Calcium may lower a woman’s risk of developing colorectal cancer, a new study says.
According to the findings in the U.K. study, which was published in Nature, woman need to take in 300 mg of the mineral a day to lower their cancer risk by 17%. And that happens to be the approximate amount in a glass of milk.
“Dairy products (including evidence for total dairy, milk and cheese, as well as dietary calcium) and calcium supplements probably decrease the risk of colorectal cancer,” wrote the Oxford University and Cancer Research UK in the study.
“It highlights the potential protective role of dairy, largely due to calcium, in the development of bowel cancer,” said lead researcher Dr. Keren Papier, according to the BBC.
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