You can take this up with California University if you don’t believe me.

They found people who ate nuts 5X a week halved their risk of heart attack. Even a few nuts a month seemed to reduce the risk by a quarter. Don’t get me wrong.

I’m not saying you can eat buckets of nuts all day. (You have to watch your saturated fat levels, too.) But cashews, almonds, peanuts, hazelnuts, pine nuts, pecans and walnuts are absolutely loaded with magnesium. And this mineral is essential for good cardio health.

Even the smallest deficiency makes your heart go haywire.

You have to visit Wales for proof.

How to reduce your heart attack risk 1.5X

In Wales, magnesium’s effects were tested on 2182 men.

Those on high-magnesium diets were half as likely to develop any type of cardio problem. They were also 1.5X less likely to die from a heart attack. And here’s the strange part:

They weren’t even eating much more.

The average difference between the 2 groups was just 30 milligrams. That’s about what you get from a 1/2 ounce of almonds.

It’s a narrow tightrope, yet only 1 in 4 Americans get the recommended amount.

Why you need magnesium

Without magnesium, calcium flows through the cells uncontrolled.

Over time, it damages their mitochondria, which generates their energy. What’s more, the body releases highly-inflammatory cytakines. These produce waves of cell-destroying free radicals.

This uncontrollable flow of calcium is, according to France’s National Institute of Agricultural Research, “a central event in the aging process and cell injury.”

You need around half as much magnesium to calcium. Most of us only get a quarter. A cardiac unit found 53% of patients had low magnesium, causing a chain reaction of problems within the body.

Without enough magnesium…

Vitamin E is forced to work harder. Free-radicals are now attacking from every angle. So it’s pulled away from the arteries where it does the most good. High blood pressure, irregular heart beats and blood clots are all common signs of low magnesium.

Insulin resistance rises an average 25%. Now you’re more likely to develop diabetes, too.

People with low magnesium usually have low vitamin D. Bones become brittle and fragile. Eventually, osteoporosis sets in.

Thank goodness you can correct the problem right now…

…And thank goodness it’s easy.

Because unlike vitamins C, E and beta carotene, you don’t need a lot of magnesium. Its extraordinary effects were proven in a Swedish study. Subjects were on just 260mg of magnesium a day.

After 9 weeks, their average systolic blood pressure went from 154 to 146. Their diastolic blood pressure dropped from 100 to 92. You could do the same, simply by taking a standard supplement.

So next time you’re at the bar, ask for a pack of nuts, too?

Better safe than sorry.