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Magnesium in Human Health and Disease (Nutrition and Health) by Adel A. A. Ismail B. Pharm. (Hon.), Ph.D., FRCPath, Yasmin Ismail B.Sc., M.D., MRCP (auth.), Ronald Ross Watson, Victor R. Preedy, Sherma Zibadi (eds.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Magnesium in Human Health and Disease (Nutrition and Health) about?

Magnesium is an essential mineral which is required for growth and survival of humans. Since magnesium is a mineral and not synthesizable it must be obtained through dietary foods and/or supplements. __Magnesium in Human Health and Disease__ reviews the benefits of magnesium supplementation to reach recommended intakes as well as provides new research that suggests how reaching levels above the recommended intakes can promote health and treat various diseases. Magnesium deficiency can cause low serum potassium and calcium levels, retention of sodium, and low circulating levels of regulatory hormones. These changes in nutrients cause neurological and muscular symptoms such as tremor and muscle spasms. Further magnesium deficiency causes loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, personality changes and death from heart failure. Causes of magnesium deficiency include alcohol abuse, poorly controlled diabetes, excessive or chronic vomiting and/or diarrhea. Thus the effects of inadequate and deficient intakes or levels of magnesium is critical to health and are reviewed by the expert clinicians in this book. __Magnesium in Human Health and Disease__ provides the most current research to suppo

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Author
Adel A. A. Ismail B. Pharm. (Hon.), Ph.D., FRCPath, Yasmin Ismail B.Sc., M.D., MRCP (auth.), Ronald Ross Watson, Victor R. Preedy, Sherma Zibadi (eds.)
Publisher
Humana Press; Imprint: Humana Press
Published
2013
Language
EN
ISBN
9781627030434
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Medical, Science, Medicine