RE: Viable calcium source?

["Kathy Mayeda" <kathy_mayeda@atce.com>]

If you are eating an antacid - isn't there an
acidic environment to begin with?

K.

-----Original Message-----
From: Kristi Schaaf [mailto:iluvdez@yahoo.com]
Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2001 8:01 PM
To: ridecamp@endurance.net
Subject: RC: Viable calcium source?


Angie wrote:I'm sure there's cheaper ways to make it,
but Tums seems pretty safe.>g<  Actually, buying them
and finding out how much I like the taste of the
fruity ones did what my mom couldn't do....got me to
start supplementing calcium for myself. 
Angie (feeding green electrolytes)

Angie, I have no idea if the below is accurate, but
I've read that taking Tums for calcium is a waste of
time. Why? Because calcium needs a slightly acidic
environment to be absorbed, and an antacid supplies
the opposite environment. My source is
www.drpinkus.com, under the CalMax section. It may
just be a marketing ploy for Calmax, but I've found
CalMax is a great muscle relaxer (the magnesium) so I
use it as my calcium supplement. Kristi


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