Arizona: A new study has found that postmenopausal women who take vitamin D and calcium supplements have an increased risk of dying from heart disease.
According to research published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, vitamin D and calcium supplements reduce the risk of dying from cancer by 7%, but also increase the risk of fatal heart disease by 6% in women.
Lead researcher and professor of health sciences at the University of Arizona, Cynthia Thompson, said that calcium supplements can cause excess calcium in the arteries, which increases the risk of death from heart disease.
Although the study also found a small benefit of the combo supplements in terms of cancer risk in women, it also identified a higher risk of heart disease.
The researchers also noted that in addition to these findings, taking daily calcium and vitamin D supplements also increased the risk of kidney stones in older women.
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