40-year Old Endurance Bicyclist dies in sleep....

[Charlie Schuessler]

http://www.velonews.com/news/fea/13715.0.html

This seems to be more common with endurance bicycling athletes than any other sport...anybody got two cents of information regarding this tragic phenomenon...

 

[FRITOLAYGUY]

Wow thats not good, i read an article that for alot of athletes the one thing they do not get even from sport drinks is Magnesium which is depleted by physical exercise. A shortage of magnesium in the body creates an irregular heart beat, the electrolyte minerals in the blood circulation are further diluted, and the heart goes into spasms, especially dangerous while sleeping.. Magnesium rates in the body are also 50-70percent lower at night or when the body should be sleeping and correspond to the hours when most heart attacks occur. Here are some facts about Magnesium and water that are interesting .

USA The 25 US cities with the lowest death rates from coronary artery disease have richer sources of magnesium in their drinking water. [J Am Med Assn. 195: 81-125, 1966]

Canada Canadian researchers identified magnesium as the most likely mineral in drinking water involved in the reduced risk of heart attack. [Lancet 1: 121-22, 1976]

South Africa Districts in South Africa with high magnesium levels in drinking water have lower death rates from heart disease. [South African Medical Journal 64: 775-76, 1983]

Spain In Spain, water hardness was measured and areas with the lowest magnesium concentration had a 360% increased risk for high blood pressure. [Review Scandinavian Public Hygiene 64: 377-85, 1990]

Sweden Swedish health authorities report magnesium in drinking water reduces rates of heart disease, particularly among men. [Scandinavian Journal Work Environmental Health 17: 91-94, 1991]

Italy Area around Tuscany, Italy found to have twice the incidence of sudden death as the European average. The area has drinking water that is low in magnesium. [Angiology 46: 145-49, 1995]

Sweden In Sweden, men aged 50-69 years who consumed the greatest amount of magnesium from drinking water had a 35% less risk for a heart attack. Calcium did not reduce the risk. [American Journal Epidemiology 143: 456-62, 1996]

France French recommend adding magnesium to drinking water after link is established between low magnesium levels and sudden-death. [Annals Medicine Interne 148: 440-44, 1992]

Taiwan Taiwanese health officials confirm lower risk of heart disease among adults who consume drinking water with higher levels of magnesium. [J Toxicology Environmental Health 60: 231-41, 2000]


California health officials indicate thousands of lives could be saved with the provision of magnesium in drinking water. [Epidemiological Reviews 19: 258-72, 1997

 

[Charlie Schuessler]

very interesting stuff... I wondered why there was magnesium in the multi-vitamins...