Adding more calcium to your diet could reduce colorectal cancer risk, the third leading cause of death in the United States, according to new research from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
The benefit of adding more calcium to the diet held true regardless of the calcium source or the tumor’s location within the colon or rectum.
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Researchers surveyed 3.5 million members of the American Association of Retired People between the ages of 50 and 71, residing in six U.S. states and two metropolitan areas, between October 1995 and May 1996. “To our knowledge, this was the largest cohort study” examining the relationship between calcium intake and colorectal cancer risk, the researchers wrote.
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George Citroner reports on health and medicine, covering topics that include cancer, infectious diseases, and neurodegenerative conditions. He was awarded the Media Orthopaedic Reporting Excellence (MORE) award in 2020 for a story on osteoporosis risk in men.
