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Tim Spector Claims Calcium Supplements Increase Heart Disease Risk Without Preventing Fractures
ZOE Science & Nutrition
Most replayed moment: What The Science Says About Supplements | Prof Tim Spector & Prof Sarah Berry
What was said
"It doesn't help fractures, which is what it was supposed to be. It's what I used to prescribe it all the time, giving calcium to menopausal women, for example. It doesn't prevent fractures, and there is increasing evidence that it's associated with heart disease."
Professor Tim Spector revealed that calcium supplements, which he formerly prescribed to menopausal women for bone health, do not actually prevent fractures and are associated with increased heart disease risk, possibly by hardening arteries. This contradicts decades of medical advice promoting calcium supplementation for bone strength.
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- Programme
- ZOE Science & Nutrition
- Episode
- Most replayed moment: What The Science Says About Supplements | Prof Tim Spector & Prof Sarah Berry
- Clip time
- 11:40
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