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Article: Calcium, low-fat diet, and estrogen: prevention advice doesn't hold up.
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- HealthFacts
- Article date:
- March 1, 2006
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T his is not the first time we're seen medical dogma upended. Remember breast self-examination? It was proven to have no life-saving benefit and a high risk of unnecessary breast biopsies. Now it is calcium supplements and a low-fat diet that will not save your life.
February 2006 was a banner month for disproving medical dogma. First, the public learned that the low-fat diet does not prevent heart disease. The next week, another study found that calcium does not protect against fractures or colon cancer. And in between, yet another study provided the surprising news that estrogen might lower the risk of heart disease in some women. (This last one actually ...