New Guidelines: No Daily Vitamin D/Calcium Postmenopause A new US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendation statement has concluded that the evidence is insufficient to support the use of vitamin D and calcium supplementation to prevent fractures among men and premenopausal women. However, the task force did find sufficient evidence to recommend against daily vitamin…Read the Rest of Article
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A report today from the influential Institute of Medicine sets the first formal recommendations for daily intakes of calcium and vitamin D for bone health, and suggests that most people are getting what they need. The recommended amounts are higher than guidelines set 13 years ago that were simply estimates, but the vitamin D recommendations…Read the Rest of Article
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