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Calcium, magnesium, and the risk of type 2 diabetes

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Dietary calcium and magnesium may protect Chinese women from developing type 2 diabetes, according to researchers at Shanghai Cancer Institute in China.

First, the details.

  • 64,191 nondiabetic, healthy women living in Shanghai participated.
  • Dietary intake, physical activity, and anthropometric measurements were assessed.

And, the results.

  • Higher intakes of calcium and magnesium were significantly associated with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes.
  • Milk intake was also inversely associated with the risk of type 2 diabetes.

The bottom line?
The authors concluded, “Calcium and magnesium intakes may protect against the development of type 2 diabetes in this population.

Similar results have been reported with Caucasian women. Among black women there is an inverse correlation between magnesium intake and the risk of type 2 diabetes but not with calcium intake.

2/23/09 19:43 JR

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John Russo, Jr., PharmD, is president of The MedCom Resource, Inc. Previously, he was senior vice president of medical communications at www.Vicus.com, a complementary and alternative medicine website.

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