Skip your calcium supplement every now and then and you could be missing out on big benefits. When researchers reviewed 17 studies, they found that people who consistently took calcium reduced their risk of bone fractures by 24 percent. But if supplement users missed doses more than 20 percent of the time, they cut the payoff by half. You get the most protection by taking at least 1,200 milligrams of calcium and 800 IU of vitamin D but only when you do it daily.
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