But I have high blood pressure, and I've noticed that magnesium supplementation had a larger impact on my readings (in a good way, lower blood pressure) than anything else I tried, including the actual drugs the DR would prescribe (in my case - ACE inhibitors such as Losartan or Lisinipril).
Which is actually pretty astounding, given that the current accepted practice in modern medicine is moving the opposite direction - Diuretics prescribed for high blood pressure often cause low potassium as a side effect (potassium recovery in the kidneys is harmed at the expense of more quickly removing salt/water). And magnesium supplementation is usually warned against (somewhat ironically: because it tends to lower blood pressure even further, and in combination with the drugs can cause problems).
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My take: it's not profitable to solve problems with easily available solutions, and so there is little incentive to fund studying it.
But I have high blood pressure, and I've noticed that magnesium supplementation had a larger impact on my readings (in a good way, lower blood pressure) than anything else I tried, including the actual drugs the DR would prescribe (in my case - ACE inhibitors such as Losartan or Lisinipril).
Which is actually pretty astounding, given that the current accepted practice in modern medicine is moving the opposite direction - Diuretics prescribed for high blood pressure often cause low potassium as a side effect (potassium recovery in the kidneys is harmed at the expense of more quickly removing salt/water). And magnesium supplementation is usually warned against (somewhat ironically: because it tends to lower blood pressure even further, and in combination with the drugs can cause problems).
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My take: it's not profitable to solve problems with easily available solutions, and so there is little incentive to fund studying it.