Preview
Newsweek calls it “the calcium craze.”1 Consumers are urged to prevent osteoporosis by buying a multitude of calcium-enriched foods, from cocoa to vanilla-flavored gum. Although many articles for consumers present calcium supplementation as a “cure” for osteoporosis, others question its effectiveness. Dr Trachtenbarg addresses the usefulness of calcium in the treatment of osteoporosis and its role compared with other treatments.