Calciology™ Calcium
- Uses a form of calcium (Calcium Citrate Malate) research suggests is better absorbed5
- Supporting ingredients reported by researchers to enhance bioavailability7-11
- Contains exclusive formula not available in other products
Critical Nutritional Support
The Surgeon General's office has estimated that as many as 80% of Americans get less than adequate amounts of calcium in their diets.1
Why You Want It
Proper calcium levels contribute to everything from bone2 health to cardiovascular3 and metabolic4 health. And the supporting ingredients in this formula form a synergistic blend that not only maximizes calcium absorption, but delivers better ratios and amounts of some of the most important nutrients for overall health.
Why This Product Is The Better Choice
This exclusive formula utilizes the only form of calcium (Calcium Citramate) found to reduce the risk of kidney stones5, and never to have been implicated in cardiovascular risks6.
Meanwhile, 5 supporting ingredients further enhance the safety and benefits of the overall formula. This calcium supplement is one of the most researched and more complete calcium supplements on the market.
See the science here: The Science Behind Calciology™
Each Serving Contains:
- 500 MG Elemental Calcium Citramate
- 600 IU Vitamin D3
- 250 MG Magnesium - the perfect 2:1 Ratio with Calcium
- Vitamin C for better absorption and cardiovascular health
- Vitamin K helps keep calcium out of arteries and into bones
- Lysine helps absorption and may help minimize kidney stone risk
Are There Side Effects?
Calcium can cause some minor side effects such as belching or gas.
Magnesium might cause stomach upset, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and other side effects.
Vitamin C might cause nausea, vomiting, heartburn, stomach cramps, headache, and other side effects.
Vitamin K has no known side effects, however as a coagulant it is not recommended to be taken with any blood thinners.
Always check with your doctor before beginning any nutritional supplement.
Why Get it Here
Every product on this site is backed by our 60-day "Feel-Better-or-It's-FREE™" Guarantee. If it doesn't work or you're not happy for any reason, return whatever is left (even the empty bottle) and get your money back. No hoops to jump, no questions to answer. Simple and secure.
No auto-shipping ever. Should you decide you want more, you'll just have to come back and buy more. There will never be surprise charges on your credit card.
You can be confident that this is a higher quality, better value calcium product. We settle for nothing less!
Where Does It Fit?
The Rag Tag Research Geeks Blueprint For Health is a simple plan to help you build an effective supplement routine.
Calciology™ is part of the Foundation - the most critical category.
Click here to learn more about the Blueprint.
The federal government estimates that only 21% of Americans get the recommended amount of calcium. And the vast majority of calcium supplements available are not adequately absorbed by the body. Calciology is scientifically formulated for better absorption and better calcium benefit to your body.
1U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Surgeon General’s Report on Bone Health and Osteoporosis: What It Means To You. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Surgeon General, 2012.
2Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2004;(1):CD004526.
Calcium supplementation on bone loss in postmenopausal women.
Shea B, Wells G, Cranney A, Zytaruk N, Robinson V, Griffith L, Hamel C, Ortiz Z, Peterson J, Adachi J, Tugwell P, Guyatt G; Osteoporosis Methodology Group; Osteoporosis Research Advisory Group.
3Ann Intern Med. 2010 Mar 2;152(5):315-23. doi: 10.1059/0003-4819-152-5-201003020-00010.
Systematic review: Vitamin D and calcium supplementation in prevention of cardiovascular events.
Wang L, Manson JE, Song Y, Sesso HD.
Source
Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA. luwang@rics.bwh.harvard.edu
4J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2007 Jun;92(6):2017-29. Epub 2007 Mar 27.
The role of vitamin D and calcium in type 2 diabetes. A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Pittas AG, Lau J, Hu FB, Dawson-Hughes B.
Source
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
5Reinwald, Susan, Connie M. Weaver, and Jeffrey J. Kester. "The health benefits of calcium citrate malate: a review of the supporting science." Advances in food and nutrition research 54 (2008): 219-346.
6Bolland, Mark J., et al. "Effect of calcium supplements on risk of myocardial infarction and cardiovascular events: meta-analysis." BMJ: British Medical Journal 341 (2010).
7Wasserman, R. H. "Vitamin D and the dual processes of intestinal calcium absorption." The Journal of nutrition 134.11 (2004): 3137-3139.
8Rude RK. Magnesium. In: Ross AC, Caballero B, Cousins RJ, Tucker KL, Ziegler TR, eds. Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease. 11th ed. Baltimore, Mass: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2012:159-75.
9Morcos, S. R., et al. "Effect of vitamin C and carotene on the absorption of calcium from the intestine." Zeitschrift für Ernährungswissenschaft 15.4 (1976): 387-390.
10Iwamoto, J., et al. "Comparative effects of vitamin K and vitamin D supplementation on prevention of osteopenia in calcium-deficient young rats." Bone 33.4 (2003): 557-566.
11Civitelli, Robert, et al. "Dietary L-lysine and calcium metabolism in humans." Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.) 8.6 (1991): 400-405.
12http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Magnesium-HealthProfessional/
13http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/VitaminD-HealthProfessional/
14http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/VitaminC-HealthProfessional/
15Shearer, M. J. "vitamin K." The Lancet 345.8944 (1995): 229-234.
16Flodin NW. The metabolic roles, pharmacology, and toxicology of lysine. J Am Coll Nutr 1997;16:7-12.
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