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I appears you've got the basics nailed down. As always getting your nutritional needs met is always through foods rather than supplements. Vitamin D is necessary for calcium absorption, so you'll need to keep that in mind. I recently found an article (I posted link on another thread here) which warned about getting too much calcium from supplements as anything over 2000 mg per day can lead to hypercalcimia which causes heart disease. However, getting calcium naturally in foods has the opposite effect. Over 2000 mg from foods can actually reduce the plaque already in your heart's arteries. Here is an article on how to get the calcium you need naturally.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/in-depth/calcium-supplements/art-20047097
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I did not see this in the article you referenced but stated in your comment "Over 2000 mg from foods can actually reduce the plaque already in your heart's arteries." Where did you get that information from?
If I were to stop taking the daily dose of calcium (1200 mg with vit d3) and would only get calcium from food, how would I know if I am getting between 1600-2000 mg daily?
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Hi everyone. I recently heard an interview about calcium with Margaret Martin and a supplement researcher and founder of Consumer Lab.
He said something that I had wondered about and suspected to be true. Calcium fortified foods act like supplements in our bodies, and shouldn't be considered the same as natural food sources for calcium. It was a fairly interesting interview.
He speaks about this at around 11:45. https://youtu.be/ehxKfZUDvXQ?si=7oSIalB5ymiTKfVK