Adults should drink milk to reduce their risk of broken bones, new research has found.
Researchers at University Hospital Zurich and Dartmouth Medical School analysed 930 men and women between the ages of 27 and 80 over a four-year period.
Half were given a daily calcium supplement which provided them with the recommended amount for adults over the age of 51, while the remainder took a placebo (dummy) pill.
The researchers found that those who took the calcium supplements were significantly less likely to have any kind of bone fracture during the four-year study.
No individual from that group experienced a fracture as a result of everyday activities.
However, the benefits derived from taking the extra calcium were lost after the study had ended, indicating that people should maintain a high intake of the mineral to protect their bones.
Publishing their findings in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, the researchers recommended that adults should adopt a lifelong habit of drinking milk in order to prevent bone loss.
This becomes particularly important after the bones have stopped growing - around the age of 35 - as it is then essential to prevent further bone loss, they noted.
Researchers at University Hospital Zurich and Dartmouth Medical School analysed 930 men and women between the ages of 27 and 80 over a four-year period.
Half were given a daily calcium supplement which provided them with the recommended amount for adults over the age of 51, while the remainder took a placebo (dummy) pill.
The researchers found that those who took the calcium supplements were significantly less likely to have any kind of bone fracture during the four-year study.
No individual from that group experienced a fracture as a result of everyday activities.
However, the benefits derived from taking the extra calcium were lost after the study had ended, indicating that people should maintain a high intake of the mineral to protect their bones.
Publishing their findings in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, the researchers recommended that adults should adopt a lifelong habit of drinking milk in order to prevent bone loss.
This becomes particularly important after the bones have stopped growing - around the age of 35 - as it is then essential to prevent further bone loss, they noted.
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