Posted on September - 23 - 2011
Woman, 74, worries about excess calcium
Researchers in New Zealand freaked everyone out by publishing a paper that said calcium supplements foster heart attacks and strokes. In a follow-up paper, the same people reported that too much calcium brought a higher incidence of heart attacks, but not strokes or overall deaths. All of this is hard to digest literally. The information apparently was obtained from people taking calcium supplements without vitamin D.
Currently, the recommendation for daily calcium intake in the U.S. is 1,200 mg.
You don’t encounter any harm by getting your calcium from foods. Eight ounces of low-fat yogurt has 415 mg of calcium. An 8-ounce glass of milk, whole or low-fat, has 305 mg. One and a half ounces of cheddar cheese has 306; the same amount of provolone, 321.
Two ounces of almonds has 150, and half a cup of spinach, 146. If you only get half your calcium from foods, you can safely get the other half from supplements.
The current recommendation for calcium intake varies in other countries. In the United Kingdom, it’s 750 mg. In Scandinavia, it’s 800 mg.
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