American study: magnesium helps to lower blood pressure! Take enough magnesium in your daily diet like this.

Lin Xinjie finishing editor Because most of them have no signs or symptoms, hypertension is also known as the "silent killer". According to the data of the national medical service system, there are about 4.62 million hypertensive patients in Taiwan, with an average of 1 patient suffering from hypertension, ranking eighth among the top ten causes of death in China, which is more likely to increase the death risk of heart disease, stroke and other diseases. A new study recently published in the journal Hypertension of the American Heart Association points out that magnesium may help to treat hypertension. The meta-analysis sponsored by Indiana University School of Medicine included data from 34 clinical studies with a total of 2,028 participants. The researchers found that during the average three-month study period, the systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure of participants who consumed 368 mg of magnesium every day decreased by 2.00 mm Hg and 65,438+0.78 mm Hg. The first author of this study, Dr. Song Yiqing, a professor at Indiana University, and his colleagues also observed that patients who ingested 300 mg of magnesium every day not only increased the magnesium content in their blood, but also decreased their blood pressure within one month. The increase of magnesium content in blood may help to improve blood flow, which is considered to be one of the factors that may reduce blood pressure. Dr. Song Yiqing pointed out that magnesium supplements are expected to be one of the choices to help patients or high-risk groups lower their blood pressure because they are relatively safe and cheap. Magnesium is considered as an element needed for more than 300 biochemical reactions in the body. Many studies and records on magnesium indicate that magnesium helps to maintain normal nerve and muscle functions, stabilize the heartbeat, keep the immune system healthy and keep the bones strong. Penny Kris-Etherton, a spokesperson for the American Heart Association and a professor of nutrition at the University of Pennsylvania, said that a diet that can provide daily recommended magnesium intake may be used as a dietary strategy to help control hypertension, but this study mainly used magnesium supplements as the source of magnesium intake, underestimating the importance of a healthy diet containing magnesium. Penny Kris-Etherton added that a daily intake of 368 mg of magnesium can actually be obtained from a healthy diet, which is consistent with the dietary recommendations of the American Heart Association. The limitations of meta-analysis include fewer participants in magnesium research and significant withdrawal rate. However, in studies with low dropout rates, participants' blood pressure dropped even more. Dr. Song Yiqing mentioned that their research evidence pointed out that the effect of magnesium supplementation on lowering blood pressure may only be effective for hypertensive patients with magnesium deficiency or insufficient magnesium intake. This result is consistent with previous studies, and suggests that if the normal magnesium state of human body can be maintained, it may be helpful to prevent or treat hypertension. According to "Nutrition and Health Survey of Taiwan Province Province from 2005 to 2008", about 74~8 1% of people's magnesium intake is lower than "China people's dietary nutrient reference intake" (the recommended daily intake for men above 19 is 360mg, and for women it is 3 15mg). In addition to nutritional supplements, magnesium can also be fully absorbed from daily food, including: various vegetables (spinach, burdock, pumpkin, kelp and so on. ), nuts (almonds, cashews, walnuts, etc. ), whole grains (buckwheat, millet, oats, etc. ), beans, and virgin olive oil, sesame oil, linseed oil or coconut oil are all food sources rich in magnesium. Source: Medical News Today.