Calcium and Colorectal Cancer Risk
Posted on July 1, 2008
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Calcium from the diet is associated with a reduced risk of large bowel cancer
Recently, the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention has published a study that show that a diet rich in calcium reduces the risk of cancer of the large intestine and rectum in women and that women who take calcium supplements as a medicine For example, further reduces this risk.
The researchers conclude that women who consumed 800 mg of calcium per day (equivalent to about 3-4 glasses of milk or its derivatives per day) decreased by approximately 25% risk of developing this type of tumor, compared to those consumed less than 500 mg / day (about 2 cups of milk a day).
Calcium from diet and supplements is associated with reduced risk of colorectal cancer in a prospective cohort of women. Andrew Flood, Ulrike Peters, Nilanjan Chatterjee, James V. Lacey Jr, Catherine Schairer and Arthur Schatzkin. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, 2005,
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