"When it comes to a healthy diet — especially for women, and especially after menopause — nutritionists, doctors, everybody it seems, will tell you: calcium, calcium, calcium."

"Federal health officials recommend that women and men younger than 50 consume 1,000 milligrams of calcium per day. The recommendation goes up to 1,200 milligrams after age 70 for men and after menopause for women, when a major drop in estrogen causes bone loss."

"So, in a culture that often considers "more" to be "better," one might ask, if 1,200 milligrams of calcium is good, is 2,000 mg of calcium better?"