Too Little Magnesium Tied to Artery Troubles
(HealthDayNews, 4/30/05)

Researchers from Northwestern University School of Medicine in Chicago used CT scans to evaluate the coronary artery calcium levels of 2,977 adults, aged 18 to 30 years. The team used nutritional databases to calculate the subjects' dietary intake of magnesium and gathered additional information from medical exams and logs kept by the participants. When the investigators took chest CT scans of the participants after 15 years, they found that subjects who consumed too little magnesium were at greater risk for developing coronary artery disease, as indicated by high calcium levels in their coronary arteries. These findings suggest that consuming too little magnesium may raise the risk of coronary artery disease.

(American Heart Association, news release, April 30, 2005)