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Medical Hydrology and Balneology: Environmental Aspects

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<strong>Medical</strong> <strong>Hydrology</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Balneology</strong>: <strong>Environmental</strong> <strong>Aspects</strong><br />

Likewise, a recent paper demonstrated significant corrections in cholesterol diet<br />

induced total <strong>and</strong> erythrocyte plasma membrane cholesterol perturbations in rats<br />

drinking a similar CMSMW. Treatment with Bonneval-Edelweiss spring MW<br />

demonstrates a large decrease in rat plasma triglycerides <strong>and</strong> VLDL cholesterol.<br />

Bonneval spring could act thanks to its high calcium content, calcium supplementation<br />

leading to a significant decrease in plasma LDL in rats <strong>and</strong> to increased bile<br />

acids excretion in humans. Moreover, magnesium would have a synergistic<br />

cholagogue effect. Further investigations will be necessary to confirm these hypotheses.<br />

Clinical studies are in progress to confirm in humans these experimental<br />

results.<br />

Keywords: Natural Mineral Water, Calcium, Magnesium, Sulphate, Plasma Triglycerides,<br />

Plasma Cholesterol<br />

88<br />

Balnea<br />

2012, núm. 6, 87-88

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