Calcium supplementation is effective in reducing blood pressure in various states of hypertension, including pregnancy-induced hypertension and preeclampsia. In addition, calcitropic hormones are associated with blood pressure. The hypothesis is that short-term therapy with calcium and vitamin D(3) may improve blood pressure as well as secondary hyperparathyroidism more effectively than calcium...

β-Alanine (BA) supplementation improves human exercise performance. One possible explanation for this is an enhancement of muscle contractile properties, occurring via elevated intramuscular carnosine resulting in improved calcium sensitivity and handling. This study investigated the effect of BA supplementation on in vivo contractile properties and voluntary neuromuscular performance. Twenty-t...

1. We studied the effect of mineral supplementation and its duration in osteoporosis by analysing the calcium and phosphorus balances of 49 treated osteoporotic patients whose median length of calcium treatment was 19 weeks with a range of 8 days to over 4 years. Forty-four studies satisfied statistical criteria of reproducibility and included 35 women (10 also receiving oestrogen replacement t...

Purpose. Adequate calcium intake is the basis of osteoporosis therapy-when this proves insufficient, even specific antiosteoporotic agents cannot exert their actions properly. Methods. Our representative survey analyzed the dietary intake and supplementation of calcium in 8033 Hungarian female and male (mean age: 68 years) (68.01 (CI95: 67.81-68.21)) patients with osteoporosis. Results. Mean in...

This brief review focuses on calcium balance and homeostasis and their relationship to dietary calcium intake and calcium supplementation in healthy subjects and patients with chronic kidney disease and mineral bone disorders (CKD-MBD). Calcium balance refers to the state of the calcium body stores, primarily in bone, which are largely a function of dietary intake, intestinal absorption, renal ...

CLINICAL QUESTION Is there evidence that hip protectors and vitamin D with calcium supplementation reduce hip fractures in the elderly? RESULTS The results are that vitamin D and calcium supplementation reduce incidence of hip fractures. Hip protectors provide some benefit in reducing hip fractures in elderly patients in residential facilities. IMPLEMENTATION Primary care providers should a...

purpose low bone mass is a major health concern among young women nowadays due to sedentary lifestyle and lack of calcium rich food intake. therefore there is an increase in the incidence of lbm among young university women so our main purpose of study was to compare effects of exercise program and calcium supplements on bone mass in young women. methods this single blinded, cross sectional stu...

BACKGROUND A recent meta-analysis raised doubt as to whether calcium supplementation in children benefits spine and hip bone mineral density (BMD). OBJECTIVE We used state-of-the-art measures of bone (fan-beam dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and 4 bone turnover markers) to determine whether girls with low habitual calcium intake benefited from supplementation with a soluble form of calcium (...

Objective: To study the role of antioxidants, calcium and exercises in menopausal women. Method: In this pilot study fifty postmenopausal women were selected and they supplemented with antioxidents, calcium and adviced weight bearing exercises for three months. Thier menopausal symptoms,lipid profiles and BMD were assessed. Results: Antioxidants, calcium and exercises reduced stress, elevate mo...

Background. The aim of the study was to observe the effects of a modified diet, in which whole grains of cereals had been isocalorically substituted with wheat flour (type “500”) and saccharose, and supplementation with B-group vitamins, on selected calcium metabolism parameters in female rats. Material and methods. The experiment was carried out on 36 female rats aged 6 months. Animals were fe...