Study: Lower high blood pressure with magnesium

Hypertension can be reduced with magnesium if there is a deficiency

Recent studies point increasingly to the fact that in addition to taking antihypertensive drugs, a number of measures in question can reduce blood pressure in hypertension in a sustainable way. Regular exercise in the form of endurance sports, weight loss and healthy diet showed huge effects – sometimes even without taking medications. Current research indicates that taking magnesium can also counteract high blood pressure.

The Society for Biofactors eV underlines the importance of providing magnesium for blood pressure. Studies have shown that a significant proportion of hypertensive patients suffer from magnesium deficiency, which favors vasoconstriction and, consequently, increases blood pressure, experts explained. As hypertension is considered the main risk factor for cardiovascular disease, it would be possible to significantly reduce the health risk of people affected by the adequate supply of magnesium, according to the Society's Communication for Biofactors.

Magnesium supplements may lower blood pressure

The renowned expert in hypertension Prof. Dr. med. Klaus Kisters, chief medical officer at St. Anna's Hospital at St. Anna's Hospital in Herne, made explicit reference to the importance of magnesium supply for blood pressure in a series of lectures by the Society for Biofactors.

According to the specialist, high blood pressure levels have already been normalized by a change in lifestyle and by the ingestion of magnesium supplements. According to the specialist in hypertension, the ingestion of suitable preparations can have a positive effect on both hypertension and manifest hypertension. As a specialist in applied pharmacology and clinical pharmacotherapy of the Scientific Advisory Board of Society for Biofactors, Prof. Dr. med. Joachim Schmidt, a pharmacology expert from Dresden, added that magnesium deficiency also favors cardiovascular risk factors such as "harmful vascular inflammation, diabetes and cardiac arrhythmias."

Magnesium deficiency poses a significant risk to human health.
Thus, numerous "epidemiological studies have convincingly demonstrated that magnesium deficiency leads to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease," said the specialist in pharmacology on behalf of the Society for Biofactors. A simple diet change is usually not enough to remedy a lack of magnesium supply, Schmidt continued.

The skilled person recommends preparations made of special magnesium compounds, whereby the so-called magnesium orotate is of "clinically relevant peculiarity", since the contained orotic acid also has cardioprotective properties. This "vitamin-like substance," according to the Society for Biofactors, promotes heart health. "Clinical studies show that this combination improves the resilience and performance of the vulnerable and pre-damaged heart, stabilizes the heart rate and also lowers blood pressure levels," said Prof. Schmidt.

Magnesium deficiency can be recognized by symptoms such as muscle tremors, muscle spasms, calf cramps, tension, cramps, headaches, heart stumbles, chest tightness, brittle nails, tooth decay and sleep disorders. Sufficient magnesium intake is of particular importance to the health of the Society for Biofactors. (sb, fp)