| From Nutrition Newsbytes Your link to nutrition discoveries IN THE NEWS COLLEGE STUDENTS SCORE POORLY ON TAKING MAGNESIUM College students are short-changing themselves on magnesium, putting themselves at risk for osteoporosis later in life. Researchers at the University of Connecticut at Storrs and Yale University in new Haven, Conn., report both male and female college students are magnesium-deficient. The research team followed college students' diets for three days. They analyzed food records of students' diets for levels of key nutrients. All students in the study were majors in health fields. More than 40 percent of the students took supplements that included calcium and vitamin D; all appeared to get sufficient amounts of these nutrients. Neither males nor females in the study got enough magnesium, even though 39 percent received it in their daily supplements. In fact, their average daily magnesium intake was about 15 percent below the recommended amount. Reprinted with permission; Copyright 2000 Enzymatic Therapy. (Enzymatic Therapy manufactures and distributes more than 200 nutritional |