Are Calcium Supplements Effective?
What is the optimal daily dietary calcium intake and might benefits for your bones outweigh the risks to your heart from taking calcium supplements?
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Are Calcium Supplements Safe?
The unnaturally large, rapid, and sustained calcium levels in the blood caused by calcium supplements may explain why calcium from supplements, but not from food, appears to increase the risk of heart attacks.
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What Are the Healthiest Foods?
Based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which foods best supply shortfall nutrients while avoiding disease-promoting components?
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Is Milk Good for Our Bones?
The galactose in milk may explain why milk consumption is associated with significantly higher risk of hip fractures, cancer, and premature death.
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Beans, Beans, They’re Good for Your Heart
Legumes such as lentils, chickpeas, beans and split peas may reduce cholesterol so much that consumers may be able to get off their cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, but to profoundly alter heart disease risk we may have to more profoundly alter our diet.
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Longer Life Within Walking Distance
Researchers find exercise often works just as well as drugs for the treatment of heart disease and stroke, and the prevention of diabetes. Exercise is medicine.
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Phytates for the Treatment of Cancer
Do the anticancer effects of phytates in a petri dish translate out into clinical studies on cancer prevention and treatment?
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Phytates for the Prevention of Osteoporosis
Women who consume the most high-phytate foods (whole grains, beans, and nuts) appear to have better bone density.
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Phosphate Additives in Meat Purge & Cola
The consumption of phosphorus preservatives in junk food, and injected into meat, may damage blood vessels, accelerate the aging process, and contribute to osteoporosis.
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Alkaline Diets, Animal Protein, & Calcium Loss
The decades-old dogma that the acid-forming quality of animal protein leads to bone loss has been called into question.
