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Calcium Magnesium Health Food Vitamin Supplements
Benefits of Calcium
An adequate daily intake of calcium is not only needed to form healthy bones and teeth, but also in preventing colon and rectal cancers, high blood pressure, and even preventing premenstrual syndrome. Calcium is the most abundant mineral in the human body. Of the two to three pounds of calcium contained in the average body, 99% is located in the bones and teeth. Calcium also plays an important role in weight loss, muscular contractions, vision, assisting with regulating heartbeat, transmitting nerve impulses, blood clotting, and helping to maintain the walls of blood vessels.
Calcium and Colon Cancer
Colon cancer claims 134,000 victims and causes about 55,000 deaths each year in the United States. Epidemiological evidence suggests that dietary levels of calcium and vitamin D intake are inversely related to the incidence of colon cancer
Animal health studies conducted in Japan concluded “Calcium exerted an inhibitory effect on the metastases of the cancer cells to the lungs by activating natural killer (NK) cells and macrophages, thus resulting in preventing the proliferation of cancer cells.”
Data from the Nurses' Health and Health Professionals Follow-up studies (88,000 women and 47,000 men, respectively) were analyzed to examine the effect of calcium intake on risk of colon cancer. At a 16 and 10-year follow-up for the two studies, 626 women and 399 men had developed colon malignancies. Those who consumed 700-800mg calcium daily, from diet or supplements, had a 40-50% lower risk of developing colon cancer than those with intakes under 500 mg/day.
Health Benefits of MAGNESIUM
Magnesium is crucial for maintaining arterial health, normal blood pressure and normal heart rhythm. Many Americans do not receive even the recommended Daily Allowance for magnesium (800-1200 mg) in their diet. Although Vitacel CalMag contains a high amount of magnesium, many people may wish to take additional magnesium and other minerals as a “booster”. Mineral Formula for Mens health, has been formulated to help ensure optimal magnesium intake. It contains four different forms of magnesium that are differently digested and absorbed in the body to help maintain heart health.*
Magnesium health Supplements Reduce Heart Disease Risk
in 7,000 Human Subjects Study in Honolulu Heart Program
October 13, 2003
Magnesium is associated with a reduced risk of coronary heart disease, report researchers, urging further study to find if increased intake of the mineral can protect against the disease.
Magnesium deficiency is believed to have complex effects on cardiovascular health but until now an association between the chemical and the risk of heart disease had not been clearly identified.
The study recorded magnesium intake for more than 7,000 men aged 45 to 68 years, participating in the Honolulu Heart Program. In 30 years of follow-up, the researchers identified 1,431 incident cases of heart disease.
Results from the first 15 years of the study showed that heart disease occurred in seven out of 1000 people from the lowest daily intake quartile (50.3mg-186 mg), compared to only 4 in 1000 of those with the highest intake (340 mg to 1183mg).
When adjustments were made for age and other nutrients (singly or combined), heart disease increased from 1.7- to 2.1-fold in the lowest versus highest quintiles of magnesium intake, added the researchers from University of Virginia School of Medicine and colleagues in Hawaii.
Writing in the 15 September issue of the American Medicine Journal of Cardiology, the researchers said that associations between dietary magnesium and coronary events occurring after 15 years of follow-up were modest.
Further studies could demonstrate a role for magnesium supplementation.
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