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Magnesium, like
many trace elements is used by our bodies to perform manyun-noticed
tasks.
Here we see it can
easily and safely be used in place of statins and other harmful drugs.
World wide, millions of people
take a statin based drug each day to help lower the high levels of LDL (the
‘BAD’ form of cholesterol) .
While these are well known and commonly
prescribed drugs, what is not as well known are the wide range of harmful side
affects such as decreased insulin sensitivity, organ damage, muscle & sexual
dysfunction.
There is, however, good news as
US scientists* have concluded that a common mineral supplement offers a much
safer and effective way to combat high cholesterol levels and lower the risk of
heart disease than do statin based drugs.
In fact, total cholesterol
levels can be lowered by as much as 23%. The mineral in question is magnesium.
It works in a similar way to statin by inactivating an enzyme HMG CoA reductase,
(HMG formation is the first of many steps in the formation of cholesterol.)
Magnesium has yet further benefits towards a healthy heart in that it helps to
increase the activity of a beneficial enzyme LCAT which helps to elevate the
’good’ HDL cholesterol.
Yet another enzyme– Desaturase
– is dependant on magnesium. Desaturase helps convert linolenic and linoleic
acids into anti-inflammatory prostaglandin's.
Eating magnesium rich foods
such as fish, avocado, leafy green vegetables, seeds, nuts and whole grains will
obviously help, as will taking a supplement of (recmd) 150—200 mg 2/3 time
daily.
HMG - (5-hydroxy
3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase)
LCAT- (lecithin cholesterol acyl
transferase).
*Professor A Rosanoff & Dr M Seelig Downstate Medical
centre Brooklyn State University of New York.
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