Calcium and vitamin D improve cholesterol in menopausal women

Calcium and vitamin D supplements after menopause can improve women’s cholesterol levels, according to a new study by the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) in the US. The study, published online in Menopause, the journal of The North American Menopause Society (NAMS), looked at how a calcium and vitamin D supplement changed cholesterol levels and how it affected blood levels of vitamin D in postmenopausal women. The women in the WHI CaD trial took either a supplement containing 1,000 mg of calcium and 400 IU of vitamin D3 or a placebo each day. The analysis looked at the relationship between taking