Calcium Supplements Increase Heart Disease by 30 Percent

Green Med Info reported, "Calcium supplements... increase the risk of cardiovascular events, epecially myocardial infarction...A reassessment of the role of calcium supplements in osteoporosis management is warranted."

The medical industries for years has promoted taking calcium supplements to promote strong bones. The latest studies show that taking calcium supplements do not increase bone strength, but calcium from natural foods do. Bones are made up of over a dozen minerals and these minerals need to be in the foods that we consume preferably unprocessed foods. Eating a diet rich in fresh, raw whole foods that maximize natural minerals so that your body has the raw materials it needs is the best way to go.

Vitamin D3 and vitamin K2 work together to take the calcium in our foods and deposit it in the bones. Vitamin D3 is obtained from the sunlight that hits the skin or from supplements. Vitamin K2 comes from cheese, natto or green leafy vegetables or from supplements. The very best thing we can do to have healthy hearts and arteries is to see that we have the proper levels of vitamin D3 and vitamin K2.

90 percent of the buildup in our arteries is calcium and 10 percent is cholesterol. Calcium supplents deposit calcium in the arteries and harden the arteries and impair their ability to expand. This is particularly important for postmenopausal women, because hormone balance is necessary for proper calcium signaling which is directing your body to deposit calcium into your bones. When hormones fall out of balance, this signaling causes calcium to slowly exit the bones and become deposited in the arteries instead. This is the reason why heart disease for women rapidly increases to the level of men after menopause. One of the best ways to get strong bones is to get plenty of exercise.

A 2004 study showed that people with excess calcium in their coronary artery and who take statins have A 17-FOLD HIGHER RISK OF HEART ATTACKS than do those with lower arterial calcium levels; RESEARCHERS CONCLUDED THAT THE TWO MOST DEFINITIVE INDICATORS OF HEART ATTACK WERE LDL LEVELS AND CALCIUM BUILD-UP.

A 2001 study from the American Journal Clinical Nutrition found men who consumed more than 600mg calcium a day from dairy products showed a 32 percent higher risk of prostate cancer than men consuming less than 150mg per day and each additional increase of 500mg calcium from dairy was associated with another 16 percent increase in prostate cancer risk.

A 2009 study by the American Journal Epidemiology found that men consumng the most calcium from FOOD were 25 percent less likely to die over the next decade.