Did you all know that your daily dose of calcium supplements are bad for your heart?

Taking calcium in the form of supplements may raise the risk of heart damage and plague build up in arteries, a new study has claimed. A diet high in calcium-rich foods, however, is safe and would not affect the heart, it said.

After analyzing 10years of medical tests on more than 2,700 people researchers said that the results add to growing scientific concerns about the potential harms of the supplements.

As a person ages, calcium-based plaque builds up in the aorta and other arteries, Impending blood flow and increasing the risk of heart attack.

A survey conducted where The participants chosen for this study ranged in age from 45 to 84, and 51 percent were female. Forty-one percent white, 26 percent were African-American, 22 percent were Hispanic and 12 percent were Chinese.

At the study’s onset in 2000, all participants answered a 120-part questionnaire about their dietary habits to determine how much calcium they took in by eating dairy products; leafy greens; calcium-enriched foods, like cereals; and other calcium-rich foods.

Separately, the researchers inventoried what drugs and supplements each participant took on a daily basis. The investigators used cardiac CT scans to measure participants’ coronary artery calcium scores, a measure of calcification in the heart’s arteries and a marker of heart disease risk when the score is above zero. Initially, 1,175 participants showed plaque in their heart arteries.

The coronary artery calcium tests were repeated 10 years later to assess newly developing or worsening coronary heart disease. So watch before taking the calcium supplements.