Researcher explores impact of magnesium deficiency

LOS ANGELES - According to researcher, nutritional biologist and author, Andrea Rosanoff, director of research at the Center for Magnesium Education, most Americans are severely magnesium deficient, including 68%-89% of teens, 70%-80% of elderly and over half of Americans aged 51-70. 

 

To help people understand the basics of this vital health issue, Rosanoff on Tuesday made available a free e-book entitled "Why Do We Need Magnesium?" 

 

"Proteins build, repair and maintain cells; they are the basic building blocks of our bodies," stated Carolyn Dean, medical advisory board member of the Nutritional Magnesium Association. "Magnesium helps synthesize protein, and without protein synthesis there would be no cell growth or maintenance, and without cells there would be no life."