What You Need to Know About Calcium Supplements

August 2020

Dr. Majd answers all the top questions she receives about calcium supplements, including:
"how much calcium do i need?
"Is it okay to get it all from a supplement?"
"Which type of calcium supplement is best?"
"I'm prone to kidney stones. Should i avoid calcium?"
"What about the risk of cardiovascular disease?"
"Should i take calcium with vitamin D?"
"Is there lead in certain calcium supplements?"

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REFERENCES:
NIH:  https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Cal...
USDA National Nutrient Database for Calcium (chart of calcium content in foods):  https://ods.od.nih.gov/pubs/usdandb/C... 
Nurses' Health Study: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9092314/  
Effect of Calcium Supplements on risk of Myocardial Infarction and Cardiovascular Events: Meta-Analysis: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20671...
Vitamin D with Calcium Reduces Mortality:  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22605...
Women's Health Initiative & Cardiovascular Disease:  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17309...  
Systematic Review: Vitamin D and Calcium Supplementation in Prevention of Cardiovascular Events:  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20194...

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