Did you know that more calcium is sold in America than any other food supplement? There is more calcium in the human body than all the other minerals in the body put together, hence a very real and great need.
Yet calcium is assimilated less than most supplements simply because the vast majority is sold in unassimilable form. The American diet is more lacking in calcium than any other essential food, which is why all the processed foods are “fortified” with it, albeit the wrong form.
Calcium deficiency is a general and widespread causative factor in degenerative disease. This list includes cancer, heart disease, osteoporosis, allergies, gallstones, asthma and a host of ailments, not the least of which are common viruses like cold and flu.
In the book The Calcium Factor by Robert Barefoot and Dr. Carl Reich we read:…It was not until the early 1970s that Dr. Reich further discovered that the acidic state of saliva was an outstanding manifestation of calcium ion deficiency. This was extremely important as it meant that by …
… to months of dietary changes along with vitamin and mineral supplements, he noted that the saliva pH would slowly rise up to 7.0, and the physical impairments would dramatically improve or be eliminated.
Saliva pH is important because saliva has a common denominator with all other body fluids. Litmus paper for measuring the pH of the saliva can be bought at any good pharmacy.
Contrary to conventional wisdom (yes, it is often the case that the truth is in opposition to conventional wisdom) calcium deposits of any kind are a direct result of calcium deficiency, not out of overconsumption of calcium. Ironically this creates an unfounded fear of increasing calcium consumption and most doctors will recommend that patients avoid calcium consumption. This only serves to aggravate the calcium deficiency further.
Alzheimer’s disease has been associated with aluminum-calcium accumulation in the brain. Again this stems from a calcium deficiency that pulls calcium out of the bones (due to a lack of vitamin D and vitamin K to direct calcium where it belongs, in the bones) and over deposits it elsewhere in the body.
To clean calcium deposits, especially from the arteries, and redistribute it where it should be and needs to be, simply use the MK-7 form of vitamin K2. It works like a calcium taxi service, moving calcium out of your arteries and putting it where it should have stayed in the first place, your bones. If you would like to use the same supplement that I use to maintain my calcium balance, you can get it at the bottom of this informative page.
Viral health
One very important fact about calcium that is generally unknown is the fact that adequately distributed calcium — that is, healthy calcium levels, and optimal distribution in the body — helps develop resistance to chronic and recurrent (what you hear of as “seasonal”) infection.
When I see nationwide epidemics of flu and colds and, yes, the coronavirus, I think that millions of people have a mineral deficiency headed by a lack of calcium.
Recall that alkalinity also fights viruses, and proper calcium alkalizes the body, as noted by Drs. Barefoot and Reich above. But of course this is too simple and too cheap and doesn’t play into the hands of Big Pharma. If everyone got enough calcium and our bodies were slightly alkaline and immune, who would be scared enough to opt for vaccines?
The sensible person takes in at least 1,000 mg of calcium per day, and if you are over 50, you will need 1,200 mg.
What kind of calcium do you need? The straightforward answer is calcium lactate. Calcium lactate is easily ionized. It changes quickly to calcium bicarbonate and goes right into the blood. Calcium bicarbonate is an ionized mineral which is utilized in the tissue. To ionize is to give an electrical charge.
Calcium lactate is balanced with magnesium. It gives the body strong support against infections, muscle cramps, coughing, insomnia, osteoporosis and initiates tissue repair. If you intend to exercise at all, you need bioavailable calcium for repair and regeneration.
Calcium lactate comes in tablets but will quickly dissolve in water making it easy to consume adequate amounts daily. These do tend to have less elemental calcium than other forms, so if you need to take 1,200 mg or more per day as a supplement, look to calcium citrate.
Calcium carbonate is the cheapest form, which is why you see it in all the least expensive supplements. However it is poorly absorbed, especially after the age of 50, and you must take it with food because it needs stomach acid for absorption, and most people are either deficient, or are taking antacids, which defeat the purpose of calcium entirely, and are the opposite of health. Calcium citrate is the more absorbable form of those two.
Here is a chart of the amount of elemental calcium in each form. Remember, there’s more calcium in carbonate, but less will make it to your body.
- Calcium carbonate (40 percent elemental calcium)
- Calcium citrate (21 percent elemental calcium)
- Calcium gluconate (9 percent elemental calcium)
- Calcium lactate (13 percent elemental calcium)
