Approximately 150,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with colorectal cancer each year— and half of them are women. According to a recent study conducted at the University of Minnesota Cancer Center,calcium supplementation can significantly reduce the risk of colon cancer, and the combination of dietary and supplemental calcium resulted in the greatest effect.

While women consuming more than 800 milligrams of dietary calcium each day reduced their risk of colon cancer by 26%, women who consumed more than 800 milligrams of calcium through a combination of diet and supplements reduced their risk of colon cancer by 46%!

“It is especially notable that the risk reduction was present regardless of the source of the calcium, and that simultaneously consuming high levels of calcium from both diet and supplements further reduced risk,” said Dr. Andrew Flood of the University of Minnesota Cancer Center and School of Public Health … READ MORE

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