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Explainer: how do our bones get calcium and why do they need it?

  • Written by Emma Duncan, Professor of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland
imageDietary calcium is necessary to ensure our bones hold on to all the calcium they need to stay strong. Incase/Flickr, CC BY-SA

Celebrity chef Pete Evans was reported recently as saying “calcium from dairy can remove the calcium from your bones”, and can worsen osteoporosis. The Australian Medical Association has expressed concerns that...

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