Is magnesium plus calcium in our drinking water OK?

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In a post from a few weeks ago, we discussed how the World Health Organisation were discussing the idea of adding magnesium plus calcium to our drinking water.

In the report on this, the WHO break down the importance of both minerals and how it could affect a mineral depleted majority of the public.

The report explores the many uses of magnesium, which explains why many calcium supplements come with magnesium.

Here is the rundown of what the report found:

Magnesium is the fourth most abundant cation in the body and the second most abundant cation in intracellular fluid. It is a cofactor for some 350 cellular enzymes, many of which are involved in energy metabolism. It is also involved in protein and nucleic acid synthesis and is needed for normal vascular tone and insulin sensitivity. Low magnesium levels are associated with endothelial dysfunction, increased vascular reactions, elevated circulating levels of Creactive protein and decreased insulin sensitivity. Low magnesium status has been implicated in hypertension, coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome.

Magnesium deficiency has been implicated in the pathogenesis of hypertension, with some epidemiological and experimental studies demonstrating a negative correlation between blood pressure and serum magnesium levels. However, data from clinical studies have been less convincing. 

Cardiac arrhythmias of ventricular and atrial origin have been reported in patients with hypomagnesaemia. Indeed, a serious cardiac arrhythmia, Torsade de Pointes, is treated with intravenous magnesium therapy.

Pre-eclampsia (defined as hypertension after 20 weeks of gestation) with proteinuria has been treated with magnesium salts for many decades. A recent clinical trial (Altman et al. 2002) using magnesium sulfate showed a 50% decreased risk of eclampsia. 

Animal studies have documented an inverse (protective) relationship between magnesium intake and the rate or incidence of atherosclerosis.

“In humans, there is evidence for an inverse (protective) relationship between magnesium and coronary heart disease. Three cross-sectional studies have now documented an inverse relationship between the concentration of C-reactive protein (a proinflammatory marker that is a risk factor for coronary heart disease) and magnesium intake or serum magnesium concentration, suggesting that magnesium may have an anti-inflammatory effect.

“Several studies have documented the importance of magnesium in type 2 diabetes mellitus. Two recent studies have documented an inverse (protective) relationship between magnesium intake and risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus. Oral magnesium supplementation improves insulin sensitivity and metabolic control in type 2 diabetes mellitus. 

Alcoholism and intestinal malabsorption are conditions associated with magnesium deficiency. Certain drugs, such as diuretics, some antibiotics and some chemotherapy treatments, increase the loss of magnesium through the kidney.”

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