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there is definitely a myth that

calcium is the main mineral that you

need for osteoporosis to strengthen your

bones and unfortunately so many

menopausal women are just Downing like

over a thousand milligrams of calcium of

course it’s in the wrong form it’s in an

elemental form called calcium carbonate

which is basically Limestone you’d be

better off chewing on the cement out

there but the point is that somehow we

have in our minds that if we take this

calcium

will prevent osteoporosis and it’s

absolutely not true did you realize that

the majority of bone okay what makes it

bone I’m talking about over 70 percent

of it

is not calcium it is collagen which is

protein and there is calcium in bone for

sure there there’s a good amount

but that calcium is tied up with

phosphorus but you don’t hear people

saying well you need to have more

phosphorus for bone health and they

don’t definitely say you need more

collagen for bone health it’s mainly

calcium in some pretty hardcore research

and studies I’m going to put the links

down below people that take calcium do

not prevent fractures there is strong

evidence that if you take calcium in

supplement forms this can increase your

risk of cardiovascular accidents so if

calcium is not the main mineral that

builds bone to prevent osteoporosis what

is well it’s a combination of many

things since bone is made out of protein

and that protein is activated by various

minerals and trace minerals like Cobalt

manganese magnesium and phosphorus and

many other minerals making sure you have

all of the trace minerals in the diet is

going help you you also need vitamins

vitamins help transport these minerals

and the most important vitamin for bone

health is vitamin d and vitamin K2 they

both work together by making calcium

available to make bone as well as to

help deliver the calcium that’s in the

blood from the absorption of the

intestine

directly to the Bone that’s vitamin K2

so you need Vitamin D3 and K2 to build

bone other factors relate to hormones if

you’re deficient in like estrogen for

example that can lead to osteoporosis or

if you have too much cortisol really to

build bone you just need to focus on

creating a healthy body because it’s not

just one thing it’s the whole package

people that have bone loss

have an underlying metabolic problem

that is does not just focus on one loss

of one mineral it’s not that you’re just

losing calcium and that’s why you have

osteoporosis that is just a total myth

now the question is since we’re talking

about calcium what would be the best

source of calcium to support one part of

this puzzle to strengthen your bone

should you do more plant-based should

you do more Dairy the bioavailability of

calcium in Dairy is definitely better

than plants one reason is because

some plants like spinach for example and

swiss chard has a very potent inhibitor

of calcium called oxalates and so

oxalates block the absorption of calcium

beans are high in oxalates almonds are

high in oxalates eggplant and beets did

I mention beets are high in oxalates so

a combination of plants and dairy I

think would be good to help support

calcium but as far as dairy goes

raw milk cheese is a good source of

bioavailable calcium now it’s more

difficult to find raw milk cheese in the

U.S if I’m correct I think you have to

buy this cheese that’s over 60 days and

it and there’s certain other regulations

but in Europe you can find raw cheese

all over the place but this raw cheese

supports the calcium complex it supports

the collagen protein and other minerals

and probiotics as well and since we’re

on the topic of calcium

what are some of the problems when you

become deficient in calcium

um well I’m gonna go through them but I

do want to mention if you get your

calcium tested in the blood your serum

calcium that doesn’t necessarily tell

you about the free available calcium

serum calcium could

make be made up of the protein-bound

calcium that’s unavailable and not the

ionized calcium that is active in your

body so if you really want to know

if you have enough calcium that’s

available you want to get a test that

measures the ionized calcium that will

give you a lot more information so if

you’re deficient in calcium you can end

up with muscle spasms you can end up

with tetany which is a little twitching

sometimes it’s on top of the left eyelid

right here the arm it could be anywhere

in the body and by the way tetany can

also be caused from a lack of magnesium

from a lack of potassium

because your body is too alkaline and

one cause of alkalinity is low potassium

and another cause is hyperventilation

that can change your pH and so if you

can imagine if someone has these panic

attacks and they’re hyperventilating

and sometimes they get these little

Twitches well that’s why your heart rate

can go up or down if you’re deficient in

calcium another deficiency of low

calcium is numbness around your mouth

or numbness and tingling pins and

needles in your fingertips as well as in

your feet you can also have a spasm in

your larynx okay that comes from low

calcium that’s going to show up in my

coarseness or kind of a rough

um sounding vocal cords or it can even

feel like you have this lump in the

throat calcium is also needed for many

different things too it’s it’s a good

thing just not needed in large amounts I

recommend to get it from the food mostly

but if you get it from a supplement make

sure it’s on the lower amounts because

of that darn

problem or potential risk of increasing

your risk of getting heart attacks and

I’m not sure if that has only to do with

the type of calcium people take like

calcium carbonate but calcium actually

does provide some good benefits to

prevent against intestinal cancers as

well when you’re low in calcium okay

there’s a message sent to a gland that

surrounds your thyroid it’s called the

parathyroid and you have four little

glands around this this thyroid and low

calcium activates the parathyroid to

increase

vitamin D okay to thereby increase more

calcium absorption in the intestine as

well as giving other signals to the Bone

to release calcium so we can actually

use calcium from the bone the bone is

kind of a reservoir of calcium and one

point to mention about vitamin D if

you’re deficient vitamin D which most

people are you’re going to have a hard

time raising the calcium up to the level

it needs to be from the intestine to the

blood so if you have vitamin D you can

increase this calcium by a factor of 20x

okay but if you don’t have that vitamin

D you’re going to have a problem with

calcium another thing that’s needed with

this absorption of calcium is magnesium

which is another factor a lot of people

are deficient in magnesium so if you

don’t have enough magnesium you’re not

going to be able to have the levels of

calcium that you need

other factors are involved in calcium as

well for example if you consume

an excessive amount of protein that can

create some loss of calcium but again if

you’re taking enough calcium in it’s not

anything to be worried about but I just

want to point it out that there are

things that tend to cause a loss of

calcium and that would be excessive

amount of protein that would be

excessive amount of sodium okay and I’m

not telling you to cut down your sodium

I’m just kind of giving you the

relationship between these two minerals

another thing is if you drink a lot of

coffee or caffeine in excess amounts can

deplete your calcium also if you are

exposed to a lot of phosphorus you can

lose calcium from the bone now where do

you get phosphorus from well it’s

actually in animal Meats but it’s also

in soft drinks it’s people that are

drinking all these sodas all day long

boy they’re just depleting the calcium

left and right also if you have refined

sugar that can also deplete your calcium

levels anyway I wanted to bring up your

awareness on this relationship between

calcium and your bones and make sure you

had all the information and this is

another reason why you should just eat

healthy to create strong bones since

we’re on this topic of calcium and I did

mention this thing called oxalates you

should definitely check out my video and

oxalates if you haven’t already seen it

and I’ll put it up right here