Posted on 02/23/2025 2:19:09 PM PST by ConservativeMind
Higher calcium intake is associated with reduced colorectal cancer (CRC) risk across tumor sites and calcium sources, according to a study.
Semi Zouiouich, Ph.D., M.P.H. and colleagues examined the association between calcium intake and CRC risk in a cohort study analyzing data from the National Institutes of Health-AARP Diet and Health Study involving participants aged 50 to 71 years at baseline (October 1995 to May 1996) with self-reported good health and neither extremely high nor low caloric or calcium intake.
The researchers identified 10,618 first primary CRC cases during 7,339,055 person-years of follow-up among 471,396 participants who were cancer-free at baseline. Mean total calcium intake for the lowest quintile (Q1) was 401 mg/d for women and 407 mg/d for men; mean total intake for the highest quintile (Q5) was 2,056 mg/d for women and 1,773 mg/d for men.
A lower risk for CRC was seen in association with higher total calcium intake (Q5 versus Q1: hazard ratio, 0.71; 95% confidence interval, 0.65 to 0.78; P <� 0.001 for trend); results were consistent across calcium sources and tumor sites. The mean calcium intake was 382 and 1,916 mg/d for Q1 and Q5, respectively, among non-Hispanic Black participants, with no association seen for total calcium intake with CRC risk (Q5 versus Q1: HR, 0.60; 95% confidence interval, 0.32 to 1.13; P = 0.12 for trend). No evidence of effect measure difference was seen by race and ethnicity.
"While calcium intake may vary by race and ethnicity, the potential for calcium to play a role in CRC prevention appeared to be consistent across racial and ethnic groups; still, research in racial and ethnic minority populations is needed," the authors write.
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Drinking milk is good, but you shouldn’t drink skim milk if you live in the United States, because it has retinol supplements.
Consuming more retinol than necessary causes bone problems. For more info:
Retinol Intake and Bone Mineral Density in the Elderly
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1359/jbmr.2002.17.8.1349
Calcium homeostasis is a massively larger factor than calcium intake. Keeping cellular calcium in place is a factor of aldosterone production, and aldosterone production is a function of adrenal gland robustness. We all lose adrenal function as we age. DHEA supplements help.
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“Drinking milk is good, but you shouldn’t drink skim milk...because it has retinol supplements.”
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I dilute 4% (full-fat) milk—1:4—with water, and am now accustomed to a weaker-tasting milk.
WRT retinol, is that wise?
“I dilute 4% (full-fat) milk—1:4—with water, and am now accustomed to a weaker-tasting milk.”
I dilute full-fat milk with half and half :).
That’s good.
Retinol is recommended for skincare products. It probably seeps into the skin.
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