About Calcium

[Guest guest]

Serious query. Does anyone know anything about Coral Calcium? It's

touted as a cure-all from everything from degenerative diseases

attributed to aging incl: oseoporosis, heart disease, allergies, kindey

stones and gallstones. It seems to me that if it comes from coral it

must be non-veg. Although the original 'waters' that did such good stuff

for Okinawa etc. were from around coral environments, surely the current

stuff that is in something like a teabag must, at the least, be

ground-up coral?

 

Just wondering.

 

Best,

Pat

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[Guest guest]

The whole calcium supplement industry is built on a

sham financed by the dairy industry. In fact, even

the current RDA of calcium is ridiculously high and is

the result of heavy lobbying on the part of the dairy

industry. Fad supplements like coral calcium are only

symptoms of a huge misconception on the part of the

American public.

 

Here's the real truth: Calcium requirements in the

human body are largely tied to protein consumption.

When we consume protein, the body needs calcium to

process it. If we aren't getting enough calcium in

relation to protein, the body takes some calcium out

of the bones. If we are constantly getting a negative

calcium balance, the eventual result is osteoporosis.

 

 

Dairy products are actually a contributing factor in

the development of osteoporosis because milk only has

a 32% calcium absorption rate (the percentage of the

calcium in milk that the body actually uses), but is

very high in protein. The body has to use all the

calcium in the milk, plus take some out o the bones,

to digest the milk.

 

Eating meat is probably the biggest factor in a

negative calcium balance because meat contains very

little calcium but is very high in protein. The RDA

for calcium keeps getting higher and higher in an

attempt to prevent osteoporosis, but the standard

American meat and dairy eating diet causes the

negative calcium balances that lead to osteoporosis.

 

Obviously, the answer is not to take more calcium

supplements. The answer is to lower protein intake

and to eat more calcium rich vegetables such as

Brussels sprouts, broccoli and dark leafy greens. The

best way to do this is by adopting a vegetarian diet.

 

The above is not a theory, by the way. It is

well-established medical fact that has been

exhaustively researched and proven in numerous medical

studies. The reason few Americans are aware of these

facts is because the meat and dairy industries have

been very effective in muddying the waters with sham

studies and misleading statements.

 

 

 

 

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