More Calcium Moms…

There is yet again, another reason to get more calcium and vitamin D, it may help to reduce your risk of breast cancer. A premenopausal women who received at least 1,000 milligrams of calcium and 400IU of vitamin D, every day for a year from food supplements had a 9 percent lower breast density than those who didn’t get that much. This is important because breast cancer often starts in dense tissue, like glands and ligaments. Therefore in theory a modest density reduction could dramatically cut cancer risk.

Information provided from: Health, More Calcium, Less Breast Cancer December 2005 issue pg. 94