Magnesium Needed to Help Correct Insulin Resistance

Magnesium deficiency is pervasive in America. And so is type 2 diabetes.  I recently reported on this in an article titled Magnesium Intake Linked to Diabetes Risk.  Several more studies add further emphasis to the importance of magnesium in maintaining proper blood sugar health.

The first study evaluated magnesium levels¹ in men and women ages 60 – 90 with the metabolic syndrome.  Those with metabolic syndrome had lower magnesium levels than those not having the problem.  In particular, magnesium affected blood sugar levels and insulin resistance.

Another recent study showed that taking 600 mg of magnesium² per day significantly improved blood sugar metabolism as well as triglycerides and cholesterol.

It appears that public health officials, if they wanted to, could drastically improve the general well being of the American public while reducing the costs of dangerous drugs by tens of billions of dollars, simply be recommending magnesium supplementation for the general public.