A major review of 69 trials finds calcium and vitamin D supplements do little to prevent fractures or falls.
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Vitamin D plays an important role in our health.
Bone density is strongly linked to your risk of a fracture.
One of the largest studies into diet and disease so far has shed new light on how easy, cheap lifestyle changes can help everyone to reduce their cancer risk.
Gelato is the Italian word for any type of ice cream. But in Australia, gelato refers to the frozen dessert of Italian origin. No wonder it’s confusing.
By 2030, more than 70 million Americans will have osteoporosis or low bone mass.
Although the US banned lead-based paint in 1978, homes built before then commonly contain lead paint.
You might be surprised how salty or fatty some plant-based foods are. Not so healthy now, are they?
New research suggests the gut bacteria of red and grey squirrels differ significantly, potentially explaining the decline of the native red and the success of its grey counterpart.
Our skeleton is replaced approximately every ten years to ensure our bones stay strong and healthy.
A recent evidence review found children who ate full-fat dairy were healthier and leaner.
There’s a common perception that supplements are harmless. But they can be dangerous at incorrect dosages.
Look out for products fortified with important vitamins and minerals.
People who don’t drink milk can choose other foods to get the calcium, protein, vitamins and minerals their bodies need.
The spread of tawny crazy ants may be driven, in part, by their need for calcium. The calcium-rich limestone bedrock of the lower U.S. Midwest may provide ideal conditions for populations to explode.
Anti-nutrients naturally occur in food and can block the amount of other nutrients available for your body to use. But their effects aren’t all bad, which is why they’re undergoing an image makeover.
There is no treatment for osteoporosis, which affects millions of people and costs billions of euros every year. What if the solution was in the bile? Explanations.
Are you getting enough vitamin B12, calcium, iodine and iron? Here’s what can happen if you don’t get enough – and how to ensure you do.
A widely publicised study that cast doubt on the safety of milk formula was misleading, based on dubiously reported studies and may have serious consequences.
If dietary calcium is in short supply, calcium is released from bone to maintain the critical level in the bloodstream needed for nerve and muscle function.
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Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
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Deputy Dean & Professor of Medicine, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Senior Lecturer in Nutrition, Anglia Ruskin University
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Professor of Public Health, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Nursing, Midwifery and Health Development/School of Public Health, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor, Diabetes and Endocrinology, The University of Queensland
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Honorary, Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Clinical Endocrinology, King's College London
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Professor of Advanced Technology Transitions, Arizona State University
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Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology, Adelaide University
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Senior Lecturer in Human Nutrition, University College Cork
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Assistant Professor of Public Health Nutrition, Oklahoma State University
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Honorary Associate Professor, University of Leicester
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Assistant Professor of Health Physics, Purdue University
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Research associate, EPFL – École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne
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Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal