A US cancer prevention expert says that if government required
calcium and vitamin D to be added to foods, it could achieve a 20
per cent reduction in colon cancer deaths and osteoporosis-related
fractures.
The dairy industry has been eagerly promoting trials showing that
the calcium in milk products can prevent obesity but several gaps
in the evidence mean that dietary guidelines based on this effect
are a long way off, say scientists.
Japan's Agriculture and Livestock Industries Corporation (ALIC) has
teamed up with two research bodies to develop a new functional
fermented miso derived from skimmed milk, that contains three times
as much calcium as regular...
The successful cloning of three mules sheds light on calcium's role
in cell signaling and could be important for understanding the
progression of human disease, according to US researchers.
Three coral calcium marketers have been prohibited in a new FTC
settlement from making claims that suggest the product can treat or
cure cancer, multiple sclerosis, heart disease, high blood
pressure, and other serious diseases.
Calcium supplements do not appear to cut lead levels in children
with moderate lead poisoning, finds a new study published in this
month's Pediatrics journal.
Calcium and vitamin D work in tandem, not separately, to reduce the
risk of colorectal cancer, according to a new study reported in
today's issue of Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
US researchers are investigating whether calcium intake, previously
linked to lower weight in girls, could help prevent women from
gaining too much weight when pregnant. They hope to better
understand the link between the mineral...
US researchers are investigating whether calcium intake, previously
linked to lower weight in girls, could help prevent women from
gaining too much weight when pregnant. They hope to better
understand the link between the mineral...
Girls who consume more calcium tend to weigh less and have lower
body fat than those with low calcium consumption, suggest new
findings presented last week.
A new method of studying the bone-wasting disease osteoporosis
highlights the inability of dietary approaches such as calcium
supplements when it comes to triggering the growth of new bone.
Ready-to-eat cereals fortified with a moderate amount of calcium
can help kids meet their calcium needs withoutdecreasing iron
absorption, report scientists at the Children's Nutrition Research
Center in Houston, Texas following...
Aiming to profit from current booming calcium supplement sales,
Swiss health foods company Wander has launched a powdered calcium
supplement on the home market under the Jemalt brand.
