Magnesium Deficiency: What Is Our Status?

@article{Hruby2016MagnesiumDW,
  title={Magnesium Deficiency: What Is Our Status?},
  author={Adela Hruby and Nicola M. McKeown},
  journal={Nutrition Today},
  year={2016},
  volume={51},
  pages={121-128}
}
Low magnesium intake has been implicated in a broad range of cardiometabolic conditions, including diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease. Dietary magnesium and total body magnesium status are widely used but imperfect biomarkers in serum magnesium. Despite serum magnesium’s limitations, it is nevertheless observed to be lower in those with cardiometabolic disease than in generally healthy people. Although some 50% of Americans do not meet recommended levels of magnesium intake, the… 
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