Possible connection between milk and coronary heart disease: the calcium hypothesis.

Abstract:

:Excessive milk consumption may adversely affect the circulation on account of the high calcium content of milk and because lactose promotes the intestinal absorption of calcium. Excessive calcium intake may cause calcification and rigidification of the large elastic arteries, which could be an important factor in causing myocardial ischaemia. The calcium hypothesis can throw light on some puzzling peculiarities of arterial disease, for instance the changing ratio of male and female mortality rates in various age groups, the apparently beneficial effect of a warm environment and the entirely different worldwide distribution of coronary heart disease and strokes.

journal_name

Med Hypotheses

journal_title

Medical hypotheses

authors

Seely S

doi

10.1054/mehy.1999.0992

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subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2000-05-01 00:00:00

pages

701-3

issue

5

eissn

0306-9877

issn

1532-2777

pii

S0306-9877(99)90992-1

journal_volume

54

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