RDA for Calcium: is there a difference?

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> > Lots of people these days are swallowing calcium tablets. Especially

> > with the US RDA for calcium much higher than the european RDA. Is

> > this doing more harm than good?

> >

> > Rodney.

Could you please clarify on this: I did not realize that there is a

marked difference in understanding what the RDA for calcium between the

USA and Europe should be.

Which European countries in particular? Are we speaking of protein

sparing in relation to calcium intake?

Thanks: just wanted to know, and I thought perhaps others, especially

us...cough, cough.....post menopausal women, on the list would like to

know if they were not aware of this.

Diane