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High Magnesium Levels Make For Longer Life, And Zinc Also Protects Against Death From Cancer... It's harder to get all the magnesium needed from diet alone than to get all the calcium one needs. So supplementation is a wise idea.
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April 21, 2006
High magnesium linked with reduced mortality over an eighteen year period
The findings of a study published in the May 2006 issue of the journal Epidemiology revealed an association between having high serum levels of magnesium and a lower risk of mortality during an eighteen year follow-up. The study also found an increase in mortality linked with high serum copper levels.
Researchers at the National Institute of Health and Medical Research in France evaluated data from the Paris Prospective Study 2, which included 4,035 Parisian men between the ages of 30 and 60. Blood samples drawn upon enrollment were analyzed for serum zinc, copper and magnesium levels, and other factors.
During the follow-up period there were 176 cancer deaths, 56 cardiovascular disease deaths, and 107 deaths from other causes, including homicide and digestive disorders. Individuals whose serum magnesium levels were in the top one-fourth of participants had a 40 percent lower risk of dying from any cause or from cardiovascular disease, and a 50 percent lower risk of dying from cancer during follow-up than those whose magnesium was in the lowest fourth. Conversely, having high copper levels increased the risk of dying by 50 percent when the top 25 percent and lowest 25 percent of serum values were compared.
The results support those of other surveys that have determined increases in cancer and heart disease mortality associated with elevated serum copper, decreased cancer mortality associated with zinc, and reduced all-cause mortality associated with higher levels of magnesium. The authors explain that zinc deficiency is associated with depressed immune function and that copper is involved in oxidative damage. Reduced levels of magnesium are may be associated with an increase in low density lipoprotein oxidation and could initiate inflammation. Additionally magnesium and zinc help stabilize DNA, which could help prevent in the initiation of cancer.
—D Dye
http://www.lef.org/whatshot/2006_04.htm?source=eNewsLetter2011Wk34-2&key=Archive+News&l=0#lccg
April 21, 2006
High magnesium linked with reduced mortality over an eighteen year period
The findings of a study published in the May 2006 issue of the journal Epidemiology revealed an association between having high serum levels of magnesium and a lower risk of mortality during an eighteen year follow-up. The study also found an increase in mortality linked with high serum copper levels.
Researchers at the National Institute of Health and Medical Research in France evaluated data from the Paris Prospective Study 2, which included 4,035 Parisian men between the ages of 30 and 60. Blood samples drawn upon enrollment were analyzed for serum zinc, copper and magnesium levels, and other factors.
During the follow-up period there were 176 cancer deaths, 56 cardiovascular disease deaths, and 107 deaths from other causes, including homicide and digestive disorders. Individuals whose serum magnesium levels were in the top one-fourth of participants had a 40 percent lower risk of dying from any cause or from cardiovascular disease, and a 50 percent lower risk of dying from cancer during follow-up than those whose magnesium was in the lowest fourth. Conversely, having high copper levels increased the risk of dying by 50 percent when the top 25 percent and lowest 25 percent of serum values were compared.
The results support those of other surveys that have determined increases in cancer and heart disease mortality associated with elevated serum copper, decreased cancer mortality associated with zinc, and reduced all-cause mortality associated with higher levels of magnesium. The authors explain that zinc deficiency is associated with depressed immune function and that copper is involved in oxidative damage. Reduced levels of magnesium are may be associated with an increase in low density lipoprotein oxidation and could initiate inflammation. Additionally magnesium and zinc help stabilize DNA, which could help prevent in the initiation of cancer.
—D Dye
