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CellWell record HH-4909

Magnesium treatment increases gut microbiome synthesizing vitamin D and inhibiting colorectal cancer: results from a double-blind precision-based randomized placebo-controlled trial.

Sun E; Zhu X; Ness RM; Murff HJ; Sun S; Yu C; Fan L; Azcarate-Peril MA; Shrubsole MJ; Dai Q

The American journal of clinical nutrition ยท 2025

In plain language

In a randomized trial, magnesium supplementation increased two vitamin D-linked gut bacteria species in people with normal TRPM7 gene function, but not in those carrying a rare TRPM7 gene variant, where it decreased.

Evidence
Emerging
Design
Randomized controlled trial
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Human

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