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. 1989 Feb;49(2):372-6.
doi: 10.1093/ajcn/49.2.372.

Meal effects on calcium absorption

R P Heaney  1 , K T Smith, R R Recker, S M Hinders
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Meal effects on calcium absorption

R P Heaney et al. Am J Clin Nutr. 1989 Feb.

Abstract

The effect of coingestion of a meal on calcium absorption efficiency was investigated using Ca carbonate, milk, and a new Ca delivery system, CCM. Six experiments with 168 rats and two experiments with 46 normal young women showed that coingestion of a light meal of varied composition enhanced absorption efficiency from all three sources by 10-30% above levels achieved when the test load was ingested without other foods. The differences taken as a whole were highly statistically significant.

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