(Pakistan Point News / Online - 10th May, 2019) ould adding calcium and magnesium to drinking water be a practical way to lower high blood pressure in people who live in areas where drinking water is deficient in these minerals?A recent study has linked drinking water of higher salinity to lower blood pressure in people living in a coastal region of Bangladesh. Sources of drinking water in the region can vary in salinity due to the influx of seawater.
While water of higher salinity contains more sodium, which can raise blood pressure, it also has more calcium and magnesium. The researchers explain this in a Journal of the American Heart Association paper about the study." (Pakistan Point news / Online - 10th May, 2019) alcium and magnesium are protective; they decrease blood pressure," says lead study author Abu Mohammed Naser, who is a postdoctoral fellow in the Rollins school of Public Health at Emory University in Atlanta, GA.
He and his co-authors attribute the study's findings to the benefits of magnesium and calcium outweighing the harms of sodium.Data on water salinity, blood pressure limitedHigh blood pressure, or hypertension, is the "leading preventable cause" of early deaths worldwide, according to a 2016 (Pakistan Point News / Online - 10th May, 2019) irculation study that estimated that 1.39 billion people were living with the condition in 2010.Having blood pressure that is too high increases the force that circulating blood exerts on artery walls.
If the condition persists, it can damage the heart and raise the risk of stroke and other health problems.According to the (Pakistan Point News / Online - 10th May, 2019) enters for Disease (Pakistan Point News / Online - 10th May, 2019) ontrol and Prevention ( (Pakistan Point News / Online - 10th May, 2019) D (Pakistan Point News / Online - 10th May, 2019) ), there are around 75 million adults with high blood pressure in the United States, where the condition contributed to or caused more than 410,000 deaths in 2014.
Studying people who live in coastal regions offers a useful way to compare the effects of varying water salinity on health. (Pakistan Point News / Online - 10th May, 2019) alcium and magnesium 'counteract' sodiumTheir analysis took in data from two studies that had kept track of people in various parts of coastal Bangladesh. The measurements covered periods in which the salinity of drinking water varied as a result of monsoons and dry weather.
The team found that people who drank water of mild or moderate salinity had more sodium in their urine than people who drank fresh water of low salinity. Also, those with higher levels of urinary sodium also had higher systolic blood pressure.In addition, the analysis revealed that those who drank water of mild and moderate salinity had higher levels of calcium and magnesium in their urine. Having higher levels of these minerals has associations with lower systolic and diastolic blood pressure.
