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Influence of a mixed and a vegetarian diet on urinary magnesium excretion and concentration

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Roswitha Siener  and
Albrecht Hesse
Roswitha Siener
Affiliation:
Experimentelle Urologie, Klinik und Poliklinik für Urologie der Universität Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, D-53105 Bonn, Germany
Albrecht Hesse
Affiliation:
Experimentelle Urologie, Klinik und Poliklinik für Urologie der Universität Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, D-53105 Bonn, Germany
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Urinary Mg is suggested to be an effective inhibitor of the formation and growth of calcium oxalate stones. In order to examine the influence of variations in dietary Mg on urinary Mg excretion, ten healthy male subjects were kept on two different standard diets for 5 d each. In the course of the test period, 24 h urine samples were collected. Diets 1 and 2 were calculated according to the dietary recommendations of the German Society of Nutrition (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ernährung, 1986). Diet 1 was established as a model of a balanced mixed diet, whereas diet 2 represented an ovo-lacto-vegetarian meal plan. Diets 1 and 2 were isoenergetic with equal amounts of the main nutrients, estimated from food tables, and a constant fluid intake. In contrast to the content of Mg (336 mg) and dietary fibre (28 g) of diet 1, diet 2 was rich in Mg (553 mg) and dietary fibre (52 g). On the ingestion of diet 1, renal Mg excretion was 5·09 (SEM 0·35) mmol on the control day and increased slightly but not significantly to 5·40 (SEM 0·52) mmol on the corresponding day on diet 2. Urinary Mg excretion as a percentage of estimated dietary intake was about double on the balanced mixed diet (37%) than on the Mg-rich vegetarian diet (24%). As both diets contained equal amounts of most nutrients, these results indicate a lower excretion rate of Mg from the vegetarian diet than from the mixed diet. This would appear to be primarily due to the higher Mg and fibre contents and to the lower Mg utilization, that are important factors in decreasing Mg absorption and consequently urinary excretion rate.

Keywords

Mixed dietVegetarian dietMagnesiumCalciumLithiasis
Type
Urinary magnesium excretion of defferent diets
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 73 , Issue 5 , May 1995 , pp. 783 - 790
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1995

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