Magnesium in Human Health and Disease: Research Advances and Clinical Perspectives
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Micronutrients and Human Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 5 June 2026 | Viewed by 36
Special Issue Editor
Interests: nutritional minerals; magnesium; heart disease
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Dear Colleagues,
Magnesium (Mg) is an essential nutrient involved in several crucial processes: physiological, immunological, biochemical, cellular and neurological. Low Mg status can have a major influence on the pathogenesis of several chronic diseases, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease and its risk factors, as well as nervous system disorders such as depression. Magnesium intake is often suboptimal in those consuming a diet high in processed and highly refined foods, which are very low in Mg. Such chronically sub-optimal Mg diets have been associated with cardiovascular mortality, including ischemic heart disease and stroke—the top two causes of death globally. Low serum Mg is used to assess Mg status in hospitalized patients, although standardization remains to be achieved. In addition, there remains a need for a reliable marker for Mg status in ambulatory patients. Such reliable, standardized markers could maximize the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases associated with magnesium deficiency while enhancing Mg research. This Special Issue aims to provide cutting-edge original research (epidemiological, clinical and experimental) and review articles (including systematic reviews and meta-analyses) exploring the relationship between Mg status (dietary and/or physiological) and human disease states, including (but not limited to) heart failure, coronary heart disease and cardiovascular disease, and/or risk factors in different populations as well as novel models for assessing Mg status at both the population and individual level.
Dr. Andrea Rosanoff
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- low-magnesium status
- magnesium assessment
- dietary magnesium
- serum magnesium
- heart disease
- heart failure
- coronary heart disease
- cardiovascular
- metabolic syndrome
- mortality
- CVD risk factors
- immunological health
- COVID-19
- depression/emotional health
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