From the April 2020 issue of Weill Cornell Medicine's Women's Nutrition Connection (WNC)
Eat Calcium-Rich Foods for Bone Health
Your daily dose of calcium can help prevent osteoporosis and many other conditions.
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About 70 percent of older American women take calcium supplements to maintain bone health. Updated expert recommendations, however, suggest there’s no benefit to large doses, and that your primary source of calcium should be food. In 2018, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) concluded that, for generally healthy older adults, there is insufficient evidence […]