Calcium supplementation may be BAD for you!

Do you take calcium supplements? If you do, then you should probably stop... or at least reconsider why you are taking them and the risks. See below...

 

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Prevention

Calcium supplements and cardiovascular events: New data, more debate

April 19, 2011 | Shelley Wood

Auckland, New Zealand - A new, expanded analysis of the cardiovascular risks associated with calcium supplements [1] suggests that a previously reported 30% risk of MI linked to calcium supplements alone [2] extends to people who are also taking vitamin D.

Calcium and vitamin D are taken in combination, as supplements, by millions of people in the hopes of reducing the risk of fractures, but this strategy should be reconsidered in the face of evidence pointing to a roughly 20% increased risk of both MI and stroke in people taking both calcium and vitamin D, according to Dr Mark Bolland (University of Auckland, New Zealand) and colleagues.

Their new study is published online April 19, 2011 in BMJ.

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You can read the whole article at the heartwire website: http://www.theheart.org/article/1214663.do?utm_campaign=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=20110419_breaking_new

Carl