The government recently recommended that healthy postmenopausal women should not take vitamin D and Calcium because research has found that taking those supplements do not have any benefits for preventing fractures but increase the risk of getting kidney stone. These recomendations do not apply to women with osteoporosis.
I think the best way to get your vitamin D and calcium are by eating a lot of fruit and veggies and getting a lot of sunshine. Leafy greens usually contain a lot of calcium such as broccoli, cabbage, spinach, kale, Swiss chard or mustard, collard greens turnips and dandelions. Soybeans also have a lot of calcium, one cup of soybean gives 261 mg of calcium. There are many other fruit and veggies that will give you enough daily calcium need without any side effects.
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/25/vitamin-d-and-calcium-older-women/?ref=health
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