Magnesium It's role in reducing sodium in foods and in the balance of minerals for heart health

摘要

Evidence, including dietary intervention studies, of the role of magnesium in (1) balancing minerals for heart health and (2) reducing sodium in processed foods shows the potential for the use of some mineral salt combinations that include magnesium and potassium, to be effective in improving heart health, whilst maintaining the integrity of reduced-sodium processed food products. The potential methods available to balance the dietary intake of these minerals are being considered very carefully by public health organisations and scientific bodies. Global nutritional guidelines are encouraging sodium reduction in processed foods and increasing dietary magnesium and potassium intake. By using a "functional food" approach to sodium reduction by using balanced mineral salts as salt replacers it may be possible to improve the quality of life for millions of people, and substantially reduce health-care costs.