Type 2 diabetes: Adding more magnesium to your diet can improve blood sugar

Blood sugar – the main type of sugar you get from eating food – supplies the body’s cells with energy. However, consistently high levels can unleash destruction on the body. If you have type 2 diabetes, you are prone to high blood sugar levels because the main regulating force – insulin production – is impaired. However, numerous research points to the power of magnesium and how it can help improve blood sugars. How?

In fact, low blood levels of magnesium have been observed in 25 to 38 percent of people with type 2 diabetes and are more common in those who don’t have their blood sugar under control.

In a systematic review, eight of 12 studies indicated that giving magnesium supplements for six to 24 weeks to healthy people or those with type 2 diabetes helped reduce fasting blood sugar levels, compared to a placebo.

It was noted by health care professionals that each 50 mg increase in magnesium intake produced a three percent decrease in fasting blood sugar in those who entered the studies with low blood magnesium levels.

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In another study which was published in the National Library of Medicine, the effects of magnesium supplementation on insulin resistance in humans was analysed…

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From Express News UK - February 24, 2021