Phytic acid and oxalates bind to magnesium, causing its loss from the body and reducing absorption from food.

“you're not going to absorb much of it because of all the oxalates and other phytic acid and i talked about this in my book the carnivore code this has been done with other divalent cations like zinc if you eat them with oxalates and phytic acid you are not absorbing them”

“we certainly know that phytic acid and oxalates can bind to these anions these cations like magnesium and pull them out of your body”

“magnesium is a divalent cation meaning it has a plus two positive charge and is also one of these minerals that gets bound up chelated bit into by phytic acid and pulled out of the body”

“there's phytic acid and there's oxalates which we know are going to prevent the absorption of the Magnesium”

“magnesium in nuts or leafy greens is often bound up in things like phytic acid or can be bound by oxalates making it very poorly bioavailable”

“don't think much of that is absorbed because of the anti-nutrients in all of the grains where you're finding this magnesium phytic acid and oxalates”

“however Fates bind up minerals such as magnesium therefore when we consume things like Oat Bran or legumes then we're not able to digest or absorb the Magnesium because of the Fates”