For your convenience, the following reference links are research studies and information gathered about the efficacy and safety of coral calcium and calcium supplements.

Coral Calcium and Prevention of Cancer Cells

The effects of coral calcium against colon cancer.

(Reference Source: 1Corresponding author: Dr. Takashi Sugisaki. Medical Preventive Group Laboratory, MPG Co., Ltd.. 2-41-18 Sumida, Sumida-ku. Tokyo. Japan 131)

The Federal Trade Commission on Cancer and Coral Calcium

Article published in the American Cancer Society News Center

(Reference Source: The American Cancer Society)

Calcium Supplementation Is Cost-Effective In Preventing Osteoporotic Hip Fractures

Based on 34 months of supplementation, daily consumption of 1,200 mg of supplemental calcium by U.S. women 75 years of age or older is found to be cost-effective.

Calcium reduces risk of colorectal polyps

According to Dr. E. Robert Greenberg, of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire: “…Calcium supplementation did not have any medical side effects. Since the toxicity of this simple and inexpensive agent appears to be minimal, and since it may have other benefits (e.g., reduction in the risk of osteoporosis), its risk-benefit balance may be favorable.''

(Reference Source: The New England Journal of Medicine 1999;340:101-107.)

Calcium may be the key to taming premenstrual pain

A new study says a natural alternative, calcium, may be the answer to PMS.

(Reference Source: Medical Correspondent Dr. Steve Salvatore of CNNInteractiveCNN.com)

Calcium, Vitamin D Combo Reduces Bone Loss, Fracture Rate for Older People

In a research study conducted by Bess Dawson-Hughes*, M.D., and colleagues of the Jean Meyer U.S. Department of Agriculture Human Nutrition Research Center, the findings maintained that “the supplements may be effective in maintaining the skeleton over the long term.”

(Reference Source: News Release by the National Institutes of Health)

The Mayo Clinic Reports About Calcium

The benefits and warnings for supplementing calcium in the diet.

(Reference Source: The Mayo Clinic Staff)

Kidneys and Calcium

The National Institutes of Health outlines the effects of calcium and kidney stones.

(Reference Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Activity, diet, and colon cancer

Calcium can potentially have a threshold effect on the risk of colon cancer.

(Reference Source: The Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention by Cynthia Stein)