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Dietary Magnesium and Chronic Disease
Publication date: May 2018Source: Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease, Volume 25, Issue 3Author(s): Forrest H. NielsenAlthough official magnesium (Mg) dietary reference intakes are open to question, a significant number of adults likely have intakes that are in the range of 50%-99% of the requirement. This moderate or marginal (subclinical) deficient Mg intake generally is asymptomatic. Animal studies, however, indicate that moderate or subclinical Mg deficiency primes phagocytic cells for the release of proinflammatory cytokines leading to chronic inflammatory and oxidative stress. Human studies have found that dietary Mg ...
Source: Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease - July 10, 2018 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: research