Taking Calcium for Weight Loss
New research, sponsored by the dairy industry, has suggested that including calcium in the diet has a positive effect on weight loss. In fact, the dairy industry has produced an entire advertising campaign around the concept of increasing calcium through dairy products and weight loss (31). Many of the studies which the American Dairy Association rely on in their advertising have found a link between the amount of calcium an individual consumes during the day and the type of weight which is lost in the body.
Advertising campaigns point to research which showed a relationship between eating three to four servings of low-fat dairy products each day and a decrease in the amount of fat stores in the body. This research suggested that calcium increases the amount of fat in the body converts to energy by increasing the body’s core temperature. The theory is that by increasing the core temperature the body will burn more calories at a faster rate. (32)