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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