Magnesium Intake Reduces Incidence of Stroke
PRESS RELEASE:

Magnesium Intake Reduces Incidence of Stroke—Major Analysis of Studies Confirms.

Los Angeles, CA, February 9th, 2012 — An analysis of seven studies including 241,378 participants and 6,477 cases of stroke was recently conducted by the Division of Nutritional Epidemiology at the National Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden and published in the Feb, 2012 edition of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition entitled “Dietary magnesium intake and risk of stroke: a meta-analysis of prospective studies.” 1
The researchers conducted a meta-analysis which is a type of study that involves taking the data from previous similar studies and combining them. This analysis found that for every 100 mg increase in magnesium intake, risk of ischemic stroke (these are the strokes caused by blood clots in the brain) was reduced by 8%. Ischemic stroke occurs as a result of an obstruction within a blood vessel, a partial or total blockage of an artery supplying blood to the brain. It accounts for 88 percent of all stroke cases and according to the Internet Stroke Center, stroke is the third highest cause of death in the United States.
Dr. Carolyn Dean, MD. ND, magnesium expert and medical director of the Nutritional Magnesium Association at www.nutritionalmagnesium.org says “A burst or clot-blocked blood vessel in the brain is all it takes to cause a stroke which results in the destruction of critical brain functions. Stroke is said to be caused by hypertension, atheriosclerosis and/or diabetic complications all of which are associated with magnesium deficiency...

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The average American diet, government studies show us, provides only 40%—less than half the magnesium that we all need in a day. So almost everybody is low!Sherry A. Rogers, M.DAuthor of Wellness Against All Odds