Dietary intake of magnesium and the risk of epilepsy in middle-aged and older Finnish men: a 22-year follow-up study in general population

Epilepsy is one the most important neurologic diseases [1], which needs to be prevented or treated. Nutrition may play a role in physiopathology of epilepsy. Nutrients such as polyunsaturated fatty acids have also been used in the treatment of epilepsy [2]. Minerals may either exacerbate or attenuate severity of epileptic seizures [3]. However, the role of magnesium in the management of epilepsy, especially in adults, has not been fairly considered by epidemiological or clinical trial studies. Human studies have considered the role of magnesium in the control of seizure, mainly in infants, and found that magnesium supplementation decrease the frequency of seizures [4-6].
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