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Dietary magnesium: The magic mineral that protects from colon cancer? Volume 28, issue 3, July-August-September 2015

Authors
1 Istituto di Patologia Generale
2 Medicina Interna, sezione di Gastroenterologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia “A. Gemelli”, Largo Francesco Vito 1, 00168 Rome, Italy
* Correspondence: Valentina Trapani, Istituto di Patologia Generale, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia “A. Gemelli”, Largo Francesco Vito 1, 00168 Rome, Italy

Magnesium is an essential cation for many important biological functions such as metabolism, muscle contraction, blood pressure, neurological function, to name just a few. Standard Western diets are low in magnesium due to the plethora of refined foods and the often low intake of fruit and vegetables. As a consequence, a modest to mild hypomagnesemia is observed in a large number of individuals [1]. A Korean research group [2] recently conducted a meta-analysis of epidemiological studies aimed at [...]