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The expanding role of dietary calcium

2000

This article reviews the recent research finding on: the role of calcium in preventing chronic disease, supplement use, and strategies for dietetic practitioners to encourage increased dietary calcium intake. The article visits the debate regarding the effects of calcium on blood pressure, colon cancer, and kidney stone prevention, as well as the differing scientific opinion over whether a Dietary Guideline for calcium should exist.

AGROVOC Keywords

blood pressure calcium colon dairy products dietary guidelines disease prevention epidemiology food consumption humans hypertension literature reviews neoplasms nutrient intake nutrient requirements

Bibliographic information

Published in

Seminars in nutrition

Volume 20 Issue 5 Pagination 1 - 16 ISSN 0898-5995

Publisher

Springer-Verlag

Other Subjects

Osteoporosis; Dietary mineral supplements; Adverse effects; Urine analysis; Health promotion; Mineral nutrition; Renal calculi

Language

English

Type

Text; Journal Article

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