Magnesium supplementation and osteoporosis
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A two-year study done on menopausal women shows that unlike calcium and estrogen treatments which stabilize bone density, magnesium therapy increases the density. Magnesium regulates the active transport of calcium in the body and it might be able to prevent the normal 2% loss of bone mass every year. Osteoporosis is associated with nutritional deficiency especially that of calcium. The bones become brittle and fracture easily because of a decrease in the bone mass and a change in the the bone matrix composition.
Publication Name: Nutrition Reviews
Subject: Food/cooking/nutrition
ISSN: 0029-6643
Year: 1995
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ISIS 4: clinical controversy regarding magnesium infusion, thrombolytic therapy, and acute myocardial infarction
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Patients with acute myocardial infarction may prevent or limit necrosis by sustained magnesium (Mg) infusions after the attack rather than infusions over 24 hours. The Fourth International Study of Infarct Survival performed tests of Mg treatment late after thrombolysis, but the second Leicester Intravenous Magnesium Intervention Trial injected Mg immediately after the thrombolysis symptoms were shown. Both the trials used 24-hour treatments with large doses of Mg.
Publication Name: Nutrition Reviews
Subject: Food/cooking/nutrition
ISSN: 0029-6643
Year: 1995
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Magnesium supplementation and bone turnover
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Studies reveal a relationship between high magnesium intake in humans and increased bone density. The body's use of magnesium is various, but research implicates the mineral in higher levels of bone turnover. Increased studies of the effects of magnesium supplementation on young adults are needed.
Publication Name: Nutrition Reviews
Subject: Food/cooking/nutrition
ISSN: 0029-6643
Year: 1999
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