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• New research makes calcium sound like a wonder drug.
• Along with strengthening your bones, it may also lower the risk of colon cancer, reduce blood pressure, improve cholesterol, and help you lose weight.
• But most of us get too little calcium in our diet.
• In our Consumer Watch Report we test supplements, to find which can help.
• You see all kinds of calcium supplements in stores.
• Consumer Reports recently tested thirty different kinds of calcium supplements.
• Dr. Marvin Lipman, Consumer Reports' Medical Advisor, reviewed the results.
• Dr. Marvin M. Lipman-Consumer Reports: "All of the brands that we tested contained the amounts of calcium promised on the label.
• But some also contained lead at levels that we think make them a poor choice."
• Another problem turned up in a second test.
• This device simulates how calcium dissolves in your stomach.
• Dr. Marvin M. Lipman-Consumer Reports: "In order to get a daily dose of 1000 milligrams of calcium, you have to take six to eight tablets and that can cost well over a dollar."
• In contrast, you need only two of these pills at a cost of just four cents a day.
• They're Kirkland Signature Calcium 500 milligrams from Costco.
• How much calcium you need depends on your age and how often you eat calcium-rich foods such as milk, yogurt and tofu.
• One other note, our testers found that Walgreens also carries a good supplement.
• It's the Walgreens Finest Natural Calcium 500 plus D. A one thousand milligram dose will cost you eight cents.

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