SEE CHARTS
The charts below show some very interesting associations. It looks like calcium intake has a greater chance of influencing mortality than cholesterol levels.
Also check out the potassium to sodium content of most natural whole foods without added salt. chart ref article And the calcium to magnesium ratio is interesting as well. Mostly they are about equal unless milk is added to food. Is nature revealing some long forgotten truths.
STUDY THE NEXT CHART. LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF CHOLESTEROL AND THE AMOUNT OF CALCIUM. THEN COMPARE THE MORTALITY RATES. Do they add up showing a relationship with cholesterol or calcium?
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Relationship of dietary cholesterol and calcium to coronary heart disease, by country |
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Japan |
China |
Britain |
USA |
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Dietary cholesterol intake milligrams/day (mean) Males Females |
446 359 |
218 146 |
299 220 |
348 244 |
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Dietary calcium intake milligrams/day (mean) Males Females |
605 607 |
356 256 |
1013 843 |
882 699 |
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Mortality rates, age-adjusted stroke/coronary heart disease per 100,000 Males Females |
57 20 |
54 36 |
267 139 |
202 84 |
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Source: Zhou BF, et al, Nutrient intakes of middle-aged men and women in China, Japan, United Kingdom, and United States in the late 1990s: the INTERMAP study. Journal Human Hypertension 17: 623–30, 2003. |
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CVD disease & CALCIUM TO MAGNESOUM RATIOS
This chart reveals some pretty big associations. As calcium increases more than magnesium, the Cardiovascular disease association also increases. As the ratio gets closer to 1 to 1, the death rate from Cardio Heart Disease is reduced. Greece with the Mediterranian diet is the only Country to overcome the effects of a higher ratio change.
While these charts may only reveal an association, they raise significant issues that need explanations. Why does increasing calcium and or dairy increase hip fracture risk?