MAY 04, 2017
The Journal of Clinical Hypertension
Tankeu AT, et al. – A recently found evidence suggesting the adverse impact of calcium supplementation on cardiovascular health was the trigger for the execution of this study. Researchers wished to shed light on this emerging topic and therefore, they studied the available evidence. After analyzing the data they called on the need for an evidence–based approach to calcium supplementation while stressing on the safety of dietary calcium intake over the former on cardiovascular health.
Recent Findings
- Calcium supplementation is a progressively increasing trend these days, especially due to its established role in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis and, to a lesser extent, its role in the prevention of fractures.
- Researchers have found current evidence on the adverse effect of calcium supplementation on nonskeletal, especially cardiovascular health.
- As a matter of fact, a link between calcium supplementation and adverse cardiovascular events has been highlighted in a significant number of studies, however, high dietary calcium intake was shown to have a protective effect.
- Mechanism underlying this adverse cardiovascular impact was still unclear until a recent study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.