The Astonishing Effect of Magnesium

What is the role played by this element in the metabolism of living beings? There is a direct link between magnesium deficiency, the increase in osteoarthritis, heart disease and cancer, and many other modern health problems. Magnesium is integral to all biological syntheses, because it forms complexes along with the so-called high-energy phosphate molecules. It also plays a role in the so-called active transportation through cell membranes and in the transmission of nerve currents, in muscle contraction and in the entry of certain substances into the interior of the cell. Even this brief itemization reveals the vital importance that an adequate supply of magnesium has for the entire organism.

What the current Nobel Prize winner in chemistry has been investigating, namely how cells repair damaged DNA, was being covered in this book in as early as 1990.