Should You Supplement with Calcium?

Headlines concerning the use of calcium supplements sway back and forth like palm trees in the wind. The reason behind this confusing phenomenon has to do more with irresponsible media jumping on the latest news release with a desire to grab as much attention as possible than with evidence provided by sound studies.

After years of hearing about the importance of supplementing with calcium from doctors and other experts concerned about the “silent epidemic” of osteoporosis, a meta-analysis published in the British Medical Journal in 2010 raised the concern that supplementation with the mineral, having been associated by the …read more