உட்சுரப்பியல் & நீரிழிவு ஆராய்ச்சி

Calcium Supplements and Heart Disease

Rajib K Bhattacharya

Calcium Supplements and Heart Disease

Calcium supplements are widely used in the United States and other developed nations traditionally to avoid osteopenia and its complications, but now often given along with vitamin D supplementation, for maintenance of optimum health for other physiologic processes. Concern has been expressed that calcium supplementation may increase the risk of atherosclerotic vascular disease. The data is conflicting.