The bioavailability of calcium and magnesium is higher in water than in food. Studies have shown that 2 L of water rich in mg (40 mg/L) will provide 80 mg of magnesium which is about 25% of an adults total requirement. How about calcium in drinking water?
May I have your point of view?
Concentration of Ca or Mg in drinking water or food depend upon the type of water or food. However in drinking water the maximum permissible limit of Ca is < 75 mg/lit and Mg
Thank you very much Virenda for your answer. Can you send to me some papers please?
Magnesium in drinking water can be quite beneficial to people on the modern processed food diet which is low in magnesium. See: Rosanoff A 2013 The high heart health value of drinking-water magnesium. Medical Hypotheses 81, 1063-1065.
For optimal health, calcium-to-magnesium ratio has been suggested to not go above 2.0. At this time in USA the mean Ca to Mg ratio in foods is above 3.0, coinciding with the rise in diabetes in that nation. Having adequate calcium as well as adequate magnesium in one's nutritional intakes is quite beneficial, but it is also important that these two minerals be in balance with one another.
Andrea Rosanoff for more information go to:
www.MagnesiumEducation.com
Udit, Ca and Mg concentration in water bodies varies in various factors:
Sources and type of water body , geological strata including mineralogy, morphology, water rock interaction and depth of water circulation, aquifer and watershed , catchment area, and many more.
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