Strongest association yet for the beneficial role that calcium can play for optimal digestive health.
Nature Communications magazine this week published a study which followed 542,000 women over an average of 16 years and examined the association between a number of dietary inputs (97 in total) and their effect on the risk of developing colon cancer. The study supports the inclusion of calcium from food sources or supplementation, finding that an intake of 300mg elemental calcium per day was associated with a 17% lower risk of a bowel cancer diagnosis (relative risk per 300 Ca mg/day 0.83 (confidence interval 0.77 to 0.89; P<0.001)).
Variety of dairy products
An article on the study in the Guardian Science section this week made much of the inclusion of dairy in the diet, but the study underlines that non-dairy sources are equally as important:
“This comprehensive study provides robust evidence that dairy products may help prevent colorectal cancer, largely due to the calcium they contain,” said Dr Keren Papier, the first author of the study and a senior nutritional epidemiologist at the University of Oxford.
Non Dairy Milk
“Calcium was found to have a similar effect in both dairy and non-dairy sources, suggesting that it was the main factor responsible for cutting risk,”
Of the non-dairy sources of calcium that are available, Aquamin provides the richest source of the mineral that can be derived from a purely plant source. Aside from the presence of calcium, the bioactivity of the material is aided by the presence of naturally occurring trace minerals.
There is a growing body of evidence in support of this calcium rich seaweed and the effect that it has on supporting overall digestive health. If you are a business looking to source the material in Australia or want more information, please reach out to us or go to the Marigot website: aquamin.com/science for more about the emerging research behind the innovative ingredient. (registration required).
