Diet high in magnesium prevents colon cancer

A diet rich in magnesium may reduce the risk of colon cancer in women, US scientists said.

A diet rich in magnesium such as eating spinach may reduce the risk of colon cancer in women.(Photo: urbanext.uiuc.edu/TTO) This finding comes from a study on American women in Iowa state. Scientists Aaron R. Folsom and Ching-Ping Hong from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis studied 35,196 women aged 55-69 from 1986-2002.

After the study, there were 1,112 women developing colon cancer. In-depth studies have found a magnesium-rich diet that does not resist rectal cancer but significantly reduces the risk of colon cancer: women who eat a magnesium-rich diet reduced. The risk of colon cancer was 23% compared with women who ate this low-protein diet.

Earlier, research by Swedish scientists found that eating more magnesium reduced the risk of colon cancer and colorectal cancer. The cause of the difference between these two studies is still unknown, but one thing can be confirmed that magnesium helps reduce the risk of colon cancer.

Some foods and amounts of magnesium are in them:

Vegetable bi na (1/2 cup) = 80 milligrams (mg)

Groundnut oil (2 teaspoons) = 50 mg

Types of black eye beans (1/2 cup) = 45 mg

Low fat milk (1 cup) = 40 mg

According to the study authors, magnesium reduces the risk of colon cancer by reducing the effects of oxidation, increasing insulin absorption, reducing the increase in colon cancer cells.

Magnesium is abundant in green vegetables like spinach because the center of chlorophyll is magnesium. Nuts and seeds, some cereals are also a source of magnesium. Eating a variety of foods will provide relatively adequate magnesium for the body.

Magnesium in foods and processed foods is too often lost in magnesium.

Water can provide magnesium, but this amount of magnesium is usually small and fluctuates according to the water source. Nutrition studies do not account for this amount of magnesium, and therefore may lead to inadequate calculation of the amount of magnesium needed for the body.

T.VY (According to Reuters)