According to my DH:
I haven't studied Mg a lot myself, but based on what I found in the nutrition books in my office, this may actually have some merit. The Ca : Mg balance issue has definitely been shown to cause many negative effects in many species. Mg therapy has also been shown repeatedly to reduce various cardiovascular problems in humans. Additionally, Mildred Seelig (cited in the article) definitely appears to be a human Mg research guru. She was publishing lit reviews on the subject as early as 1964.
I'm not sure about the claims about Mg decreasing LDL and increasing HDL, or at least I couldn't find anything to specifically back it up. However, nutritionists have known for some time (as I've probably told you before) that there is an as yet undetermined intermediary metabolite that determines whether a dietary triglyceride (storage form of fat from diet) is converted to LDL or HDL. It could very well be a mineral like Mg. However, based on the fact that B vitamins act as cofactors/gatekeepers for just about every other metabolic pathway, my money would be on one of them. Regardless, if Mg were as effective as they make out in this article, I doubt Lipitor/Crestor, etc. sales would be as good as they are, unless the medical field and the pharmaceutical industry were involved in a massive conspiracy to supress this info (which actually wouldn't surprise me considering the apparent rep/Dr. kickback system).
Also, I'm not sure about the direct links between Mg deficiency and insulin resistance. However, I did find that diabetics are typically Mg deficient. The unknown (on my part) is whether this is due to dietary Mg deficiency = insulin resistance, which in time=type II diabetes, or if diabetics just have a higher Mg requirement due to increased use in some alternate metabolic pathway that's necessary due to the inefficiency of glucose metabolism. Unfortunately I don't have time to dig that deep at the moment.
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Me: 26; DH: 31
Married June 2007 New Orleans
PCOS Dx April 2009
Metformin 500mg 2x per day
Sprintec
Atenolol 25mg week before period (migraine prevention)
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