Heart Health and Magnesium Content of Water

Researchers at Bar-Ilan University and Tel Hashomer Hospital in Israel have found a clear connection between the lack of magnesium in desalinated water and a higher death rate in cardiac patients. The results were based on 4,700 cases in the Acute Coronary Syndrome Israeli Survey, a long-term study which between 2002 and 2013 gathered detailed data about heart patients in Israeli hospitals.

Numerous studies have shown that magnesium is helpful for heart patients, and that even patients with significant cardiac problems (such as those who suffered heart attacks) benefit from taking magnesium supplements. Desalinated water – in which almost all minerals, including magnesium, are removed – began flowing through Israeli taps in 2006, in limited areas of the country (today, 75% of Israel’s water comes from desalinated... learn more: sources).http://www.nutritionalmagnesium.org/heart-health-and-magnesium-content-of-water/