seen the campaigns raving about the benefit of calcium and encouraging people to drink milk regularly. A study just released, and featured in the New York Times, of nearly half a million people concluded that older women and men who consume large amounts of calcium were at a reduced risk for developing digestive cancers.Photo courtesy of agric.wa.gov.
Researchers also found that women who consume large levels of calcium also have a overall reduced risk for cancer. Dairy foods are also rich in vitamin D and conjugated linoleic acid which are anti-carcinogenic nutrients.
The NYTimes.com has the complete story:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/25/health/25cancer.html?_r=1&ref=health
For the facts and benefits of calcium and how much is recommended visit:
http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/calcium.asp
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