Curing Cancer with Coral Calcium?

October 23, 2007 – 10:27 am | posted in Nutrition / Diet

Q: Should I use coral calcium to fight cancer or prevent other diseases? A: While coral calcium may be nothing more than a clever marketinggimmick, there is no debating that calcium supplements preventsdisease. For example, hundreds of studies have demonstrated the positiveeffect of calcium supplements on bone health and a recent studyin the American Journal of Medicine found that postmenopausalwomen who took 1,000 mg of calcium daily for one year reduced theirrisk of heart attack by up to 30%. Another study in the Journal of theNational Cancer Institute revealed that individuals who consumed atleast 700 mg of calcium per day (from food and supplements) hadabout half the risk of developing colon cancer as those getting…

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