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Calcium: Low Calcium or Too Much Calcium Can Be Dangerous


 

Calcium supplements and mortality:

Calcium and cardiovascular mortality: High-dose calcium supplementation was associated with greater cardiovascular (CV) mortality and all-cause mortality in women according to a prospective cohort study of 61,433 women born between 1914 and 1948. Compared with dietary calcium intakes of 600 to 1000 mg daily, daily intakes of ≥1400 mg were associated with significantly higher rates of death from all causes (40% increased risk), CV disease (49% increased risk), and ischemic heart disease (2 times higher risk), but not from stroke. Among the 6% of participant women using calcium supplements (500 mg), those who were also consuming >1,400 mg/d in their diet had a 2.5-times higher risk of all-cause death than women with similar total intakes not taking a supplement. (22)

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