A new study published in the Journal of Asthma shows that a daily dose of magnesium could improve lung function.

Lung function is a critical marker for anyone with asthma. After taking magnesium, asthma patients had an increased lung capacity by 6 per cent over a control group given a placebo. Additional improvements for patients taking magnesium include less airway response to methacholine, which produces bronchoconstriction. Patients taking magnesium needed 20 per cent more methacholine in order to suffer the same level of airway constriction as the placebo group.

Researchers wrote that the current body of knowledge shows that the use of magnesium benefits for people with mild to moderate asthma. However, less than 50 per cent of US adults get even the recommended levels of magnesium.

Dr Alexandra Kazaks commented that magnesium could be influencing the cell membranes in the lungs, as well as conferring anti-inflammatory benefits and this may be why magnesium improves lung function.

Source: NutraIngredients