calcium pills and arteries calcination

[webyhn]

Does the daily use of 2 calcium pills (500 each) lead to blood vessles calcination?

[caregiver222]

That is a controversial issue among the cognescenti.

Briefly, the groups are divided into two camps:

(a) Camp "A' says it doesn't make much difference and that more calcium if good for you. I understand the head of the Institute promoting this view is a genuine Holstein Cow, who actually graduated from Harvard Medical school, and now a consultant to the AMA, genetically altered to talk.

(b) Camp "B" is headed by Dr. Hans Selye, who coined the term Calciphalaxis in 1962 and conducted hundreds of studies documenting the relationship of excess calcium to premature aging. Do an internet search on Dr. Selye.

I have no strong opinions, the issue being above my pay grade, however there appears to be a genetic component in susceptability to the effects of excess calcium.

[frootbar]

My opinion,
Taking calcium tablets/supps without a full spectrum multi and magnesium, D,
is risking calcification of arteries.  This is proven in the literature.
It takes time, but can occur.  I would not do it.
Calcium alone is a bad idea.  Most supplements of vits/mins alone is a bad idea.
They all work in concert, especially for bone, and vitamins you would never have
thought would play a part, do.
Food for thought and your bones.

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[webyhn]

So do you think that calcium should be taken together with a multivitamin pill? Some books and numerous internet sites suggest that peaple take daily a definite amount of calcium mg, that is not sufficient in a multivitamin pill. What to do to with all these supplement pills? One multivitamin pill gives only small amounts of all the necessary vit/minerals. At the same time taking some separate vitamins and minerals, like calcium alone is dangeorus for health as it may lead to the blood vessels calcination. How to achieve the optimal vitamins and minerals supply through the daily pills use?

[frootbar]

No, what you do is...make sure you take a multivitamin/mineral of some sort.
Most have little calcium.
Then take your Cal/Mag separately, preferably 1 to 1 ratio, i.e., 500mgs. Calcium,
500 Magnesium.

You take these with food always.

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