Magnesium is an Important Nutrient for Preventing Alzheimer's Disease

And the problem – which many experts say has reached “epidemic” levels – is expected to worsen exponentially as a generation of “baby boomers” approach their senior years with ever-increasing exposure to environmental toxins and nutrients deficiencies like, magnesium.

Magnesium deficiency, widespread in the United States, is drawing researchers’ interest as a possible contributor to age-related cognitive dysfunction. Scientists have long known, Alzheimer’s disease patients almost always show decreased serum and brain magnesium levels.

In fact, emerging studies suggest that magnesium deficiency in adults plays a much larger role in cognitive impairment, and in Alzheimer’s disease, than has been previously suspected.  The good news?  With promising results in clinical and animal studies, magnesium seems poised to play a major role in preventing and treating Alzheimer’s disease and cognitive impairment.

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