The media/health supplement industry has been long pushing calcium supplements on women..you need it for your bones to fight osteoporosis and better milk production for your baby, both have subsequently been repeated proven to be untrue. Independent New Zealand, Australia, and Great Britain studies found that higher calcium uptake triggers calcium deposits on the arteries. The New Zealand results are particularly concerning as they indicated that women who took calcium supplements had a 100% increase risk in heart attacks and 50% increase risk of stroke in postmenopausal women, who were only taking 1 gram of calcium supplement/day. |