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   micky kirjutas Pühapäev, 15. november 2020 kl 06:06:27 UTC+2:   
   > How to compare relative amounts of Calcium.    
   >    
   > I was taking TUMS** or competing house brands and for some reason I    
   > changed to Calcium Citrate+D3. I can't remember why. Is there a good    
   > reason?    
   >    
   > The former says Calcium Carbonate 750mg.    
   > My impression is that the weight of Calcium is 40, Carbon 12, and    
   > Oxygen 16 x 3 for a total of 100. And that 40 is 40% of 100 so there is    
   > 300mg of calcium in 750mg of CaCO3. Is that right?    
   >    
   > OTOH the second pill says 315mg of Calcium.    
   >    
   > So it's almost the same, right?    
   >    
   >    
   > Because I had hypoparathyroidism for a year or more several years ago,    
   > my calcium bone density went down, osteoporosis, even in a man. And    
   > iirc the doctor said to take Tums. But for some reason I can't remember,    
   > I changed to calcium pills. I didn't know until I got home and opened    
   > the bottle how big the pills are, and they seem harder and harder to    
   > swallow. So why bother myself if I can just as well take tums.    
   >    
   > OTOH, I suppose I could split them in two, but that takes time and they    
   > still wouldn't taste as good as the crush-in-your-mouth tums.    
   >    
   > Should I take the tums or the calcium pills?    
   >    
   >    
   >    
   > I've just been taking one of the first and later one of the second, but    
   > the second says that the Daily Value of calcium is 1000mg.    
   >    
   > I know that includes diet, but my diet ranges wildly. I drink much less    
   > milk than I did until I was 65 or 70. I eat beans and spinach    
   > erratically and not very often. So maybe I should take 3 a day for 900    
   > of the 1000 I need anyhow. Maybe I should take 4 since I'm trying to    
   > add extra calcium.    
   >    
   >    
   > FWIW, since my calcium was measured low maybe 4 years ago, even though I    
   > was very careful, cautiously choosing every step, I couldn't manage to    
   > find a way past the all-gravel parts of the path, and I fell on my rump    
   > twice and my back once, every time very hard, at age 71, trying to walk    
   > down a ski slope in the summer time (I had planned to take the ski-lift    
   > back down but was forced off). Tripped on a sidewalk at age 72 and hit    
   > my knee so hard it hurt for months. And afaik didn't break anything.    
   > But I don't want rely on this forever.    
   >    
   >    
   > **Don't forget that TUMS spelled backwards is SMUT.    
   >    
   >    
   > OTOH, the calcium pills have a bunch of good-sounding ingredients that    
   > don't even make it to the front of the label. (and they don't distguish    
   > active from inactive ingredients. Maybe minerals are never "active")    
   > They include titanium dioxide***, magnesiurm stearate****... they don't    
   > even give amounts for thes things, so I guess they are not meant as    
   > helpful, beyond making the pills.    
   >    
   > ***In 2019, France banned the use of titanium dioxide in food from 2020    
   > on.[87] -- that doesn't sound good.    
   >    
   > ****Mg stearate is in the TUMS too, so that's no distinction.    
   >    
   >    
   > .. For the first time a google search, for "Foods high in calcium", led    
   > me to one of those obnoxious sponsored pages where you have to keep    
   > clicking Next to see a little more. I don't know why I'm giving the    
   > link, maybe in cae you don't believe me.    
   > https://facty.com/food/nutrition/15-foods-high-in-calcium/?sty   
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   994&utm_medium=c-search&utm_term=foods%20high%20in%20calcium&utm   
   campaign=FH-USA---Search---15-Foods-High-in-Calcium&gclid=   
   Cj0KCQiAnb79BRDgARIsAOVbhRpJgVxMPTSWGIMsUG9_-zSYlOrwwUmFuTWl7ALU   
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