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Topic: NYTimes: Taking Calcium May Pose Heart Risks

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Posted on: May 24, 2012 07:16 PM

peggy_j wrote:

Taking Calcium May Pose Heart Risks
well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05...
 
Upshot: 
"Sufficient calcium intake is important, but my recommendation would be to get calcium from food, like low-fat milk and dairy products and mineral water rich in calcium, rather than from supplements," said Dr. Sabine Rohrmann, an author of the study and a professor with the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine at the University of Zurich. Health authorities recommend that most adults get about 1,100 milligrams a day. 
 
Dx 2/2011, IDC, <1cm, Stage Ia, Grade 1, 0/3 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2-
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May 26, 2012 08:17 AM otter wrote:

Here's a link to the original research article, thanks to Kathy044 who posted it over on the "Clinical Trials, Research, etc." forum:

heart.bmj.com/content/98/12/92...

Perplexing situation.

otter

Dx IDC, Stage I, Grade 2, 0/3 nodes, ER+/PR-, HER2-
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May 26, 2012 09:05 AM Infobabe wrote:

peggy_j 

I have heard/read in numerous places that little of calsium pills get to your bones.  so I wondered, where exactly does it go?  Calsium contributes to hardening of the arteries.  I might take a little but not much.  Greek yogurt is a better way to go. 

Dx 3/15/2012, DCIS, 1cm, Stage 0, Grade 1, ER+/PR+Surgery 05/01/2012 Lumpectomy (Left)
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May 29, 2012 09:09 PM peggy_j wrote:

Thanks Otter for posting that link. I'll have to read it when I have more time. I started looking at Table 1 and it was info-packed. Interesting to see that the non-diary intake of calcium is consistently around 325-350 mg for all patients (whether overall they had a high or low intact of calcium). This suggests to me that it's probably hard to get much more calcium from non-dairy foods. 

Infobabe, yeah, I'd heard that taking too much calcium is bad and that it can lead to heart attacks. But this news seems like another level of concern. I think you're right that getting our nutrients from food is the way to go, if you can swing it. (I'm lactose intolerant, so I have my issues ;)

Dx 2/2011, IDC, <1cm, Stage Ia, Grade 1, 0/3 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2-
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Jun 3, 2012 04:45 AM purple32 wrote:

New info On taking CA supplements ?

Hi all,

A good friend of mine told me that she just heard on the news, a few nights ago that ALL CA. supplements have been determined to be useless and might as well be discarded !  She also said there was " some" SE!  What ? Kidney stones or more ?  She did not recall (Aaaargh!) 

 Have any of you heard this ?  With the biosphosphates  having long term "bone SEs" , Ca. is  something I felt good about....but now ?

I would love  a link to this recent " News".


Thanks for any reply- esp. a PM as well.

purple32. Life is tough sometimes but somehow, we sure do love it .
Dx 3/2012, IDC, <1cm, Stage I, Grade 1, 0/1 nodes, ER+/PR+, HER2-Surgery 05/01/2012 Lumpectomy (Left)

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