Calcium & Magnesium for a Healthier Lifestyle
Calcium & Magnesium: both elements share left and right-sided cell receptors and are essential to human health. Calcium (Ca) and Magnesium (Mg) have become the “Gold Standard” when discussing supplements, mineral ratios, paired cell receptors, or many nutrition-related health issues in general.
Over about 50 years, a body of epidemiology work in the UK, USA, Canada and Scandanavia has consistently suggested that types of cardiovascular disease mortality rates in many communities are inversely proportional to the hardness of the water supply.
Calcium and magnesium are the principal components of hard water so many researchers have concluded that calcium and particularly magnesium may have a protective effect. There are biochemical arguments that can be raised in support of the hypothesis, however the issue is not resolved with absolute certainty.
More recent studies seem to be finding greater positive effects from magnesium rather than calcium intake particularly in regard to reduced risk from stroke or ischemic heart disease. Magnesium deficiency induces increased neuromuscular excitability, and it enhances potassium renal excretion . Deficiency of this element has been implicated in hypertension and type II diabetes. Low magnesium intake has been associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease.
The primary value of the studies reported during 1957-1979 call attention to the possible public health benefits of water hardness.
Lower cardiovascular death rates were found in populations where the water supply contained relatively high levels of water hardness or calcium and magnesium compared to populations in areas with low levels. This protective effect was found for population throughout the world. Several reviewers estimated that populations who live in soft water areas may have, a 25% percent excess cardiovascular disease mortality risk than populations in hard water areas.
Source: World Health Organization