objectives: this study was designed to assess nutritional and biochemical factor of magnesium in postmenopausal osteoporotic women. methods & materials: the population of this analytical cross- sectional study, was 60 postmenopausal osteoporotic women ,referred to rheumateology clinic of tabriz. nutritional intake was determined by 3 day food recall and food frequency questionnaire، individual ...

BACKGROUND Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a major global public health problem in the worldwide and is increasing in aging populations. Magnesium intake may be one of the most important factors for diabetes prevention and management. Low magnesium intake may exacerbate metabolic abnormalities. In this study, the relationships of magnesium intake with metabolic parameters, depression and physical a...

Introduction: In spite of many studies about the association of diet with blood pressure, yet the relationship between micronutrients and blood pressure remains obscure. This study aimed at evaluating the dietary intake of calcium, magnesium and potassium in relation to blood pressure. Materials and Methods: Trained interviewers collected dietary data on 1470 participants of Tehran Lipid and Gl...

BACKGROUND Magnesium plays an essential role in the synthesis and metabolism of vitamin D and magnesium supplementation substantially reversed the resistance to vitamin D treatment in patients with magnesium-dependent vitamin-D-resistant rickets. We hypothesized that dietary magnesium alone, particularly its interaction with vitamin D intake, contributes to serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) l...

OBJECTIVE We assessed the association between magnesium intake and fasting insulin levels in a large cohort of women. METHODS Female nurses free of diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and cancer from the Nurses Health Study provided blood samples between 1989-1990. We selected a sub-sample of 219 women for this analysis. Magnesium intake was assessed by a food frequency questionnaire in 1990 an...

BACKGROUND Depression is a common and often disabling disorder. Magnesium supplementation has been linked to improvement in depressive symptoms, but consensus on the relationship between magnesium and depression has not been reached. METHODS The purpose of this study was to test the existence of an association between dietary magnesium intake and depression in the adult US population. A cross...

The purpose of this study was to determine a possible association between magnesium intake and bone mass in young adult women. Subjects consisted of 106 female university students aged 19-25 years. Calcium and magnesium intakes were evaluated using the duplicate sampling method on three weekdays. Spinal and femoral bone mineral density (BMD) was measured by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry. Mea...

INTRODUCTION Magnesium is an essential micronutrient for human body, and its deficiency has been associated with risk of non-communicable diseases. OBJECTIVE Assessment of magnesium status, and evaluation of the frequency of magnesium deficiency in a group of healthy adults. METHODS Plasma and erythrocyte magnesium levels, and magnesium intake were determined in 115 students (55 women and 6...

background:   the  role of nutrition  in the  progression  of multiple  sclerosis (ms) and  related  complications  such  as fatigue  has been  reported by several studies.  the  aim of this  study  is the  assessment of nutritional  status  and  its relationship with fatigue in multiple sclerosis patients. methods:  this  is  a  cross-sectional study, in which  101 relapsing-remitting ms patie...