A new study published on Tuesday in the Journal of the American Heart Association , suggests adding calcium and magnesium to drinking water potentially could help lower blood pressure levels across the population. The strategy stems from research that looked at the impact of drinking water sources on the health of people in an area of coastal Bangladesh affected by seawater intrusion. The residents relied upon pond water or groundwater as their main water source. The study compared blood pressure levels among people who drank salinated water with those who drank freshwater.
Even though sodium is known to increase blood pressure levels, study participants who drank the salinated water had lower blood pressure. That wasn't because of the sodium, the researchers believe, but rather because of two other minerals in the water – calcium, and magnesium. "Calcium and magnesium are…
