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Another "weight loss secret" bites the dust.

In a rigorously designed study to examine the issue, investigators found no evidence that calcium supplementation influenced energy expenditure or fat-burning in overweight people whose regular diets were deficient in the mineral.

Earlier studies suggested that higher intakes of calcium led to weight loss and inspired a multimillion dollar ad campaign from the dairy industry promoting more dairy in your diet.

Alas. It's back to the old boring, aggravating, but reliable. "eat fewer calories than you burn."

Study: Calcium No Hel in fat Loss