http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2011/07/07/health-and-family/medical-update/vitamin-calcium-prevent-skin-cancer.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vitamin-calcium-prevent-skin-cancer Home of The Saturday Evening Post Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:02:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2011/07/07/health-and-family/medical-update/vitamin-calcium-prevent-skin-cancer.html/comment-page-1#comment-160741 Mona Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:29:56 +0000 http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/?p=35433#comment-160741 Calcium carbonate is not even a good calcium to take. It isn’t absorbed well. It used to keep from having heartburn and destroys acid in your stomach. Nutritionist’s say it like taking chalk. Calcium citrate is better absorbed.

]]> http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2011/07/07/health-and-family/medical-update/vitamin-calcium-prevent-skin-cancer.html/comment-page-1#comment-137745 Wendy Braun Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:53:31 +0000 http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/?p=35433#comment-137745 Elise ~ Let me try to clear it up! In this study, researchers divided women into 2 groups: Group #1 was women who had basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer in the past (which puts them at high risk for the deadly melanoma kind) and Group #2 was women who had never been diagnosed with skin cancer. Half of the women in each group took calcium and vitamin D pills, and the other half took inactive pills. The bottom line? Taking calcium and vitamin D pills helped prevent melanoma in Group #1 — but not in Group #2.

]]> http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2011/07/07/health-and-family/medical-update/vitamin-calcium-prevent-skin-cancer.html/comment-page-1#comment-136551 Elise Beron Sun, 24 Jul 2011 02:17:31 +0000 http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/?p=35433#comment-136551 I don’t understand. The article seems to contradict itself.

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