Calcium and vitamin D supplementation can help enhance weight loss

New research results show that supplementing calcium and vitamin D while reducing calorie intake will help enhance weight loss.

Angelo Tremblay of the University of Laval in Canada and others studied 63 obese women who originally consumed less than 800 mg of calcium a day. The researchers divided them into two groups. One group took two 600-milligram calcium tablets and 200 international units of vitamin D a day, and the other group took a placebo. During the 15-week study period, subjects in both groups consumed 700 fewer calories per day than usual.

The results of the study showed that women who received calcium supplements had relatively better weight loss than women who took placebo.

Researchers analyzed that the reason why calcium supplementation can enhance weight loss may be for many reasons. For example, calcium can reduce the absorption of fat in the intestine, help the body burn fat, and help people control appetite.

Researchers pointed out that calcium deficiency is a common phenomenon among obese women, and it is recommended that women supplement calcium while losing weight, as well as