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Calcium supplements might be harmful

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JACKSON, MS (Mississippi News Now) -

A new study finds adults who take calcium supplements are 86-percent more likely to have a heart attack than those who took no supplements.

Researchers also found no evidence that consuming high amounts of dietary calcium provided protection from heart attacks -- and it had no effect on stroke risk.

Experts say calcium is an important part of our daily diet ... But too much is not necessarily a good thing.

-Study led by researchers at the University of Zurich and published in 'Heart'

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