Adequate amounts of magnesium in the diet strengthen our body's natural defense system but now new research has shown that its presence also helps us fight cancer.
Let's say magnesium is one of our main nutrients which is
abundant in foods like almonds, peanuts, pumpkin seeds, lobes, wheat,
milk, yogurt, and spinach. Experts say that the amount of magnesium in women's
daily diet should be 310 to 320 mg while in men's daily diet it should be 400
to 420 mg.
The new research has been conducted at the University of
Basel, details of which have been published in the research journal.
This research shows that T-cells belonging to the amenity system require a reasonable
amount of magnesium to function properly. T-cells are of special importance
in finding and destroying cancer cells, among other functions.
Experiments on mice in the past showed that mice whose diets
were kept low in magnesium weakened their physical defense system and were more
affected by flu than other mice.
Now, the team of Professor Kristof Hess of Basel University,
in collaboration with Cambridge University, has discovered that the body's main
cells, 'T-cells', eliminate distorted defeat cells, but they do it better only
if there is a rich amount of magnesium throughout the system.
Above all, it was found that there is an important protein
'LFA-1' at the Level of T-Cell which can work well only in the presence of
magnesium.
Thus, due to magnesium, T-cells, and LFA-1 are well connected
and active. This will not happen if there is no magnesium and thus T-cells may
fail to eliminate suspected cancerous cells. This failure can lead to failure
to stop the spread of cancer in the long run.
This discovery will go a long time in treating cancer and
making Immunotherapy effective. In Immunotherapy, we enable the body's defense
system to automatically fight cancer.
The discovery is expected to pave the way for effective Immunotherapy
by using magnesium.
