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Article: Tufts University Researchers Report High Protein Intake Coupled With Calcium Supplementation Helps Maintain Healthy Bone Density.
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- March 21, 2002
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BOSTON -- A new study by Tufts University researchers reports elderly Americans who are on high protein diets and have adequate calcium intake can reverse bone loss usually associated with high protein diets.
In a randomized, placebo-controlled study, published in the April issue of The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, researchers from the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University (HNRCA) gave 342 healthy men and women over age 65 either daily calcium (500 milligrams) and vitamin D supplements, or a dummy pill for three years. During the study, the researchers reviewed the volunteers' diets (specifically their calcium ...