Cardiovasoprotective foods and nutrients: possible importance of magnesium intake.

Various highly efficient cardiovasoprotective diets associate reduced intake of total and saturated fats, reasonable supply of monounsaturated fat and omega-3 fatty acids, moderate consumption of alcohol, increased intake of cereals, fruits, vegetables, fish and low fat dairy products. Among several protective nutrients magnesium should be given particular consideration because of the very frequent occurrence of chronic primary magnesium deficiency which appears to act as a cardiovascular risk factor and also reversely, because of the noticeable high level of the magnesium content in cardiovasoprotective diets.