“…Over the past four decades, an accumulation of epidemiological and experimental data have indicated that a reduction in the dietary intake of magnesium (Mg), as well as low Mg content in drinking water, are risk factors for the development of hypertension, atherogenesis, vasospasm, sudden cardiac death, and stroke by illdefined mechanisms (e.g., see 10,11,13,18,25,26,32,37,40,57,and 59). Hypermagnesemic diets have been shown to ameliorate hypertension and atherogenesis (2-5, 13, 40, 57, 59).…”