DesertBloom

Hi Osteo: Sorry for jumping in here, but in that study they were referring to excess dairy products consumed by the participants, and of course they never say "how" much that was. I'm now starting to worry about all those fortified products, fruit juices etc that have come out, I'll just have to watch the calcium content on those products. From what I've read on excess minerals and vitamins, they were always referring to supplements that were taken in excess not minerals/vitamins from foods. You'd have to be drinking or eating a lot of dairy to reach that point. Have you read the article yet? It's interesting. It's mentions the role that Vit D had on the metabolism of calcium in certain age groups.

This is just a thought on another subject, but when you have elevated calcium, one of the symptoms you have to watch for is "brain fog", which I always thought was a strange way of saying mental confusion. In the Duke study they were referring to brain lesions and dementia from calcium, but it isn't that far from mental confusion caused by too much calcium (hypercalcemia), even though it's a different mechanism (lesions).

Thanks Pika for posting this, I read about it and never thought to post it

!!!!!For those of you that have to watch your calcium intake, watch out for all the new products that are now including calcium. The manufacturers are going hog wild on adding calcium in almost everything, and here's just a "few" I've found: Fiber supplements now boast calcium content *powder, capsule, chewables*, phytoestrogens (estroven) which is the OTC of plant estrogens for menopausal symptoms which is only suppose to have various herbs in it, also B complex has it now, never did before, and I haven't checked the fat soluable vitamins yet (A, E, etc) wouldn't be surprised if it's in those as well. Just read everything carefully, you'll be surprised how many companies are now adding calcium because of the calcium furor, and let's not forget the cereals, breads, soup, what's next .