Calcium Citrate Complex
Product ID: ES105
Description:
MOST ABSORBABLE FORM OF CALCIUM NOW WITH VITAMIN K2 AS MENAQUINONE.
A complete calcium complex with additional magnesium, Vitamin D3 and trace minerals for absorption.
Price: $3.60
Price shown is for one item per day for 30 days.
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| Calcium | 150 mg | 15 |
| Vitamin D3 | 25 IU | 6.25 |
| Magnesium | 75 mg | 18.75 |
| Zinc | 3.75 mg | 25 |
| Manganese | 1.25 mg | 62.5 |
| Copper | 25 mcg | 12.5 |
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* Percent Daily Values (DV) are based on a 2000 calorie diet. ** Daily value not established |
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Along with playing an essential role in the formation of bones and teeth, calcium is intimately involved in many other vital body functions. It is essential to the transmission of nerve messages, the proper function of muscles including the heart, the activation of certain enzymes for digestion, the nourishment of cells, and the release of energy.
Our calcium complex contains 100% of the suggested daily requirement for calcium when 7 capsules are taken. Vitamin D has been added along with copper, zinc, and mananese for their role in bone metabolism.
A debate has raged for decades among nutritional experts as to which form of calcium is better absorbed by the human body. A recent study conducted by the Southwestern Medical Center at the University of Texas recently reported that calcium citrate has an absorbtion rate 2.5 faster than calcium carbonate when both types were combined with Vitamin D.
Some, but not all, studies suggest that calcium is more efficiently absorbed from calcium citrate than it is from calcium carbonate. The efficiency of absorption of calcium from a calcium supplement is greatest when calcium is taken at doses of 500 milligrams or lower. At Edible Science if more than 500 milligrams is ordered we split them into AM and PM packets to insure best absorption.
According to 'The Doctor's Vitamin and Mineral Encyclopedia (Simon & Schuster, 1990) by Sheldon Hendler, M.D., Ph.D., calcium in the form of calcium citrate does not require stomach hydrochloric acid for absorption. This means that it is more readily absorbed and utilized by the body and can also be taken on an empty stomach.
Another unique advantage that comes with taking calcium citrate is that unlike other forms of calcium, it does not block iron absorption.
The blood uses calcium for so many functions that if there is a dietary deficiency of calcium, and therefore a decreased amount of calcium in the bloodstream, the body pulls the calcium it needs from the bones. This, in addition to the natural mineral loss, causes the bones to weaken and be dangerously susceptible to fractures, a serious condition termed osteoporosis. Other symptoms of calcium deficiency are muscle cramps, nervousness, increased cholesterol levels, insomnia, and numbness in and/or legs.
In 1994, the National Institute of Health (NIH) reported that Recommended Daily Allowance, 800 mg, for calcium is too low, and that half of American adults are not getting enough calcium on a daily basis. They recommend a dosage between 1,000 and 1,500 mg daily. Calcium expert Robert Heaney, M.D., of Creighton University believes that women need 1,500 mg of calcium a day-almost double the RDA. The average American diet fails to provide half of that amount.
Our calcium complex contains 100% of the suggested daily requirement for calcium when 7 capsules are taken. Vitamin D has been added along with copper, zinc, and mananese for their role in bone metabolism.
A debate has raged for decades among nutritional experts as to which form of calcium is better absorbed by the human body. A recent study conducted by the Southwestern Medical Center at the University of Texas recently reported that calcium citrate has an absorbtion rate 2.5 faster than calcium carbonate when both types were combined with Vitamin D.
Some, but not all, studies suggest that calcium is more efficiently absorbed from calcium citrate than it is from calcium carbonate. The efficiency of absorption of calcium from a calcium supplement is greatest when calcium is taken at doses of 500 milligrams or lower. At Edible Science if more than 500 milligrams is ordered we split them into AM and PM packets to insure best absorption.
According to 'The Doctor's Vitamin and Mineral Encyclopedia (Simon & Schuster, 1990) by Sheldon Hendler, M.D., Ph.D., calcium in the form of calcium citrate does not require stomach hydrochloric acid for absorption. This means that it is more readily absorbed and utilized by the body and can also be taken on an empty stomach.
Another unique advantage that comes with taking calcium citrate is that unlike other forms of calcium, it does not block iron absorption.
The blood uses calcium for so many functions that if there is a dietary deficiency of calcium, and therefore a decreased amount of calcium in the bloodstream, the body pulls the calcium it needs from the bones. This, in addition to the natural mineral loss, causes the bones to weaken and be dangerously susceptible to fractures, a serious condition termed osteoporosis. Other symptoms of calcium deficiency are muscle cramps, nervousness, increased cholesterol levels, insomnia, and numbness in and/or legs.
In 1994, the National Institute of Health (NIH) reported that Recommended Daily Allowance, 800 mg, for calcium is too low, and that half of American adults are not getting enough calcium on a daily basis. They recommend a dosage between 1,000 and 1,500 mg daily. Calcium expert Robert Heaney, M.D., of Creighton University believes that women need 1,500 mg of calcium a day-almost double the RDA. The average American diet fails to provide half of that amount.