Magnesium and Osteoporosis

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http://www.lef.org/LEFCMS/aspx/PrintVersionDailyNews.aspx?NewsID=11447&Section=Nutrition


Magnesium Deficiency Linked to Higher Risk of Osteoporosis, Says Doctor

PRNewswire

07-27-11

ORANGE, Calif., July 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A magnesium deficiency reduces the absorption and metabolism of calcium and prevents the proper amount of calcium being directed toward building stronger bones. According to Dr. Carolyn Dean, MD, ND, magnesium expert and Medical Director of the nonprofit Nutritional Magnesium Association (http://www.nutritionalmagnesium.org), the effectiveness and benefits of calcium with respect to bone health and the prevention of osteoporosis are greatly impaired in the absence of adequate levels of magnesium in the body.

"Magnesium keeps calcium dissolved in the blood. Without the proper balance of magnesium to calcium, about a 1:1 ratio, calcium ends up depositing in your kidneys and can create kidney stones, in your coronary arteries resulting in clogged arteries, and in joint cartilage, rather than in your bones where you need it most. The more calcium you take without the balancing effect of magnesium, the more symptoms of magnesium deficiency and calcium excess you are liable to experience," Dr. Dean says.

Soda Pop and Bone Fractures

It is important to note that osteoporosis begins in the teen years. Girls achieve 42 percent of their total body bone mass between the ages of 12 and 18, and yet according to Dr. Rodger H. Murphree II, DC, CNS, adolescent girls consume only 14 percent of the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for calcium, 31 percent of vitamin A, and only 18 percent of the RDA for magnesium.

"Adolescence is therefore a crucial time for bone development, and any factors adversely impacting on bone acquisition during this time can potentially have long-standing detrimental effects," comments pediatrician Neville Golden from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York.

[FLAprogressive]

1. This is a press release from the National Magnesium Association, so take it with a grain of salt

[BadgerKid]

2. Perhaps, but magnesium is nonetheless a vital mineral.

I was under the impression it was the phosphoric acid, often found in cola, that tends to demineralize bone by leaching calcium. This is the first I've heard about leaching magnesium.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

3. Salt helps build bone?? Didn't know. n/t

[laconicsax]

4. What's next, HD? A press release from the Sugar Cane Growers on the benefits of natural cane sugar?

Maybe a press release from http://www.gofloridagrapefruit.com/">Florida Grapefruit about the benefits of grapefruit juice?

BTW: The http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21465282">study cited in this press release doesn't confirm what the magnesium lobby claims--it only says that "improving dietary intake of Mg may positively impact bone quality in this population." "This population" being young, otherwise healthy Korean women.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20445288">Another paper notes that the "relationship between magnesium intake and bone mineral density is not clear" and that the relationship may be a result of "the differences in the population, decrease in sex hormone secretion, and the possibility that magnesium-deficiency is also accompanied with another nutrient insufficiency, e.g., calcium" so there's no research that shows a direct, causal link between magnesium deficiency and osteoporosis.

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