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Nutrition Tips

See the news that calcium supplements are bad for your heart?

“Calcium supplements could increase risk of heart disease, new study finds,” said aWashington Post headline in October. “Calcium supplements could give you a heart attack,” wrote the New York Daily News.

Don’t panic. Relax. It’s not true

The Post and the Daily News and other media outlets evidently read the press release about this confusing new study and not the study itself. Nor did they put the new research into perspective.

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