Taking calcium supplements -- even at low doses -- linked to brain lesions in the first study of its kind.
[Isolated, synthetic “Vitamin” D = ‘Calcium on steroids’ = extremely stupid idea]

Most calcium supplements are just plain bad news. The idea of taking calcium in pill or tablet form to "keep the bones strong" just doesn't make that much sense given, first, that we are designed to get our calcium from food. Second, our bone is a living tissue, which requires vitamin C, amino acids, magnesium, silica, vitamins D and K, etc., not to mention regular physical activity, just as much as it does calcium. Taking calcium to the exclusion of these other critical factors doesn't make sense; nor does it make sense to look at osteoporosis as a deficiency of calcium supplements!....

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Taking calcium supplements -- even at low doses -- linked to brain lesions in the first study of its kind.