Magnesium Could Lower Your Blood Pressure

The study, published Monday in the American Heart Association's journal Hypertension, analyzed data from 34 clinical trials involving 2,028 people. The findings suggest an important -- but subtle -- link between magnesium consumption and lowered blood pressure: Ingesting 300 mg of magnesium each day for one month could both lower blood pressure and elevate blood magnesium levels, which are associated with blood flow improvement. Specifically, participants who took about 368 mg of magnesium daily for three months recused their systolic blood pressure (which is the top number in a reading) by 2 millimeters of mercury, and cut their diastolic blood pressure (bottom number) by 1.78 mm/Hg.