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Women's Health Care: calcium, etcFrom: Zach Newton (zbnewton@mindspring.com)Sun Apr 23 19:40:32 2000
Yo! Folks, New patients 30 yo and above who currently supplement with calcium are alarmingly few. Many folks use some kind of supplement. Many supplements list calcium in the mix. The quantitative inclusion for most products does not come near the supplementary requirement of 800-1000 mg to meet physiologic requirement for protection of bone mass. I am alarmed that the message re: calcium supplementation is not as central as BP, smoking cessation or reduction of dietary fat. Additionally, many patients who do take calcium declare their product choice includes magnesium. Mg++ has some how become in the minds of many as "essential" as calcium in product choice. It just ain't so and it is biochemically counter-productive. Physicians are being beseiged with enterprise opportunities to endorse products marketed under the guise of complementary and alternative medicine. This is a rip-off. What happened to the produce counter at the grocery store and a daily dose of a calcium supplement along with tooth brushing? When did you hear an ambulance screaming down your street for a victim of nutritional deficiency of a product promoted in all media? The ghost of Dr. Faust lives.
-- Zach Newton Z. B. Newton, III, M.D. Atlanta, GA
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