Neuroinflammation, Calcium, Magnesium and Alzheimer's Disease

Carolyn Dean, MD., ND comments regarding Jan 2011 study below: Recent studies show that calcium supplements cause inflammatory heart disease in women. This particular tissue culture study tested the inflammatory response of calcium to tissue damage and the effects of magnesium. These results indicate that increased magnesium inhibits calcium and may be a strategy for reducing the damaging consequences of calcium-induced neuroinflammation in degenerative neurological disorders such as Alzheimer disease and Parkinson disease. read more: http://www.nutritionalmagnesium.org/research/brain-health/388-magnesium-and-alzheimers-disease.html