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• Calcium may have a number of health benefits beyond strengthening the skeleton.
• Emerging evidence indicates that it may lower the risk of colon cancer, reduce cholesterol levels and blood pressure, aid weight loss, and ease premenstrual symptoms.
• Calcium pills are the fourth top-selling supplement-and the product choices are daunting.
• To help shoppers choose, Consumer Reports (CR) tested 30 top-selling calcium supplements and also had them tested by independent labs.
• All products tested contained the labeled amount of calcium and reasonably close to the labeled amount of vitamin D. The best values for calcium plus vitamin D are Kirkland Signature 500 mg Calcium Plus Vitamin D, available at Costco, and Walgreens Finest Natural Calcium 500+D.
• For calcium alone, the best values are Nature Made Calcium 500 mg, and CVS Natural Oyster Shell Calcium 500 mg USP.
• Commonly recommended doses of four products contained amounts of lead that exceeded a California standard designed to reduce lead in calcium supplements.
• Three products did not dissolve in simulated stomach acid as fast as the U.S. Pharmacopeia says they should, raising concerns about their ability to be absorbed.
• CR helps consumers decide whether they should take or avoid calcium supplements, and lists 10 calcium-rich foods-from a ½ cup of Tofu with 435 mg to a medium orange with 60 mg.

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