Magnesium Reduces Hearing Loss

Oral magnesium intake reduces permanent hearing loss induced by noise exposure. Abstract: Introduction: Following animal experiments where correlations were observed between serum magnesium level and noise-induced permanent hearing threshold shifts (NIPTS), we tested the prophylactic effect of magnesium in human subjects exposed to hazardous noise. Methods: Subjects were 300 young, healthy, and normal-hearing recruits who [...]

Magnesium and Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Most men and women who succumb to heart disease die suddenly without any known history of heart problems. As I note in my 3-min. NutritionFacts.org video How Do Nuts Prevent Sudden Cardiac Death?, up to 55% of men and 68% of women have no clinically recognized heart disease before sudden death. They obviously had rampant heart [...]

Magnesium Infographic

This infographic demonstrates that the use of magnesium dietary supplements among those consumers that are at a high risk of experiencing a costly disease-related event can lead to a positive health care cost savings.

Too Much Calcium Is a Health Risk

In a departure from typical clinical conclusions, researchers at the North American Menopause Society (NAMS) say common supplements could elevate calcium levels too high, putting them at risk for kidney stones, among other health problems. Women approaching menopause are commonly advised to take supplements containing calcium and Vitamin D to fend off diseases like osteoporosis [...]

Magnesium Blocks Calcification of Arteries

Lack of sufficient Magnesium in the diet is considered to be a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, and yet Magnesium deficiencies are extremely widespread in the U.S. population with some estimates at 80% of the population not getting the recommended daily allowance. A January 2014 report from the Framingham Heart Study examined the connection between [...]

Magnesium Supplements Lower Inflammation

A May 7, 2014 article published in the Archives of Medical Research reports the results of a double-blind trial of subjects with prediabetes and low magnesium levels which found a benefit for magnesium supplementation in reducing C-reactive protein (CRP), a marker of inflammation. “Our results show that oral magnesium supplementation significantly decreases hsCRP levels in [...]

Magnesium and Vascular Calcification

Abstract: Vascular calcification (VC), commonly encountered in renal failure, diabetes, and aging, is associated with a large increase in the risk for cardiovascular events and mortality. Calcification of the arterial media and of heart valves clearly plays a mediating role in this regard, whereas it is less clear how calcification of plaque influences atherogenesis and [...]

Childhood Asthma and Magnesium Effectiveness

Abstract: Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood and the leading cause of childhood morbidity. When uncontrolled, asthma can place significant limits on daily life, and is sometimes fatal. The use of magnesium sulphate (MgSO4) is one of numerous treatment options available during acute severe asthma in children. The efficacy of intravenous, or [...]

Magnesium Deficiency and Depression

Abstract: Magnesium is one of the most essential minerals in the human body, connected with brain biochemistry and the fluidity of neuronal membrane. A variety of neuromuscular and psychiatric symptoms, including different types of depression, was observed in magnesium deficiency. Plasma/serum magnesium levels do not seem to be the appropriate indicators of depressive disorders, since [...]

Magnesium Benefits Greater Than Imagined

New research published in the journal BMC Bioinformatics as reported by GreenMedInfo, states that researchers have now detected 3,751 magnesium binding sites on human proteins, indicating that magnesium’s role in human health and disease may have been vastly underestimated. While it is well known that all living things require magnesium, and that it is found [...]