Senna leaves and calcium absorption

[huesitos23]

Has anyone heard about Senna leaves inhibiting calcium absorption?

[AnnieW55]

Not medical trained but a look on Google. Not much on there, unless asking the wrong question. found the article below re animals. The quote is from page 6, full link to pdf below. I suppose, like spinach, it’s a case of how much is taken, when and how often to balance it all out.

“Wild edible plants are rich in several nutrients. However, the main problem related to the nutritional exploitation of these kinds of plants is the presence of antinutritional and toxic factors. The results obtained from antinutritional analysis depicted in Table 2 revealed that the oxalate contents (8.00± 0.06 and 3.50±0.01 mg/100g) of Senna alata Linn leaves and flowers were low compared to that of H. esculentus (23.4%) and T. triangular (6.93-7.4%) (Oyesiku, 2006). At low pH, oxalate inhibits calcium absorption from the gut of animals (McDonald et al., 1995). Oxalate forms complex with calcium thereby making it unavailable, and more also high oxalate diets can increase the risk of renal calcium absorption (Osagie and Eka, 1998). “

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[huesitos23 in reply to AnnieW55]

Thanks@

[yogalibrarian]

Senna is a laxative. And long term use od laxatives can lead to malabsorption.

[huesitos23 in reply to yogalibrarian]

Thanks !

[TWEETYCAT]

You might look into taking horsetail supplement, as it is rich with Silica. I have been drinking horsetail tea for the last 5 months. I have seen recent research that some practitioners have told their patients with Osteoprosis to take a horsetail supplement every day. Studies have shown It helps your bones absorb calcium because it inhibits osteoclasts and stimulates osteoblasts. I am now taking a horsetail supplement in hopes that it will help me absorb more calcium. I have also done extensive research on magnesium and what I have found it that you should not take magnesium with your calcium, but should wait 2 hour before or after taking calcium. When taking them together can interfere it an interfere with one another's absorption.

[huesitos23 in reply to TWEETYCAT]

Thanks!