having the same valence electron configuration as calcium, is toxic to humans at lower levels. Humans can handle having more ionic calcium in their system than they can ionic magnesium, so calcium salts are more commonly used as antacids.
However, I don't believe calcium hydroxide is what is used as an antacid in humans - hydroxides are strong bases and I would think this would be very caustic and could cause chemical burns to the digestive tract. I believe the actual antacide is calcium carbonate. However, the above paragraph about why magnesium versus calcium is still true for a carbonate salt.
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Why do one has to take in a milk of magnesia when he or she has an in digestion problem?
Milk of magnesia (magnesium hydroxide) is most commonly found as a liquid. The magnesium in the liquid can both neutralize excess stomach acid and, if taken in slightly larger doses, act as a saline laxative. This means that the magnesium works to pull salt or a saline solution from the blood into the intestines, therefore increasing the amount of water in the intestines and causing a laxative action. Milk of magnesia is generally considered to be one of the more gentle laxatives, as opposed to stimulant laxatives such as Dulcolax.
How do Calcium Pyruvate supplements increase energy?
Calcium pyruvate increases your energy by boosting your metabolism. When your metabolism is boosted, fewer of your consumed starches and sugars are stored as fat as opposed to being burned off by your body. When more starch and sugar is burned off by your metabolism, your energy increases.
Why are some peole opposed to stem cell research?
I don't understand why anyone would be opposed to it. It could be the greatest medical progress in history and people are opposed to it? Idiots.
What is lye?
Lye can refer to two different chemicals. There is soda lye, which is sodium hydroxide, or NaOH, or potash lye, which is potassium hydroxide, or KOH.It the VERY CAUSTIC OR BASIC (ALKALINE) - Meaning it can burn your skin, blind you, etc - Stuff found in Oven Cleaners, Draino, and other toilet bowl type stain removers. It used to be a minor ingredient in homemade soaps, way back when.TREAT WITH CARE. READ THE INSTRUCTIONS. USE EYE AND SKIN PROTECTION, AND DON'T BREATHE THE VAPORS.
What does diamertrically opposed mean?
Two things that are diametrically opposed have opposite beliefs or natures that are incompatible. Christianity and Satanism are diametrically opposed because one exalts God, and the other exalts the individual.
When calcium react with water why it is CaOH2 H2?
Ca(s) + 2H2O ==> Ca(OH)2(s) + H2(g). This is because of the reactivity of calcium (as opposed to magnesium) so it forms the hydroxide. If it were less reactive, as is magnesium, it would form the metal oxide (if reacted with hot water or steam). Moving down group 2, the metals become more reactive.
Are magnesium hydroxide and aluminum hydroxide more effective at neutralizing stomach acid?
Of the antacids, hydroxides of aluminum (Al(OH)3) and magnesium (Mg(OH)2) are the most common preparations. The hydroxides of aluminum and magnesium are relatively insoluble; therefore, OH- does not accumulate to corrosive levels. * Mg(OH)2 reacts relatively rapidly with H+. ** Side effects include diarrhea, and hypermagnesemia in patients with renal insufficienc. * Al(OH)3 acts relatively slowly, and it can form complex conglomerates, providing sustained neutralizing capacity. ** Side effects include constipation, hypophosphatemia; drug adsorption reduces bioavailability. Thus, combinations of Mg2+ and Al3+ hydroxides provide a relatively fast and sustained neutralizing capacity.In addition, since aluminum can relax the smooth muscle of the stomach and delay gastric emptying, while magnesium opposed those effects, when Al(OH)3 and Mg(OH)2 taken concurrently have relatively little effect on gastric emptying. On the other hand, sodium bicarbonate and calcium carbonate are also used, as are other carbonates, silicates, and phosphates. These antacids react with HCl to form chlorides, water, and carbon dioxide, neutralizing HCl by these chemical reactions. However, the very water soluble sodium bicarbonate is rapidly cleared from the stomach and presents both an alkali and a sodium load, which may cause systemic alkalosis and fluid retention. Calcium carbonate may also cause hypercalcemia, and milk-alkali syndrome when excessive administration of calcium carbonate is used, leading to calcium kidney stones, alkalosis, decrease in parathyroid retention of bicarbonate by kidney. Based purely on stoichiometry, a mole of Aluminum hydroxide can neutralize 3 moles of HCl. A mole of Magnesium hydroxide can neutralize only 2 moles of HCl.
Why do one has to take in a milk of magnesia when he or she has an in digestion problem?
Milk of magnesia (magnesium hydroxide) is most commonly found as a liquid. The magnesium in the liquid can both neutralize excess stomach acid and, if taken in slightly larger doses, act as a saline laxative. This means that the magnesium works to pull salt or a saline solution from the blood into the intestines, therefore increasing the amount of water in the intestines and causing a laxative action. Milk of magnesia is generally considered to be one of the more gentle laxatives, as opposed to stimulant laxatives such as Dulcolax.
Why would a breast feeding woman need 1300 mg of calcium a day?
the calcium content in breastmilk is taken directly from the mothers store. Increased consumption of leafy green vegetables is recommended as opposed to drinking more milk, which infact provides us with less of our calcium requirement then health specialists would have you believe.
How do Calcium Pyruvate supplements increase energy?
Calcium pyruvate increases your energy by boosting your metabolism. When your metabolism is boosted, fewer of your consumed starches and sugars are stored as fat as opposed to being burned off by your body. When more starch and sugar is burned off by your metabolism, your energy increases.
Why is magnesium more reactive than silver?
Magnesium is more reactive than silver because magnesium has a lower ionization energy and is more willing to lose electrons to form positive ions. Additionally, magnesium is lower in the reactivity series, meaning it reacts more readily with other substances compared to silver.
How does limestone neutralise soil?
Limestone, aka calcium carbonate (CaCO3) reacts with acid to forma calcium salt, water and carbon dioxide. This is how it can remove acid in soil. CaCO3 (s) + 2H+ (aq) --> Ca2+ (aq) + H2O (l) + CO2 (g)
What 4 foods can a person survive on?
You could survive just on bread, if it were necessary. The flour is enriched (rather than "fortified", because enriching replaces the vitamins that are lost during the process of refining the grains into flour, as opposed to adding completely new vitamins)with a wide range of vitamins and minerals including thiamin, folic acid, riboflavin, iron, calcium, magnesium and niacin. Also, ascorbic acid (vitamin C) is generally used as a bread improver in commercially baked breads, which would ensure against scurvy.
Were the northerners favored or opposed?
Opposed
What do opposed mean?
you opposed doing something.
What is the prefix for opposed?
The prefix for opposed is "anti-".
What is an example of a present tense?
* I take (as opposed to took, have taken) * She likes (as opposed to liked, have liked) * They run (as opposed to ran, have run) * I am (as opposed to was, have been)
