Calcium may help prevent colon cancer

Taking 1,200 mg Calcium supplements reduced the risk of polyps by 41% and colon cancer by 35% in a study presented at the May 2005 meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research.

Taking calcium supplements protects against the development of colon polyps, which can become cancerous, and this benefit appears to persist for up to 5 years after people stop taking the supplements. Read the full Calcium Reduces Long Term Colon Polyp Cancer Risk abstract.