Miracle cure? Think again

If you're a late-night TV viewer, you may have seen the infomercial featuring Robert Barefoot promoting the health benefits of coral calcium.

Before you order now!!!, consider this: the Council for Responsible Nutrition, a trade group for the dietary supplement industry, last week called on the Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission to take action against the miracle-cure claims.

For a reasoned viewpoint on coral calcium, take a look at what Prevention magazine has to say.