19/05/2013
Calcium is one nutrient that may be more important for women than men as they are generally at greater risk of osteoporosis, especially in later years at life when they are going through menopause. Dietary calcium had been shown to reduce risk of development of this disease in women, but there is much less evidence of this in men. But you need to make sure you are getting enough calcium before you develop problems.
Large quantities of calcium may even be harmful for men as there has been suggestion that a high calcium intake is associated with increased risk of prostate cancer, which may mean that men should moderate their dietary calcium more than women although this needs further investigation.
