Calcium from food better than from supplements (Reuters)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051122/hl_nm/calcium_food_dc"><img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/rids/20051122/i/r1968519239.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=n5_9.dWT9dDQ3moc1IIHTA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A feta cheese merchant slices a piece of feta in a central Athens cheese store October 25, 2005. Young girls who get extra calcium from food tend to gain more bone mass than those who get it from tablet supplements, a research team in Finland reports. REUTERS/Yiorgos Karahalis" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Young girls who get extra
calcium from food tend to gain more bone mass than those who
get it from tablet supplements, but children who already
receive adequate amounts of calcium in their diets do not
benefit from any form of extra calcium, a research team in
Finland reports.</p><br clear=all>