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Benefits of Calcium
I found this today while surfing and I thought I'd share it with you.
Clinical study reveals increase of calcium decreases fat - researchers at Purdue University confirm with controlled study of women, ages 18 to 31, that higher calcium diets suppress a hormone that affects how fat is synthesized and stored in cells. Those who consumed daily average of 1,000 mg of calcium (equivalent of about 3 glasses of milk) and ate up to 1,900 calories a day, lost body fat and up to seven pounds over 2 years. Further research from Nutrition Institute at University of Tennessee, by Dr. Zemel, also discovered that when there isn't much calcium in the diet, fat cells receive a signal to conserve it. "On a high calcium diet, you suppress these hormones, reduce fat accumulation and increase fat breakdown. Calcium actually inhibits the formation of the enzyme necessary to produce fat, so a diet high in low fat dairy causes fat cells to make less fat and turn on the machinery to break down fat," Dr. Zemel says.
Going to go take my calcium supplement now 
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