Researchers at the University of Auckland examined the effects of calcium supplementation on heart attacks stroke and sudden death. 1,471 healthy post-menopausal women aged 55 years or over took part in the study. And just what did they find?

Dietary calcium intake was assessed and women were seen every six months over five years. Adverse events were recorded at each visit. Heart attacks were more commonly reported in the calcium group. The occurrence of any three vascular events (heart attack, stroke or sudden death) was also more common in this group.

The results are somewhat disturbing, don’t you think? I am sure that further research will take place on this subject. If these findings were to be accurate and correct then the increased risk of a heart attack would certainly out way the benefits of bone health!

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Calcium Increases Ones Chance Of A Heart Attack???

The study, published in the journal Hypertension, revealed women who slept five hours or less were twice as likely to suffer from hypertension as women who slept seven hours or more a night. There was no difference between those men sleeping less than five hours and those sleeping seven hours or more.

Well great! You want know how much more sleep my husband gets than me almost every night? Probably over 2 hours. I think on the average that women sleep a heck of a lot less than men due to the demands of children and most “part time” work being swing shift or night shift for childcare purposes.

The definition of hypertension used in the study was a BP of over 140/90 or if the subject took regular blood pressure medication. The study was actually fairly large with over 6500 applicants. I will be curious to see what the exact cause of the sex-related change is. Hormones, anxiety, obesity? I will definitely keep my eyes out for further research on this one.

via Science Daily

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