You may have heard or have seen before in television advertising: milk and dairy products can help you to lose weight. Dairy products can really help tip the scales in your favor? It seems so. I took a look at the research out there and I found a whole series of studies in both humans and animals, linking increased consumption of low-fat dairy products for weight loss.
With increased consumption of dairy products, the bonus will also increase calcium, which can also help you lose weight. How does calcium do? The general consensus among the studies that I have examined suggests that high levels of calcium, low in fat, especially from sources that prevents fat storage and increase your metabolism (the rate at which our body burns calories).
Calcium was also associated with these additional benefits:
Elevated levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL)-the kind of good
Improvement of skeletal calcium, both during growth and in women in late menopause
Reduce the recurrence of kidney stones
Improvement of the symptoms of premenstrual syndrome (PMS)
It was estimated that the adult mg taken in the people of the Stone Age 2000 today to 3000 mg of calcium per day, 3 to 5 times the mean calcium intake of American adults. How much calcium do we need today?
One study showed weight loss, significantly more people who consumed 1200 mg calcium per day, with a low calorie food, that those who consumed less calcium. This study suggests that the minimum intake of dairy products with low or no fat per day should be 1000 mg.
Had, of course, some people, like my patients who have obesity surgery, may require up to 2500 mg of calcium per day. So it’s always a good idea to check with your doctor or nutritionist, especially calcium, can affect the action of certain drugs.
