High Potency Liquid Calcium and Vitamin D
Supplies 100% USDA In 2 Softgels
| $11.99 | 100 Count Bottle VP901R | Retails for $13.90 | |
| $24.99 | 250 Count Bottle VP901U | Retails for $29.90 |
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Calcium & Vitamin D Softgets are good for your bones, teeth, nerves and muscles.
Daily Calcium and Vitamin D intake is recommended by The National Osteoporosis Foundation as an important step in keeping bones healthy.
No Sugar, Salt, Starch, Preservatives or Artificial Coloring Added.
| Each 2 Softgels Contains | |
| Calcium (from Calcium Carbonate) | 1000 mg |
| Vitamin D (as Cholecalciferol) | 100 i.u. |
Bones are living tissue. They need the calcium to help them develop and stay strong. Ninety nine percent of the calcium in our bodies is in bone. Lack of calcium causes bones to become fragile and break easily. Because many children and teens don't get all calcium they need, they suffer a high number of broken and fractured bones.
The other effects of too little calcium, like osteoporosis, don't show up until later in life. But problems like osteoporosis often start by not getting enough calcium as children and teens.
A diet high in calcium during childhood helps store calcium for later in life. This stored calcium can help keep bones strong. Our bodies continually replace our bones' calcium. If your body removes more calcium than it replaces, your bones will become weaker and have a greater chance of breaking. But by getting the recommended amount of calcium, you can help your bones stay strong. Calcium keeps teeth and gums healthy. It helps teeth develop right and helps them remain strong and resist decay. Calcium is important for preventing gum disease.
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CALCIUM . . . Exciting News For Healthy Weight-Loss!
New research shows Calcium can help people shed pounds. It’s safe, and has numerous health benefits! Calcium, it seems, not only strengthens bones and helps lower blood pressure, it can also help people lose excess weight – and keep it off!
“This is not a magic bullet, but adequate levels of Calcium can help ‘melt’ fat more quickly,” says Robert Heaney, a Calcium researcher at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, and the author of one of several recent studies on the subject. In fact, a Calcium deficiency may be one answer to the often-asked question, “I’m eating less, so why aren’t I losing weight?” – especially when you consider that nearly 80 percent of American adults, and 90 percent of women, aren’t getting enough of this essential mineral in their daily diets.
In one study, Heaney examined data from 348 young women and found that the less Calcium they received from their diets, the more likely they were to be overweight or obese. Among those who took in around 400 milligrams per day or less, 15 percent were overweight. But among those who received the minimum daily recommended dose of 1,000 mg., only 4 percent were heavy.
Interestingly, once people reach healthy weights, adequate Calcium levels have also been shown to prevent relapses.
Apparently, Heaney says, when Calcium levels are low, a reactive substance called “CALCITRIOL” travels through the bloodstream and signals fat cells to stop breaking down fat and to start storing it as efficiently as possible. Basically, the body goes into a “starvation prevention” mode that obstructs efforts to lose weight. A high-Calcium diet, however, instructs the Calcitriol to back off, allowing the fat metabolism to speed up.
Most people just don’t get enough Calcium from the foods they eat, which is why a daily Calcium supplement is key, say the experts. Fortunately, the overall amount required for maximum weight loss is the same as what’s recommended to protect skeletal strength, support bones and help keep blood pressure at healthy levels: minimum of 1,000 milligrams for men and women under 50, and 1,200 mg. for those over 50.
Supplements alone won’t undo the damage of overeating and inactivity. “Calories still count,” says Heaney. “You won’t lose weight if you take in more energy than you burn.”
CALCIUM FACTS: What is it? One of the most abundant minerals in the earth’s crust, Calcium is crucial for healthy bones, skeletal strength, nerve function, as well as beneficial for keeping blood pressure healthy and managing weight.
DOSAGE: To help lose weight, meet the RDA for Calcium. For men and women under 50, minimum of 1,000 milligrams; for adults 50 and over, 1,200 mg.
TYPE: Calcium supplements come in a few different forms – usually calcium carbonate, calcium citrate, or calcium phosphate – available in tablets, capsules and powders. All are good options. Adequate vitamin D is required for proper absorption. And the Calcium will be better absorbed when taken with food. For people who don’t get sufficient Calcium from food and need more than one tablet per day, take them at different times; the body absorbs small doses more efficiently.
BE AWARE OF THE RISKS: Taking more than 2,500 mg. a day could interfere with the way the body absorbs iron and zinc and may increase the risk of kidney stones.
Higher Risk of Death Tied to Low Vitamin D Levels
Low Levels of Vitamin D May Increase The Risk of Dying From All Causes by 150 %, Suggests a Study With Over 700 Elderly Women.
Women with blood levels of the vitamin lower than 15.3 nanograms per millilitre were more likely to die from causes such as heart disease and cancer than women with higher levels according to an article in Nutrition Research.
"The present findings from this population-based cohort of aging are consistent with the association between low serum and mortality that has been described in the general population," wrote researchers from Johns Hopkins University.
They also stated "In addition, a recent meta-analysis suggested that Vitamin D supplementation was associated with decreased mortality".
The researchers explained that several mechanisms could explain a causal link between Vitamin D deficiency and death. The vitamin is linked to a range of effects including control of inflammatory compounds, regulating immune health and blood pressure, or reducing arterial hardening.
"The role that Vitamin D plays in different tissues may account for the associations between vitamin D deficiency and cardiovascular disease, cancer, and mortality," they said.
The study used data from over thirteen thousand men and women participating in the Third National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey. The study made headlines around the world when is appeared in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
The new study looked at Vitamin D levels in 714 community dwelling women, between 70 and 79 years old, participating in the Women's Health and Aging Studies I and II.
The researchers worked with scientists from Wake Forest University, National Institute on Aging, University of Pennsylvania, and Columbia University.
Study Details
During the 6 years of follow-up, 100 of the women died with data showing that the main causes of death included cardiovascular disease (36%), respiratory disease (18%), cancer (15%), and other causes (27%).
When the researchers divided women into four groups (quartiles) according to their 25(OH)D levels, the proportion of women who died in during those 6 years in each quartile (from lowest to highest) was 19, 13,15, and 8.1 per cent, said the researchers.
Increasing blood levels of Vitamin D were linked to better survival rates, with women with the lowest average 25(OH)D levels having "significantly worse survival" than women with the highest average levels of 25(OH)D.
"Controlled clinical trials are needed to determine whether Vitamin D supplementation will improve health outcomes such as cardiovascular disease and mortality in older adults who have insufficient levels of Vitamin D," concluded the researchers.
Vitamin D refers to two biologically inactive precursors - D3, also known as cholecalciferol, and D2, also known as ergocalciferol. The former, produced in the skin on exposure to UVB radiation (290 to 320 nm), is said to be more bioactive.
While our bodies do manufacture Vitamin D on exposure to sunshine, the levels in some northern countries are so weak during the winter months that our body makes no Vitamin D at all, meaning that dietary supplements and fortified foods are seen by many as the best way to boost intakes of Vitamin D.
In adults, it is said Vitamin D deficiency may precipitate or exacerbate osteopenia, osteoporosis, muscle weakness, fractures, common cancers, autoimmune diseases, infectious diseases and cardiovascular diseases. There is also some evidence that the vitamin may reduce the incidence of several types of cancer and type-1 diabetes.
Source: Nutrition Research Volume 29, 525-530 "Low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations are associated with greater all-cause mortality in older community-dwelling women"
