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Supplements - Nutrition
Calcium
NEWS:
Calcium from diet best for building bone density "Women who want to keep their bones strong after menopause may be better off eating plenty of calcium-rich food than relying on supplements for their intake of the mineral, a new study shows. Postmenopausal women who got their calcium mainly from diet or from diet and supplements had a greater average bone mineral density (BMD) than women who got most of their calcium from supplements …"
Could Calcium and Vitamin D Cause Brain Lesions? "Calcium is well-known for its positive effects on bone health, but it also helps in the functioning of nerve and muscle cells. When too much calcium becomes incorporated into bone-like deposits in the blood vessel walls, a loss of elasticity and narrowing of blood vessels can result. Vitamin D may further increase the arterial calcification by regulating calcium retention and activity. If this process affects blood vessels in the brain, lesions may form from that damage."
Daily calcium quota may be too high: study “"Furthermore, calcium absorption is enhanced significantly with better vitamin D status," Bischoff-Ferrari added. "Vitamin D in a dose of 800 international units per day, with or without calcium, has been shown to reduce both falls and fractures among adherent older individuals." “
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JOURNAL ARTICLES:
Americans are not meeting current calcium recommendations (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2007) "Conclusion:Many Americans—particularly men, ethnic minorities, and the socially disadvantaged—are not meeting the current recommendations for adequate calcium intake through diet alone or with supplements."
Calcium consumption and insulin resistance syndrome parameters. Data from the Epidemiological Study on the Insulin Resistance Syndrome (DESIR). (Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2007) "CONCLUSIONS: These results confirm a beneficial association between dietary calcium and arterial blood pressure, insulin and HDL-cholesterol levels in women, whereas in men there was only a beneficial association with diastolic blood pressure."
INTERNET SITES:
NIH - Calcium Supplements (Systemic)
NIH - How much calcium is enough?
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