date:Apr 07, 2013
ry sources of calcium, people who consumed the most calcium were least likely to develop painful, symptomatic kidney stones - overall, their risk was 77 percent of that seen among people who ate the least calcium, Taylor's team reports in the Journal of Urology.
Looking just at dairy foods, the researchers found that people who consumed the least calcium, about 150 milligrams per day or the equivalent of half a glass of skim milk, had a 30 percent higher chance of developing a kidney stone than