Adelle Davis noted that magnesium supplements should not be taken by people with digestive problems. For people like me, I've found it is much better to try to get enough magnesium just through my regular diet than taking the supplements, which just upset my stomach. If we put all of the clues together about mitral valve prolapse, then there are some highly logical ways in which the data fit together. In the chart below, I've assembled information gathered from a variety of different studies on PubMed and put them all together into a logical scenario. I don't think there is anything we know about mitral valve prolapse and its associations that doesn't fit in with this model, thus providing a pretty good clue that is on the right track, and that hyaluronic acid is indeed most likely a significant factor in mitral valve prolapse.
Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
Carl Sagan For additional information on mitral valve prolapse and other features that commonly occur in association with it, visit my Health and Logic home page to use my search feature , and see more information on connective tissue disorders and related features. Copyright 2000 Sandra Simmons.