article_snippet.sent: Alternating constipation and diarrhoea is a sign of a magnesium deficiency .
article_snippet.sent: ALTERNATING CONSTIPATION AND DIARRHOEA .
article_snippet.sent: As the muscles of the digestive tract also rely on magnesium for calming and we feel stress keenly in the enteric nervous system in the gut, low levels often manifest there as difficulty regulated digestive muscle function and we can tend to constipation (seizure) or diarrhoea (spasm).