Calcium/D Supplements

I use GNC...they are all the calcium forms, with magnesium and D.

I take 2 in morning, 2 at night, and supplement with D on top of that.

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I prefer the mix of calcium rather than only one kind. It also has magnesium and D.

It's affordable...

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aguywithuc said...
kidney stones?

Men require less calcium than women. Years ago many feared a kidney stone epidemic because people were taking calcium without magnesium. Magnesium and vitamin B6 supposedly help prevent stones from too much calcium.

Some studies show calcium can cause prostate problems in men. Others think it might because calcium metabolism can cause a deficiency of vitamin D.

If taking calcium also take magnesium, B6, and D3. If taking B6 then you need to take all the B complex vitamins to retain balance.

My bottle of Calcium Citrate lists in the ingredients Magnesium silicate and magnesium stearate. Is that the right type of magnesium that should be in the supplement. This is a brand made by Bayer

It says on front Citracal Calcium Citrate plus D3

I don't think it's a two to one ratio because it's listed in the ingredients and not quantified in the tables on the back of supplement bottles. However at night, for sleeping, I take ZMA a sports recovery supplement with 15 mg B6, 300 mg Magnesium from Magnesium Aspartate and 20 mg. Zinc.

Could I get my magnesium from that supplement or do I need to have it with the Calcium?

I thought calcium carbonate, not citrate, was the one to use for D prevention? Because the carbonate is absorbed less into the system and therefore goes into the bowel instead, preventing D?

This from British Medical Journal of July 29, 2010: "Researchers who analyzed the results of 15 studies on calcium supplements conducted in the last 20 years concluded that taking calcium supplements increases the risk of heart attack by about 30 percent." I found this info. on a recent visit to the university medical center where my gastro practices. The article advises to consult with one's health care provider to determine whether supplementation is necessary because the research shows that it is safer to intake calcium through foods & beverages (including fortified) than by supplements themselves. / Old Hat (30 yrs with left-sided UC; presently in remission taking brandname Colazal)

Yes, you should be fine to take Vit D without calcium if you wanted to. My mom gets here calcium through diet so she doesn't supplement it. She takes vitamin D and magnesium and no calcium.

This was in an article I read. Take it with a grain of salt because the author of this is anti calcium supplementation. But I do think it has good info and I have implemented some of these changes. I do take magnesium because I have read a lot that it helps with calcium absorption. But be careful, magnesium can have a laxative effect so I take a slow release kind and take a smaller dose and try to get magnesium in what I eat.

What will you do for your bones instead of taking calcium supplements? Here’s what I suggest:

1.) Eat calcium rich foods. If you go to whfoods.com you could research calcium-rich foods. Add up the amount you get in your diet.

2.) Eat magnesium-rich foods and add up the amount you are eating on a daily basis.

3.) Take twice as much magnesium as you do calcium.

4.) If you aren’t getting enough magnesium, take supplements. Magnesium differs from calcium because if it’s not absorbed the excess is eliminated through the bowels as a laxative effect.

5.) If you feel you need more calcium than you get in your diet, take an angstrom form of calcium to avoid the non-absorbed forms. Angstrom minerals are a bit smaller than a picometer…and that’s very small. You only have to take a small amount because these minerals are 100% absorbed.

6.) Check your vitamin D levels. Have your doctor use the 25(OH) D test. If your levels are not in the high normal range, get out in the sun for 20-30 minutes a day without sunscreen and take a few thousand IU’s of Vitamin D3 per day.

cupcakespinkgal said...
Excess calcium has also been linked to increased risk of heart attacks and stroke.

I was taking 6 pills a day to slow the digestion transit time and I had a stroke. Never took it before that.

As far as magnesium doesn't it cause diarrhea ?

A major benefit of calcium for me was it stopped my hormonal migraines.