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Any one NEED just ONE more reason to say no to
supplemental calcium??? How bout this statistic???...In the book Dare to be 100 it is revealed that surveys of substantial groups of people who live to be over 100 years old tend to intake LESS than the currently recommended RDA for guess what?? Calcium...fasinating..smile...and this is EVEN harder to believe, there were no vegetarians in this particular group of 100-somethings polled and none of the folks over 100 followed a low-fat diet--also of note, most were breakfast eaters...and get this...they tended to eat bacon, sausage and eggs ...hee hee hee...yes, it seems we could all learn a GREAT deal from longevity studies.... It is one thing to CLAIM something is beneficial...it is another entirely to see if it plays out in real humans....
Thanks for posting this one...one of my other dear friends had filled my e-mails with various versions of this study...she was elated to be sure as she had been a die-hard calcium ADDICT, there is no other way to describe her... until meeting me and discussing my various uh...theories..., though we argued for months over the issue, she eventually stopped the extra calcium years ago and since that time has not suffered heart palpitations, osteoporosis, colon cancer or any other cancer. She is now 65 and very healthy and well on her way to 100...her dad lived to 99, so she at least has a sound genetic blueprint too!
Take care,
Gina
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