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A study published in the February issue of the prestigious British Medical Journal (Bolland MJ et al, BMJ 2008 Feb 2;336(7638):262-6. Epub 2008 Jan 15) brought up once again the problem of calcium use during menopause. Eurosalus has often been critical of the widespread tendency to fill menopausal women up with milk, dairy products and calcium. As several articles clearly demonstrate (see the right hand link), there is no evidence that this practice is useful.
The work cited by the BMJ unequivocally rules that the use of calcium by women in menopause leads to a higher incidence of cardiac ischemia and cardiovascular pathologies.
We'll resume this discussion soon, as it deserves a more balanced explanation with regard to the use of Magnesium, soy supplements, perhaps even Calcium supplements (but at decidedly different dosages than those usually proposed) and maybe some wonderful vitamin D, a substance that, in addition to having a regulatory action on osteoporosis, exerts anti-tumor and anti-arthritic actions as well.
As we have always asserted, a slight Calcium deficiency during menopause must not turn into a commercial venture, but must remain a physiological aspect of the body, that is more often than not better to be respected rather than opposed. Therefore we confirm that walking is a better way of regulating osteoporosis.
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