Magnesium intake

High magnesium intake due to addition of magnesium oxide. 

For fifteen years, the study tracked 4,637 men who were eighteen to thirty years old at the start of the project. During that time, there were 608 cases of metabolic syndrome. Magnesium intake was inversely associated with the incidence of that syndrome. That, in turn, can potentially reduce the future incidence of diabetes. 

Again, there s a lot of science to back up the notion that we all need to increase our magnesium intake. There have been quite a number of observations that certain countries populations with higher magnesium consumption through the foods they eat have a reduced risk of developing hypertension. Yet until fairly recently there haven t been the kinds of clinical studies that medical authorities need to make specific recommendations. Here are just three representative studies of that type of scientific investigation. 

Their conclusions are encouraging. For each 10 mmol (180 mg) increase in daily magnesium intake, systolic and diastolic blood pressure decreased by 4.3 and 2.3 mm Hg, respectively. Reductions in blood pressure were dose dependent. That is to say, the more magnesium consumed, the greater the blood pressure decline. 

What about the impact of magnesium on the development of heart disease risk Doctors at the University of Virginia Health System looked at the daily dietary magnesium intake in 7,172 men whose consumption ranged from 50.3 to 1,138 mg (2.8 to 63.2 mmol), with an average of 268 mg (14.9 mmol). During thirty... 

Hunt, C. D., Herbel, J., and Nielsen, E H. (1997). Metabolic responses of postmenopausal women to supplemental dietary boron and aluminum during usual and low magnesium Intake Boron, calcium, and magnesium absorption and retenton and blood mineral concentrations. Am. /. Cfin. Nuir, 65, 803-813. 

Magnesium is an essential element for the human body. You can ensure an adequate magnesium intake by eating magnesium-rich foods. 

Lopez-Ridaura R, Willett WC, Rimm EB, et al. (2004) Magnesium intake and risk of type 2 diabetes in men and women. Diabetes Care 27 270-271. 

Hypomagnesemia Diarrhea, malabsorption, anabolism magnesium-wasting drug therapy Increase magnesium intake... 

Hypermagnesemia Renal failure Decrease magnesium intake... 

Beverages provide humans with 28% of their magnesium intake, 27% of nickel, 24% of copper, 33% of strontium, 40% of uranium, 45% of rubidium, and 58% of vanadium consumption. Drinking water, home-made beverages (tea, coffee) and beer are important suppliers of inorganic body components. 

Very low dietary magnesium intake (< 200- 250 mg per day, adults) for prolonged periods (weeks) Low dietary magnesium intake (< 300 mg per day) combined with ... 

Low or normal magnesium intake combined with increased urinary losses due to ... 

Attias J, Weisz G, Almog S, Shahar A, Wiener M, Joachims Z, Netzer A, Ising H, Reben-TiscH E and Gunther T (1994) Oral magnesium intake reduces permanent hearing loss induced by noise exposure. Am J Otol 15 26-32. 

Investigation of the ffect of short-term change in dietary magnesium intake in asthma. Fur Respir J 10 2225-2229. 

Laurant P, Drozbartholet C, Berthelot A. 1991. Effect of a long-term high magnesium intake on metabolism of zinc in Sprague Dawley male rats. Trace elements in Medicine 8(2) 70-73. 

Magnesium intake was 1450 mg/subject/day during all periods except when bran supplements were used. Amounts of additional magnesium during these periods were as follows wheat bran, 21.28 com bran, 30.32 and rice bran, 42.13. 

In some instances, particularly in humans, alleviating the underlying disease responsible for decreased magnesium intake or absorption, or enhanced magnesium excretion, will correct the... 

Clinical interest in Mg + has increased recently, with the commercialization of Mg " " ISEs based on neutral carrier ionophores for benchtop clinical electrolyte instruments such as AVL and Nova [84]. Magnesium is important for neuronal activity, cardiac excitability, muscular contraction, and blood pressure, among other physiological roles it exists bound to proteins or to small anions and as free Mg +, but has traditionally been measured as total Mg. The recent availability of ISEs combined with the known decrease in dietary magnesium intake in the western world has stimulated clinical research that may have important implications in cardiac care [85] and diabetes [86], as it is now known that ionized Mg (free Mg +) levels can vary, whereas total Mg remains constant. 

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