Vitamin D, Calcium, or Combined Supplementation for the Primary Prevention of Fractures in Community-Dwelling Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement. JAMA. 2018 Apr 17;319(15):1592-1599.Bolland MJ, Leung W, Tai V, et al. Calcium intake and risk of fracture: ...
The AAP Committee on Nutrition issued guidelines establishing the amount of recommended vitamin D as 400 IU/day for infants. The recommendation applies to infants receiving human milk and those who are consuming less than 1 quart of infant formula per day and is based in part on the risk of ...
When I take these two ideas together with the understanding that milk products, unless organic, generally contain steroids and growth hormone that further impacts or overall health, my recommendation is to use green, leafy vegetables as a better food source for calcium than milk products...