- 1. Bone is a reservoir for Ca, Na, Mg, in descending order of mass
- 2. If one of these minerals is deficient in serum, the entire bone structure gets resorbed, and the other excess minerals are dumped into urine
- 3. Finally the same minerals are reabsorbed by the kidney using a common mechanism, so dumping any of one, dumps more of the others too
Practical conclusion : Ca, Na, Mg need to be consumed together
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