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Study Details Vital Role of Magnesium in Type 2 Diabetes
Benefits of Specific Minerals For Diabetes Confirmed
Low Magnesium status may exacerbate the symptoms of type 2 diabetes by further influencing insulin status, according to new research.
The study, published in Clinical Nutrition finds that long-term hyperglycemia (a condition that leads to excess levels of magnesium in the urine) in patients withtype-2 diabetes increases the risk of chronic complications such as nephropathy and may exacerbate and aggravate other clinical conditions associated with diabetes.
The authors said that an adequate magnesium intake is essential for subjects with type-2 diabetes, noting that magnesium intake was inadequate in most (82 percent) of the diabetic subjects studied.
"The results presented here show that magnesium intake by the study populationwas inadequate and that a high percentage of individuals presented alterations in the status of this mineral," said the researchers from the Department of Food and Experimental Nutrition at the University of S
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