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Magnesium treatment increases gut microbiome synthesizing vitamin D and inhibiting colorectal cancer: results from a double-blind precision-based randomized placebo-controlled trial.
The American journal of clinical nutrition - 1 Nov 2025
Sun Elizabeth, Zhu Xiangzhu, Ness Reid M, Murff Harvey J, Sun Shan, Yu Chang, Fan Lei, Azcarate-Peril M Andrea, Shrubsole Martha J, Dai Qi
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Carnobacterium maltaromaticum and Faecalibacterium prausnitzii induce de novo gut synthesis of vitamin D to inhibit colorectal carcinogenesis in mice. Magnesium (Mg) treatment increases circulating vitamin D, and Mg homeostasis is dependent on TRPM7 genotype. OBJECTIVES: We hypothesize that Mg treatment increases gut C. maltaromaticum and F. prausnitzii, and the effect differs by TRPM7 polymorphism....
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