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Article: Low-fat diet good for calcium absorption
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- August 22, 2000
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Wan Ee Lin
New Straits Times
08-22-2000
Low-fat diet good for calcium absorption
Byline: Wan Ee Lin
Edition: Life and Times; 2*
Section: Health
ABSORPTION of calcium in women appears to be influenced by the amount of fat consumed. This finding provides a significant breakthrough in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis, according a report in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Research by Columbia University, New York has conclusively linked calcium absorption to the amount of fat taken in the diet. Dr Randi Wolf, who headed this research, commented that in a study of two individuals taking the same amount of calcium, one woman might be absorbing twice the amount of calcium as ...