Alginic Acid/Aluminum Hydroxide/Magnesium Carbonate - why do they mix the aluminum and magnesium?

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26 Apr 2010

Aluminium alone tends to be constipating and Magnesium alone causes diarrhea. If the two are combined these side-effects are cancelled out.

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