Category Archives: Diabetes

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Magnesium Deficiency and Diabetes

By Hans R. Larsen MSc ChE – http://www.afibbers.org/magnesium.html NEW YORK, NY. Researchers at Columbia University report that as many as one in three diabetics may lack magnesium. Magnesium deficiencies have also been implicated in cardiac arrhythmias, vasospasms, and seizures. It is believed that a lack of magnesium leads to increased insulin resistance, ie. a faulty [...]

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Type 2 Diabetes, Depression and Magnesium

Correlation of Magnesium Intake With Metabolic Parameters, Depression and Physical Activity in Elderly Type 2 Diabetes Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study Jui-Hua Huang, Yi-Fa Lu, Fu-Chou Cheng, John Ning-Yuean Lee and Leih-Ching Tsai Nutrition Journal 2012, 11:41 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-11-41 Published: 13 June 2012 Abstract (provisional) Background Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a major global public health problem [...]

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Magnesium Deficiency, Diabetes & Liver Health

Progress in Magnesium Research. Magnesium and the Liver Matsui T. – Division of Applied Biosciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Agriculture, Japan. Source: Clin Calcium. 2012 Aug;22(8):1181-7. Abstract The pathophysiological responses to experimental magnesium deficiency are considered to result from mild inflammation and oxidative stress in various tissues. It is not clear whether magnesium deficiency [...]

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Magnesium Deficiency and Its Impact on Diabetes

PLoS One. 2013;8(2):e56750. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056750. Associations of serum and urinary magnesium with the pre-diabetes, diabetes and diabetic complications in the Chinese northeast population. Xu J, Xu W, Yao H, Sun W, Zhou Q, Cai L. Source: The Department of Clinical Laboratory at the First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, People’s Republic of China. Abstract The [...]

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