Whole Food not same as Food Based
I, a man in his mid 60's have osteopenia, one step above Osteoporosis. It's recommended that I take calcium, eat the certain foods, and get exercise. I am doing all these things now. I am not an expert nor a dummy plant by this product, but I study my supplements carefully. This product, Alive! Calcium, is made from Whole Foods. Whole foods are said to be readily absorbable by the body. Before I purchased this product I went to my health food store to re-purchase a calcium product that says "Food Based" on the label. The knowledgeable guy explained that "Food Based" did not apply to the calcium itself, only to other additives. The calcium was actually from chalk or other mined calcium; chalk based or oyster shell based calcium is hard to absorb and mostly leaves the body as waste, it is not absorbed in the bones. So other "food based" ingredients in the product were added to enhance the absorption of the chalky calcium. But at best, the absorption is not very effective. The health food adviser explained that Whole Food products, like Alive! Calcium, come from naturally growing things. In Alive! Calcium, the calcium comes from Icelandic red algae, plus kale, spinach, and collard greens. The magnesium and D3 also come wholly from grown foods. These are good things to intake into our bodies. The adviser also pointed out that two processes happen with a good calcium product. Calcium fills the holes in bones in where it's missing, fills in the thinning bone spaces. Secondly, the existing brittle bone is replaced with newer, stronger calcium as bone. I hope he is right! I bought from him. But online, of course, the prices are much lower so sorry, this time I bought here at Amazon. I can't report results to my bones yet, but I can say that lately I am feeling way more energy! I feel better! Maybe I was missing vitamins D3 and Magnesium
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