Contribution of Mineral Waters to Dietary Calcium and Magnesium Intake in a French Adult Population

• Published in: Journal of the American Dietetic Association 2002-11, Vol.102 (11), p.1658-1662
• Main Authors: GALAN, P., ARNAUD, M.J., CZERNICHOW, S., DELABROISE, A.-M., PREZIOSI, P., BERTRAIS, S., FRANCHISSEUR, C., MAUREL, M., FAVIER, A., HERCBERG, S.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adult; adults; Biological and medical sciences; Bone density; Bones; calcium; Calcium (Nutrient); Calcium - analysis; Calcium, Dietary; Calcium, Dietary - administration & dosage; Case-Control Studies; Cohort Studies; dairy consumption; dairy products; Density; dietetics; drinking; Female; Food and nutrition; food groups; France; French; French (European people); Health aspects; Human physiology applied to population studies and life conditions. Human ecophysiology; Humans; magnesium; Magnesium - administration & dosage; Magnesium - analysis; Male; Medical sciences; men; Middle Aged; mineral content; Mineral water; Mineral waters; Mineral Waters - administration & dosage; Mineral Waters - analysis; mineralization; minerals; Multivariate Analysis; Nutritional aspects; Nutritional survey. Food supply and nutritional requirement; Osteoporosis; Physiological aspects; Postmenopausal women; professionals; quantitative analysis; Risk factors; t-test; tap water
• ISSN: 0002-8223; 1878-3570
• DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8223(02)90353-6

Objective To assess the contribution of mineral water containing different amounts of calcium and magnesium to the total dietary intakes of these minerals Design Matched case control study using data issued from the Supplémentation en Vitamines et Minéraux Antioxydants (SU.VI.MAX) cohort. Subjects Subjects were water consumers—240 men and 424 women—divided into the following 4 groups (n=166 per group): regular drinkers of a calcium-rich and magnesium-rich mineral water (calcium, 486 mg/L; magnesium, 84 mg/ L), drinkers of a water classified as a moderately mineralized content (calcium, 202 mg/L; magnesium, 36 mg/L), drinkers of 2 low-mineralized waters (calcium, 9.9 to 67.6 mg/L and magnesium, 1.6 to 2 mg/L, respectively), and drinkers of tap waters. Statistical analyses Quantitative data were compared using student's t test. Mean comparisons were performed in multivariate analysis by analysis of variance. Results Dietary calcium intake provided by the various food groups did not differ between the 4 consumer groups, except for calcium provided by mineral water. According to its calcium concentration, mineral water may contribute to one fourth of the total daily calcium intake. Subjects who regularly drink mineral-rich water have a calcium intake that is significantly higher ( P