Foods magnesium

Magnesium supplements may reduce hypertension in some persons. The issue of magnesium and the control of blood pressure has been difficult to establish conclusively. One study involving people with moderate hypertension revealed that daily doses of 20 mmol (485 mg) Mg could produce a decline in blood pressure, where at least three continuous months of supplementation were required for the effect (Witteman ( f a ., 1994). The 20-mmol supplement contained about double the usual dietary intake from food. Magnesium sulfate is commonly used as a drug... 

Uses Binder, emulsifier, stabilizer, anticaking agent in foods magnesium source, caprylic acid source in nutritional foods supplements resinous/polymeric food-contact coatings... 

Sodium bisulfite Sucrose fermentation aid, food Magnesium sulfate anhydrous Mineral oil Tristearin Urea fermentation aid, silage Formic acid Sodium formate fermentation control agent, beer/wine Potassium metabisulfite fermentation industry Abietic acid fermentation inhibitor Diethyl pyrocarbonate Potassium fluoride Propylene glycol fermentation media Agar... 

Wheat (Triticum vulgare) gluten flour treating agent, food Magnesium carbonate hydroxide flour treatment agent... 

Potassium phosphate nutrient, yeast food Magnesium chloride Urea nutrition... 

Fluorine and fluorocarbons Calcium and bones Iron and anemia (iron-poor blood) Lithium and batteries Oxygen and respiration Sodium and food Magnesium and enzymes Aluminum and household utensils Phosphorus and DNA Strontium and fireworks Antimony and leishmaniasis Gold and jewelry Polonium and radioactivity ... 

The FD C certified colors are all water-soluble dyes, but can be transformed into insoluble pigments known as lakes by precipitating the dyes with alurninum, calcium, or magnesium salts on a substrate of aluminum hydroxide. The lakes are useful in appHcations that require color whereas in dry form, such as cake mixes, or where water may be present and bleeding is a problem, such as food packaging. FD C Red Lake No. 3 was deHsted in Febmary... 

USP-grade anhydrous magnesium carbonate is used as a flavor impression intensification vehicle in the processed food industry (see Flavors and spices). Basic magnesium carbonates are used as free flowing agents in the manufacture of table salt, as a hulking agent in powder and tablet pharmaceutical formulations, as an antacid, and in a variety of personal care products (see Pharmaceuticals). 

Some metals used as metallic coatings are considered nontoxic, such as aluminum, magnesium, iron, tin, indium, molybdenum, tungsten, titanium, tantalum, niobium, bismuth, and the precious metals such as gold, platinum, rhodium, and palladium. However, some of the most important poUutants are metallic contaminants of these metals. Metals that can be bioconcentrated to harmful levels, especially in predators at the top of the food chain, such as mercury, cadmium, and lead are especially problematic. Other metals such as silver, copper, nickel, zinc, and chromium in the hexavalent oxidation state are highly toxic to aquatic Hfe (37,57—60). 

Magnesium. In the adult human, 50—70% of the magnesium is in the bones associated with calcium and phosphoms. The rest is widely distributed in the soft tissues and body duids. Most of the nonbone Mg ", like K", is located in the intracellular duid where it is the most abundant divalent cation. Magnesium ion is efftcientiy retained by the kidney when the plasma concentration of Mg fads in this respect it resembles Na". The functions of Na", K", Mg ", and Ca " are interrelated so that a deficiencv of Mg " affects the metaboHsm of the other three ions (26). Foods rich in magnesium are listed in Table 9. 

Table 9. Common Food Sources Rich in Magnesium ...

JECEA reviewed the safety studies of glutamate and endorsed its safety by allocating an Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) for L-glutamic acid and its monosodium, potassium, ammonium, calcium, and magnesium salts as being "not specified." The scientific committee for food of EC concurred (40). 

Agricultural Use. Citric acid and its ammonium salts are used to form soluble chelates of iron, copper, magnesium, manganese, and zinc micronutrients in Hquid fertilizers (97—103). Citric acid and citrate salts are used in animal feeds to form soluble, easily digestible chelates of essential metal nutrients, enhance feed flavor to increase food uptake, control gastric pH and improve feed efficiency. 

Hydrolysis of chlorophyll using sodium hydroxide produces the moderately water-soluble sodium salts of chlorophyllin, phytol and methanol (145). The magnesium ia chlorophyllin may be replaced by copper. The sodium copper chlorophyllin salt is heat stable, and is ideal for coloring foods where heat is iavolved, such as ia canning (146). 

Cellulose acetate Silica gel Scoured wool Sawdust Rayon waste Fluorspar Tapioca Breakfast food Asbestos fiber Cotton linters Rayon staple Starch Aluminum hydrate Kaolin Cryolite Lead arsenate Cornstarch Cellulose acetate Dye intermediates Calcium carbonate White lead Lithopone Titanium dioxide Magnesium carbonate Aluminum stearate Zinc stearate Lithopone Zinc yellow Calcium carbonate Magnesium carbonate Soap flakes Soda ash Cornstarch Synthetic rubber... 

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