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Home › Relationships

Relationships | 02/27/2009 9:30 am

Good News, Ladies! More Calcium Helps You Battle Cancer

By The staff at wowOwow.com
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Here’s another reason why you should make sure you get your daily dose of calcium: It may lower your risk of getting cancer.

This new study from the National Institutes of Health and AARP, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, says that both women and men can lessen their chances of suffering from colorectal cancer and other digestive system cancers by giving themselves regular calcium boosts by increasing dairy intake, increasing intake of other high-calcium foods or with supplements.

Just another reason to grab that yogurt, rather than the potato chips!

Read more about: Calcium, Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Digestive Cancer, Health, News, Supplements, U.S., women

11 Reader Comments (so far…) Sign In or Register to comment

Ms. Dee
Oh, good!  I just love it when my instincts are confirmed by solid scientific data! 
By Ms. Dee on 02/27/2009 10:23 am
Grande Camper
I’ve got to try liking milk.  I do like all of the other dairy stuff just not milk.  I’ll try… .I’ll try . .
By Grande Camper on 02/27/2009 10:27 am
Green Tears
Debra - make sure it’s ice cold and go for the skim. Have a cookie with it to make it a treat!
By Green Tears on 02/27/2009 10:33 am
Grande Camper
Thanks.  I’ll take it cold but I don’t need the sugar - skip the cookie.
By Grande Camper on 02/27/2009 10:52 am
Dee T

Debra,

There’s sugar free chocolate syrup to add- yum!

By Dee T on 02/28/2009 8:23 am
Belinda Joy
This is so frustrating to read, because other studies are speaking to the fact drinking milk CAUSES cancer. Specifically breast cancer and how IGF-I found in cows milk accelerates the production of cancer cells in the human body. Who to believe….who to believe? It’s so frustrating, sometimes I feel like not eating and drinking anything, simply surviving on air, but even that has carcinogenics! :-)
By Belinda Joy on 02/27/2009 3:56 pm
rocky rocky
Belinda, except for the growth hormones (IGF-I) that are given to cows (among other things), I cannot find any credible source, like a university study for instance, that says milk causes cancer. If you want to avoid the added growth hormones, certified organic milk might be the answer — yes? no? 
By rocky rocky on 02/28/2009 6:16 pm
A Amedee
Rocky Rocky, What is organic! The soild is already poisoned with all kinds of chemicals! The air we breath is poisoned as well as the water. Don’t be fooled by the term organic.
By A Amedee on 02/28/2009 8:41 pm
A Amedee
 As long as they keep injecting the livestock with antibiotics and hormones we are not safe. Our foods in this day and age are all poisoned. The milk companies will pay for researche to reveal anything to sell their product. There is no doubt that milk is a good source of calcium; however, there are a lot of the same things that are being said about other products; that it will help your body. I truly share your frustrations!!!!!!!!!
By A Amedee on 02/28/2009 8:35 pm
sibelle daubigne
No this not good news!Just more fraud, from the milk and Pharmaceutical industries! As a matter of fact, a majority of women cancer is created by consuming too much dairies products!If you want milk, a safer alternative is soy milk, goat milk…etc.. Cow milk creates mucus and too much calcium can eventually work against the body!
By sibelle daubigne on 03/01/2009 1:37 pm
Lizzie R.
Take Calcium Citrate with Vitamin D.
By Lizzie R. on 03/01/2009 3:50 pm