High dietary magnesium intake is associated with low insulin resistance in the Newfoundland population.

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: Farrell Cahill, Mariam Shahidi, Jennifer Shea, Danny Wadden, Wayne Gulliver, Edward Randell, Sudesh Vasdev, Guang Sun
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Bray; Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0058278; https://doaj.org/article/b701ba626964423dbab3eed7d75e56b5

Magnesium plays a role in glucose and insulin homeostasis and evidence suggests that magnesium intake is associated with insulin resistance (IR). However, data is inconsistent and most studies have not adequately controlled for critical confounding factors.The study investigated the association betw...