calcium risk

I hated the chalky calcium pills and didn't take them. My blood levels were normal so I haven't worried about it. I'm wondering how valid the reports are. I've read them on several sites.

It's bad science. 

They still recommend people under 50 get at least 1,200 mg per day and over 50 get at least 1500mg per day.

The "issues" people were having were by taking dosages over 2000mg per day and even then....the people they were testing on had tons of health issues.

Take it with a grain of salt....ask your doc what they think.....but don't get all scared over a hyped up news report.

Also.....86% increase based on what?  If the risk is 1 out of 100.....then the risk is now 1.86 out of 100.  Not so scary.

I agree. sometimes they draw correlations when there could be hundreds if not thousands of other things that could affect the results. I think I will wait and see what other studies find out about this issue and just follow the doctor's plan.

I never have been a big calcium supplementer particuarly now that I supplement with iron.   I skew toward calcium in my diet  and I do weight bearing exercise regularly.  My recent DEXA scan was excellent and my labs have all been fine.   Mineral sources of calcium -- even citrate -- are not fully absorbed whereas the calcium you get from natural (unfortified) sources is highly absorbed.  Eating 3oz of swiss cheese, for example,  gives you 60-75% of the RDA that your body can and will actually use.   If you eat some swiss, drink a glass of milk or eat a 1/2 cup of yogurt and have some broccoli, you're golden.

Part of the reason calcium supplementation is pushed for WLS patients, is there are studies that calcium will actually cause fat cells to be destroyed rather than emptied  when fat is burned. 

I'll take some fat cells being destroyed.