In the United States alone, someone has a stroke every 45 seconds and someone dies of a stroke every 3 minutes. As the number three cause of death among Americans (cancer and heart disease are the leading causes), stroke costs our healthcare system $57 billion each year (1). The cost of stroke between 2005 and 2050 in the United States is estimated to exceed $2 trillion (2).
In the study, 14,221 men and women aged 45–64 years taking part in the first examination of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study cohort (4) provided blood samples to measure their magnesium levels. They also completed a 61-item food questionnaire (5)…
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