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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Magnesium is a mineral that is essential to good health and necessary for more than 300 biochemical reactions within the body. Some of its more critical jobs include maintaining muscle and nerve function, as well as immune function and blood glucose control.
Magnesium has a close relationship with insulin. Insulin is a hormone that delivers glucose to the body?s cells. Without magnesium, insulin is unable to perform this function, resulting in high blood glucose levels. A deficiency in magnesium may create a resistance to insulin and without the necessary levels of magnesium, the larger amounts of insulin produced to maintain glucose levels are not accommodated.
People with diabetes tend to have inadequate amounts of magnesium and also have additional loss of magnesium in their urine. This can intensify the health conditions and complications
http://msue.anr.msu.edu/news/magnesium_a_secret_weapon_against_diabetes
Magnesium has a close relationship with insulin. Insulin is a hormone that delivers glucose to the body?s cells. Without magnesium, insulin is unable to perform this function, resulting in high blood glucose levels. A deficiency in magnesium may create a resistance to insulin and without the necessary levels of magnesium, the larger amounts of insulin produced to maintain glucose levels are not accommodated.
People with diabetes tend to have inadequate amounts of magnesium and also have additional loss of magnesium in their urine. This can intensify the health conditions and complications
http://msue.anr.msu.edu/news/magnesium_a_secret_weapon_against_diabetes