Green Calcium

Hello @ss66, I did a search of Connect and only found one mention by a member who was taking the Green Calcium product - @sherryann48 - https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/802668/. I hope she is still following Connect but she hasn't been active since Feb 2023.

I have osteoporosis and I am working hard to get my calcium magnesium vitamin K protein and vitamin D from my food because I really do not want to take supplements unless I have to. I used to take supplements but I really want to go natural now.

make sure you all do lab tests to see where your calcium is first, before taking supplements. Too much is not a good thing!!!

@ss66 I subscribe to Consumer Lab which is a website recommended by my integrative medicine physician at Mayo Clinic.

Consumer Lab:

-- consumerlab.com

I looked up the testing that Consumer Labs did on calcium products and their results. They did not test Green Calcium from Martin and Pleasance that you mentioned so I can't provide you with any data such as whether the claimed amount of calcium is equivalent to the actual amount of calcium and whether or not heavy metals were detected.

If you want to use plant based calcium then Consumer Lab did test and approved New Chapter® Plant Calcium Bone Strength however it is one of the more expensive products. They also tested and approved AlgaeCal Plus which is less expensive.

Since supplements are not regulated the FDA in the U.S. I believe it is wise to use a source such as Consumer Lab to figure out if the product label matched what is actually in the bottle.

as I stated above - anyone taking any kind of calcium "anything" should know their calcium levels before they begin supplementation. Too much calcium in your blood can be harmful.
I had two doctors put me on while they did the labs and then had to pull me off. Don't "presume" you are calcium deficient because you have osteoporosis!!!

Thank you @loriesco. My blood test showed correct level of calcium but my doctor mentioned that this does not determine calcium level in the bones. Is there any other test to check calcium level in the bones?

@ss66 I wonder if a bone scan could indicate the calcium level in the bones judged by bone condition …? 🤔

@ss66 you said ‘ my doctor mentioned that this does not determine calcium level in the bones. ’. This is interesting as I’m trying to get a magnesium blood test, as this testing is not done in standard blood tests. In researching, the magnesium blood test , if done , is not a true picture of your magnesium level. A more accurate magnesium test is a RBC (red blood cell) magnesium test as the RBC magnesium test , tests the magnesium in your RBCx. What occurs is, if you are low in magnesium, the cells draw the magnesium from your red blood cells, so when standard magnesium test is done , probably would register ok, bit the true magnesium number could be low. Not very labs actually read or perform RBC magnesium blood test.
I’ve heard there is not much difference between the two test and that is why, but that the RBC magnesium test is More accurate. Chemo depletes magnesium, so that’s why this RBC magnesium test is important. We all must be proactive.

that is probably correct! Too much calcium will wreak havoc. I don't think you need to worry about calcium in your bones! Only density.