Among 34,670 Swedish women followed 10.4 years, those with hypertension who ate the most potassium had 36 percent fewer strokes overall, and the most magnesium 37 percent fewer cerebral infarctions. Hypertensive women eating the most calcium were twice as likely to suffer intracerebral hemorrhage.
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Magnesium Can Reduce Your Risk of Sudden Death
Following more than 88,000 women for 26 years, researchers reported in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition that those with the highest blood magnesium had a 41 percent lower risk of sudden cardiac death. The authors say the association may or may not be causal.
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Higher Levels of this Mineral Linked with Lower Heart Attack Rate
Among more than 88,000 women followed for 26 years, those in the top quarter for dietary magnesium had a 34 percent lower adjusted risk of sudden cardiac death. Mercola adds that most Americans fall short of the recommended daily allowance for the mineral.
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Magnesium: What you need to know
A primer on magnesium: the body holds about 35 grams, over 60 percent of it in the skeleton, and the mineral figures in hundreds of metabolic reactions. Deficiency is rare in healthy people but more likely with gut or kidney disorders, chronic alcoholism or older age.
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Magnesium rich foods
A USDA Standard Reference table ranks foods by magnesium per common measure. Whole-groat buckwheat flour leads at 301 mg per cup, followed by trail mix with chocolate chips at 235 mg, dry bulgur at 230 mg and raw oat bran at 221 mg.
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