Plant Calcium Supplements If you've never heard of a plant based calcium supplement, that is likely to change in the very near future. Sometimes called green calcium, plant calcium is poised to experience a major boost in popularity based on some recently reported health news. For years, millions of Americans have been taking a daily calcium supplement to help build bone density and improve overall health...
A recent study published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) showed that healthy menopausal women, average age 74, who took calcium supplements (calcium citrate) daily were more likely to have heart attack than menopausal women who didn't take calcium. The study findings suggest, the authors said, that taking calcium supplements maybe damaging to the heart because it may raise blood calcium levels that may lead to calcium deposits in the arteries and may block blood flow...
