The Importance of Calicum

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Calcium is a prominent activator or co-partner in a tremendous number of the body's vital biochemical reactions. These go on continuously from the time of conception until the time of death. The list below just scratches the surface of calcium's pervasive and powerful influences on the human body.

* Blood clotting
* Heart beating
* Blood pressure regulation
* Normal cell division
* Blood sugar control
* Releasing energy from food
* Communication between cells
* Sending nerve impulses
* Sending signals between cells
* Skeletal muscle movement

Calcium helps to send the nerve signals from your brain or muscles to direct your actions, and if you happen to get a paper cut, blood calcium will help to stop the bleeding. Very few metabolic actions escape the power of calcium.
Is Calcium Deficiency Harmful to the Body?

Yes! it can be extremely harmful and dangerous. A host of disease conditions may be directly or indirectly the result of calcium deficiency.

When calcium levels in the blood decrease to below adequate levels, the parathyroid glands stimulate osteoclast cells. These cells break down calcium from the bone and release it into the blood stream. If a person does not eat or absorb enough calcium, the parathyroid glands will mobilize calcium from their bones to ensure normal body function. It has been estimated that 25 years of negative calcium balance will deplete one-third of the human skeleton.

On the other hand we have the osteoblastic activity of the hormone known as calcitonin. Calcitonin plays a role in calcium maintenance and tries to inhibit the bone destroying activity of the osteoclasts. The sad thing is that the activity of calcitonin decreases with age while the activity of the parathyroid gland increases with age.

The following is a list of disorders that have been scientifically linked to calcium deficiency:

* Muscle cramps
* Eczema
* Brittle nails
* Hypertension
* Tooth decay
* Insomnia
* Increased cholesterol levels
* Indigestion
* Numbness in arms and legs
* Rickets
* Gallstones
* Kidney stones
* Gout
* Allergies
* Numbness in arms and legs
* Increased cholesterol levels

It has also been discovered that most degenerative diseases such as:

* Cancer
* Heart Disease
* Diabetes
* Osteoporosis

often have been linked to calcium deficiency.

All Calcium is NOT the Same!
There are countless brands of calcium supplements available on the market today. Their form of calcium might be calcium carbonate, coral calcium or a chelated calcium. However, none of these forms of calcium are typically in a food form. It is important to realize that the body only recognizes a food. That is the reason why the absorption, retention, and utilization of the more common forms of calcium supplements are typically so low. The absorption factor for most calcium products is in the area of 5% and very rarely exceeds 20%. If you take 1,000 mg of calcium carbonate, you will end up with only about 20 mg of calcium absorbed. This may be the reason why so many doctors have suggested that taking large amounts of supplements only results in producing expensive urine.

The second major problem with most calcium supplements is that the body does not recognize them, because they are not bound in a food form to a protein, which acts as a chaperone to guide the nutrients to specific tissues in the body. Because the calcium does not have this protein chaperone acting as a chauffeur, it is not correctly utilized and it is not properly targeted in the body. As a result, we know that this type of calcium is free floating in the blood, and tends to clog arteries and cause atherosclerosis. It can also end up as deposits in the colon or the kidneys.
Research now shows that either too little calcium or too much of the wrong kind of calcium can create the same deadly results.

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