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Arch Intern Med. 1999;159:2119-2120.

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THE ENORMOUS impact of diabetes on morbidity and early mortality in Western societies behooves us to closely examine all possible factors in its pathogenesis.¹ The explosive increase in the incidence of diabetes in developing societies further underscores the importance of widening our search for preventable factors beyond the traditional concept of excess caloric intake and decreased caloric expenditure.² The possibility, therefore, of a nutritional deficiency being an underlying factor has considerable appeal, particularly in terms of its obvious therapeutic implications.

Much interest was aroused recently by a report that chromium supplementation improved glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity,³ although the relevance to most patients is probably limited. The article by Kao et al⁴ in this issue of the ARCHIVES examines the potential role of magnesium deficiency in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes mellitus. In this large report from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study, the authors show a strong . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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