We're starved for calcium. It's best to get calcium when you are young, creating strong bones. But it's never too late. Vitamin D enhances calcium absorption. Premenstrual syndrome may be partly a calcium deficiency.
Helps prevent colon cancer.
Research in animals and humans suggests that calcium blocks processes involved in colon cancer and that high-calcium diets help curb colon cancer. But Harvard researchers warn that calcium supplements and dairy products may promote prostate cancer. In one study, taking more than 2,000mg calcium a day boosted risk of metastatic prostate cancer fourfold. A low-calcium diet may pile on body fat, according to fascinating new evidence. University of Tennessee researchers first discovered this in mice.