Best Home Test for a CALCIUM DEFICIENCY ｜ DrEricBergDC

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i’m going to show you a really simple

home test that you can do to determine

if you have a calcium

deficiency

now calcium deficiencies are pretty

common but usually not because the

person is not taking a supplement or not

getting it from their diet

it’s mainly because either they’re not

absorbing it or the body is not

utilizing it properly so in this video

we’re going to talk about the symptoms

of the calcium deficiency and all of the

other reasons why you might be deficient

and then a real simple home test that

you can do okay so what are the symptoms

well number one anxiety

irritability insomnia

muscle tension spasms or cramps low back

pain constipation

high blood pressure

heart palpitations

frequent nose bleeds could be a calcium

deficiency

soft fingernails could be another

indicator frequent cold sores

sunburns when you barely go in the sun

then we have hives having frequent

fevers could be related to a calcium

deficiency because calcium lowers your

immune system i remember with our kids

every time they had a fever i’d give

them a little calcium

and it would go right away frequent

hoarseness

chronic coughing

and difficulty getting to sleep so

calcium is a mineral that we need for

our muscles our bones our tendons our

ligaments and the nervous system calcium

also acts as a communication between

your nerves and there’s many things that

affect the calcium absorption okay

first thing is vitamin d if you don’t

have enough vitamin d

you’re not going to absorb calcium that

well if you have sufficient vitamin d

you can increase the absorption of

calcium by a factor of 20x okay that is

a major increase in calcium absorption

and of course so many people are

deficient in vitamin d now magnesium if

you’re low in magnesium you’re going to

have a difficult time absorbing calcium

because magnesium and calcium work

together another factor is the

hydrochloric acid in your stomach if you

don’t have enough hydrochloric acid like

a lot of people over the age of 40 and

50 and 60 because as you age you have

less and less hydrochloric acid in your

stomach and you need acid to be able to

absorb certain minerals especially

calcium low essential fatty acids like

omega-3 fatty acids

essential fatty acids help you absorb

calcium and so if you’re deficient in

omega-3 fatty acids

you’re going to have a much more

difficult time absorbing calcium all

right next thing is low

estrogen let’s say your menopausal

and you don’t produce as much estrogen

that can affect your calcium another

factor is your ph

if you’re too alkaline and i’m talking

about your blood

and normally blood should be alkaline

but if you’re excessively too alkaline

you’re going to have a difficult time

absorbing calcium as well so you may

deposit calcium in the eyes there’s

cataracts and the teeth is tartar the

kidney is kidney stones in the joints

there’s arthritis on the bones as

spurring so unless the ph is correct

it’s going to be more difficult to

absorb calcium if you have gut

inflammation you’re going to have a much

more difficult time absorbing calcium so

all of these conditions where you have

you know irritable bowel syndrome or

diverticulitis or crohn’s can greatly

affect your absorption of certain

minerals especially in calcium and the

next thing is interesting hypothyroidism

you need a normal thyroid to be able to

help you absorb

calcium so if your thyroid is low like

let’s say you have hashimoto’s that can

be a reason why you’re low in calcium

not to mention the hormone that the

thyroid produces called calcitonin if

calcitonin is low you may also have a

deficiency in calcium so as you can see

there’s many different factors that go

way beyond

the dietary aspects of calcium but let’s

talk about how to determine if you are

deficient in calcium so what you do is

you take this blood pressure cuff just a

standard blood pressure cuff and you’re

going to wrap it around one of your

calves you’re going to pump it up and

you’re going to record when you start

feeling a cramp and if that number is

200 or less suspect a calcium deficiency

and of course if you have peripheral

vascular disease i don’t want you to be

doing this test now there could be other

reasons but this is a pretty good

indicator if you’re deficient in calcium

now if the pressure is between

200 to 220 you have sufficient calcium

and if you’re between 220 and 240

you have the optimum amount of calcium

but you don’t need to go above 240 and

the units you’re measuring are

millimeters of mercury and what happens

when you’re divisioning calcium is you

have a lot of muscle cramps at rest okay

especially when you’re sleeping and this

test just

magnifies that problem a little bit more

so you can determine where your weakness

is so in the description i’m going to

put these numbers down below and

describe this

in detail so you can actually refer back

to it now if you have a calcium

deficiency before you start taking

calcium you really want to make sure

that you’re solving the correct problem

because it could be a lot of other

factors so really quickly i want to give

you some additional information so let’s

talk about hydrochloric acid how do you

know if you’re low in hydrochloric acid

well you get indigestion

if you do

then that could be the reason

why you can’t absorb calcium in which

case you need to take something like

retain hydrochloride or more apple cider

vinegar now with magnesium it’s a little

more difficult i mean you can go get an

intracellular

test which is

more involved but i just have a question

for you

do you consume a good amount of leafy

greens that would be a good

indicator that you have enough magnesium

if you don’t like vegetables and don’t

consume vegetables chances are you could

be deficient in magnesium in which case

that’s what you’d want to take to

increase the absorption of calcium and

by the way you’re going to get calcium

from leafy greens now what about

essential fatty acids well you consume a

lot of fish

do you have inflammation do you have

arthritis okay

if you answered yes to any of these

maybe you need a good omega-3 fatty acid

or better yet start consuming more

salmon or sardines cod liver oil okay

things that are high in omega-3 fatty

acids the reason i like olive oil

because it not only has the omega-3 but

it also has the vitamin d at the same

time as well as vitamin a now what about

alkalinity how do we know u2 alkaline

i’ve done some videos on this you can

check it out but one uh common symptom

of being too alkaline and i’m talking

about your blood is that you get this

little twitch on your skin it could be

underneath the left eye could be

anywhere on your body a little it’s

called tetany a little twitch that could

be a factor in which case you need to

start drinking

maybe some outside of vinegar on a

regular basis uh the change of chloride

because once you start to put the acids

back in that can help reset things but

here’s the thing to really get your ph

corrected you just need to eat healthy

and your ph will come back in the

balance now what about low estrogen okay

well let’s say you’re menopausal okay

this could be the reason

what can you do about it there’s quite a

few things i’ll put a link down below if

you are menopausal to get a little bit