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Friday, Feb 22 2008 - Calcium and Vitamin D Benefits
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Besides boosting your bone health, taking vitamin D with your calcium could give you another big benefit: protection from cancer.
It's true. This powerful pair may help reduce the risk of five different kinds of cancer, according to a recent study.
Healthy postmenopausal women taking vitamin D daily with their calcium over 4 years had fewer breast, colon, lung, lymph/leukemia, and uterine cancers than women taking calcium alone. How the vitamin might defend against cancer still needs to be determined, but researchers know that certain genes and cells need adequate D to do their jobs flawlessly.
Since the winter months tend to be short on sunlight, taking a supplement and getting more vitamin D in your diet can help protect you from shortages of the sunshine vitamin. In addition to a supplement, you can also get a boost from salmon and other fatty fish, fortified cereal, and dairy products.
When calcium and vitamin D get together, their powers multiply. Not only do they help build your bones and boost your immune system function, but, according to new research, they also help ward off type 2 diabetes. Research shows you'll be a whopping 33 percent less likely to develop the condition if you get at least 1,200 milligrams (mg) of calcium and 800 international units (IU) of vitamin D per day compared to an intake of only 600 mg of calcium and less than 400 IU of vitamin D daily.
Although it's best to get many nutrients from food, the study showed that getting vitamin D and calcium from supplements not dietary sources was associated with a lower diabetes risk. It's difficult to get enough vitamin D and calcium from food, anyway especially vitamin D so make sure your supplement includes both. It's particularly important during the shorter winter days when you may get little sunlight, which helps your body manufacture vitamin D.
The RealAge Optimum (RAO) dose of vitamin D is 400 IU per day for people under age 70 and 600 IU per day for people over age 70. But the upper intake level is 2,000 IU meaning anything up to that level is generally considered safe. From RealAge.com
It's true. This powerful pair may help reduce the risk of five different kinds of cancer, according to a recent study.
Healthy postmenopausal women taking vitamin D daily with their calcium over 4 years had fewer breast, colon, lung, lymph/leukemia, and uterine cancers than women taking calcium alone. How the vitamin might defend against cancer still needs to be determined, but researchers know that certain genes and cells need adequate D to do their jobs flawlessly.
Since the winter months tend to be short on sunlight, taking a supplement and getting more vitamin D in your diet can help protect you from shortages of the sunshine vitamin. In addition to a supplement, you can also get a boost from salmon and other fatty fish, fortified cereal, and dairy products.
When calcium and vitamin D get together, their powers multiply. Not only do they help build your bones and boost your immune system function, but, according to new research, they also help ward off type 2 diabetes. Research shows you'll be a whopping 33 percent less likely to develop the condition if you get at least 1,200 milligrams (mg) of calcium and 800 international units (IU) of vitamin D per day compared to an intake of only 600 mg of calcium and less than 400 IU of vitamin D daily.
Although it's best to get many nutrients from food, the study showed that getting vitamin D and calcium from supplements not dietary sources was associated with a lower diabetes risk. It's difficult to get enough vitamin D and calcium from food, anyway especially vitamin D so make sure your supplement includes both. It's particularly important during the shorter winter days when you may get little sunlight, which helps your body manufacture vitamin D.
The RealAge Optimum (RAO) dose of vitamin D is 400 IU per day for people under age 70 and 600 IU per day for people over age 70. But the upper intake level is 2,000 IU meaning anything up to that level is generally considered safe. From RealAge.com
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