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- Michelle Schoffro Cook
- June 10, 2011
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German scientists discovered that magnesium supplementation improves the body’s sensitivity to insulin and significantly reduces the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. In the study published in Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, 52 overweight, insulin-resistant, non-diabetic men and women were given 345 mg of magnesium or a placebo every day for the length of the study, which was six months.
They found that the people taking magnesium had better-balanced blood sugar levels and improved insulin sensitivity, as well as improved blood pressure. The researchers concluded that each 100 milligrams of magnesium supplemented with may lower a person’s diabetes risk by 15 percent.
Diabetes currently affects approximately 8 percent of the population, or 24 million Americans.
Magnesium is found in pumpkin seeds, spinach, Swiss chard, soy beans, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, halibut, black beans, and navy beans.
Copyright Michelle Schoffro Cook, PhD. Adapted from the free e-newsletter World’s Healthiest News, July edition.
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Michelle Schoffro Cook
Michelle Schoffro Cook, MSc, RNCP, ROHP, DNM, PhD is an international best-selling and 14-time book author and doctor of traditional natural medicine, whose works include: 60 Seconds to Slim, Healing Recipes, The Vitality Diet, Allergy-Proof, Arthritis-Proof, Total Body Detox, The Life Force Diet, The Ultimate pH Solution, The 4-Week Ultimate Body Detox Plan, and The Phytozyme Cure. Check out her natural health resources and subscribe to her free e-magazine World's Healthiest News at WorldsHealthiestDiet.com to receive monthly health news, tips, recipes and more. Follow her on Twitter @mschoffrocook and Facebook.
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great news then.... also, a good thing we take MagSR....
great ideas
I think weight and laziness are the major factors in Type 2.
Thanks for the info.
I take a magnesium supplement(magnesium taurate-the most beneficial form) separate from my multi-vitamin because its such a large amount compared to the minerals in my daily vite, that it crouds them out so they(zinc, manganese,boron,selenium, molybdenum,etc) won't be absorbed well. I also take my calcium(calcium citrate-most absorbable form) for the same reason.
Wow...that's interesting...thankyou.
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