Calcium, The Low Down and the High Points
99% of calcium is in our bones. The last 1% is a fine balancing act between hormones and nutrients. So how much should you consume? What are the best supplement forms? What foods (besides dairy) have the highest amounts? What if it’s high or low on your lab reports? Tune in and find out as Tina & Leah tell you all about our most abundant mineral, calcium.
- Links to relevant prior episodes:
Supplements 101: Understanding The Basics
Dairy: Does it Promote Cancer?
Bone Health: Survivorsh!t!
Magnesium: The Goldilocks Nutrient?
Linus Pauling Institute: Micronutrient Info Center
Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Take on Calcium
Pumping up with Hanz and Franz (SNL)
Pump It Up! (Official YouTube Music Video)
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00:00 - Doctor-splaining
04:07 - Introduction & more Doctor-splaining
05:24 - When to take supplements, a review
07:26 - When to take a calcium supplement
09:32 - Roles of calcium in the body
12:22 - Acid-Alkaline Balance
14:42 - Forms calcium in supplements
18:21 - Coral Calcium- Better? Worse?
21:18 - Vitamin D + Magnesium
23:11 - What's the maximum absorbable dose?
24:11 - That calcium is gonna kill ya!
27:33 - Sources of calcium... cheese!?!
29:37 - Anti-nutrients- phytates, oxalates, and lectins, oh my!
31:43 - Calcium & cancer
32:06 - Colorectal cancer & calcium
32:30 - Prostate cancer & calcium
36:22 - Multiple Myeloma & calcium
37:23 - Some cancers can cause high calcium (paraneoplastic syndrome)
38:28 - High or low calcium on labs- can be a red herring
39:11 - Cancer drugs that lead to calcium deficiency
40:40 - Interactions
44:34 - Vitamin K & calcium
47:31 - Kidney stone concerns and prevention
50:26 - Tina & Mark Hyman?
53:52 - Leah, remember our ultimate dream?