Posted on 03/12/2010 2:50:45 PM PST by decimon
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Getting a bit more calcium in your diet could help you live longer, new research suggests.
Swedish researchers found that men who consumed the most calcium in food were 25 percent less likely to die over the next decade than their peers who took in the least calcium from food. None of the men took calcium supplements.
The findings are in line with previous research linking higher calcium intake with lower mortality in both men and women, the researchers point out in a report in the American Journal of Epidemiology.
While many researchers have looked at calcium and magnesium intake and the risk of chronic disease, less is known about the association between consumption of these nutrients in food and mortality.
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Say cheese ping.
I wonder what the stats look like when they normalize for other variables. Wealth level, fat intake, etc...
This is great news!
Our well water is hard as a rock from all the calcium (around here they call it “limestone”).
But instead of running it through the softener, I’m going to bottle it as-is and sell it at $4.95 a quart as “Central Texas Aqua Vita Healthy Choice Calcium Supplement (TM)”.
I’m gonna be RICH!!!
Please tell me that beer has calcium.....
In other news...
continued breathing has been determined to lead to longer life.
Don’t tell Pelosi.
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