Calcium May Only Protect Against Colorectal Cancer in Presence of Magnesium

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High magnesium intake has been associated with low risk of colorectal cancer. Americans have similar average magnesium intake as East Asian populations. If that were all that were involved, observers might expect both groups to have similar risk for colorectal cancer

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Magnesium could help build bone strength

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Making sure young girls get enough magnesium may help keep their bones strong, according to new research. But the findings are too preliminary for any blanket recommendations to be made on taking magnesium supplements for bone health, Dr. Thomas O. Carpenter of Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, the study's lead author, told Reuters Health.

Magnesium plays a key role in bone formation, and many young women don't get enough of the mineral, But young US women aren't getting enough magnesium, and that the number who is deficient in the mineral is on the rise

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