Magnesium
Deficiency
IS THERE A GREATER
INCIDENCE OF MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY IN HUMANS TODAY BECAUSE MODERN DRINKING
WATER TREATMENT PROCESSES TEND TO REMOVE THIS ELEMENT FROM WATER?
This
is a debatable issue among scientists.
Some
believe there is a link between magnesium deficiency and certain human health
problems including cardiovascular diseases.
Magnesium
is the fourth most abundant mineral in the body and is essential to good
health.
Approximately
50% of total body magnesium is found in bone. The other half is found predominantly
inside cells of body tissues and organs.
Only
1% of magnesium is found in blood, but the body works very hard to keep blood
levels of magnesium constant.
Magnesium
is needed for more than 300 biochemical reactions in the body.
It
helps maintain normal muscle and nerve function, keeps heart rhythm steady,
supports a healthy immune system, and keeps bones strong.
Magnesium
also helps regulate blood sugar levels, promotes normal blood pressure, and is
known to be involved in energy metabolism and protein synthesis.
There
is an increased interest in the role of magnesium in preventing and managing
disorders such as hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes.
Dietary
magnesium is absorbed in the small intestines. Magnesium is excreted through
the kidneys.
Just
what is water treatment in a basic form?
Water
purification is the process of removing contaminants from a raw water source.
The
goal is to produce water for a specific purpose with a treatment profile
designed to limit the inclusion of specific materials; most water is purified
for human consumption (drinking water).
Water
purification may also be designed for a variety of other purposes, including to
meet the requirements of medical, pharmacology, chemical and industrial
applications.
Methods
include, but are not limited to: ultraviolet light, filtration, water
softening, reverse osmosis, ultra-filtration, deionization and powdered
activated carbon treatment.
One
belief is that large-scale commercial treatment of drinking water is increasing
human magnesium deficiency.
In
nature, magnesium is commonly found in association with calcium-based minerals
within rock and soil formations.
Water
that comes in contact with these minerals will dissolve both magnesium and
calcium salts. High levels of these salts cause hardness in water and the water
is often treated to reduce this hardness.
Dissolved
magnesium in drinking water may be an important source of magnesium where human
diets are deficient in magnesium.
Modern
water treatment processes that reduce hardness will remove most of the
dissolved magnesium.
Many
food sources are highly variable in magnesium so magnesium deficiency is
possible with some diets.
However,
scientific research results as to whether drinking water or other drinks that
are magnesium-enriched are beneficial to general human health are not available
at this time.
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