A magnesium-rich diet can reduce the risk of colon cancer

A new study published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
shows that


individuals who consume
magnesium-rich foods (such as green leafy vegetables, beans
, seeds
)
have a

11% reduced risk of colon cancer
11%
.an
by researchers at Suzhou University to determine whether a high magnesium diet reduced the risk of
colon
cancer.




2012, using the
PubMed
database,
conducted
8
prospective studies on the relationship between
magnesium intake

and the prevalence of colorectal cancer. The data
these studies were
338,979
participants and
8,000
cases
patients with
colon cancer.found that people on a high magnesium diet had an 11 percent lower risk of
colon cancer
than those on a low-magnesium
diet
.


6
cases of adjusted calcium intake
found that the risk of colon and rectal cancer decreased by
19%
and
6%
, respectively, in the population with the highest magnesium intake. The results showed that increasing mineral intake by
50
per day reduced the risk of colon cancer by
7%
.similar study published this year in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that eating a high magnesium diet reduced the risk of blood stroke by
8 percent
.