Magnesium tegen diabetes*
Voeding rijk aan magnesium geeft een duidelijke kleinere kans op het krijgen van
diabetes type-2 volgens een Amerikaanse studie onder 4.500 gezonde mensen die 20 jaar lang gevolgd werden. Zij met de meeste magnesium in hun voeding (ca. 200 mg /dag) hadden wel 47% minder kans op het krijgen van de ziekte dan zij met de laagste inname (ca. 100 mg /dag).
Magnesium prevents diabetes
Eating a diet high in magnesium may significantly lower your risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, according to a study conducted by researchers from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and published in the journal Diabetes Care.
"Increasing magnesium intake may be important for improving insulin sensitivity, reducing systemic inflammation, and decreasing diabetes risk," the researchers
wrote.
The researchers compared magnesium intake and diabetes rates in 4,497 people who were free of diabetes when they began the study between the ages of 18 and 30. Twenty years later, 330 of the participants had developed Type 2 diabetes.
The risk of diabetes was 47 percent lower among participants with the highest magnesium intake than among those with the lowest. In addition, levels of insulin resistance and key inflammation markers decreased as intake of the mineral
increased.
The highest magnesium intakes in the study were approximately 200 milligrams daily per 1,000 calories consumed. The lowest were approximately 100 milligrams daily per 1,000 calories. Intake came both from food sources and from
supplements.
The researchers said that more research will be necessary to understand the chemical mechanisms underlying the effect, and to make sure that magnesium is the nutrient causing the reduction in diabetes rates, and not some associated variable.
"Further large-scale clinical trials are needed to establish causal inference and elucidate the mechanisms behind this potential benefit," they
wrote.
Magnesium is known to play a role in regulating certain glucose-processing enzymes, and prior studies have linked higher intakes with lower diabetes risk.
Good dietary sources of magnesium include whole grains, green leafy vegetables and nuts.
(December 2010)
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Voor senioren is dat oppassen want volgens onderzoek heeft wel 3/4 van hen een magnesium tekort.