Calcium Deficiency May Be Linked to Breast Cancer Metastasis to Bone
October 3, 2007 by Kristen King
Filed under Women's Health
According to a recent report, women who consume more calcium may be less likely to have their breast cancer spread to their bones. Yet another reason to make sure you’re eating a balanced diet and supplementing with a multi-vitamin! Think milk, cheese, yogurt, broccoli… There are lots of options to up your calcium intake.
A strong skeleton is less likely to be penetrated by metastasizing cancer cells, so a fortified glass of milk might be the way to block cancer’s spread, according to researchers at the ANZAC Research Institute in Concord, Australia.
Using a mouse model of breast cancer metastasis, the researchers …read more




