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@mkoch You aren't taking all 1000 mg of your calcium supplement via one tablet (as one dose....unless time-released), correct? Time released would be fine, but Johns Hopkins told me that the body cannot absorb more than 600 mg at one time. The rest is just passed out through the urine. Thus, time-released or lower doses taken with each meal. I have also learned how important it is to be taken vitamin K2 to act as a traffic cop, directing calcium to the bones and away from the cardiovascular system. Best wishes to you!! 🙏🫂🙏

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@cathyf31: My endocrinologist told me no more than 500 at any given time and so I do know to space it out. Thanks for the new information about vitamin K2. My heart calcium score is already at 60, maybe from taking calcium all these years. (My sister-in-law is 70 and her heart calcium score is zero. She doesn't have osteoporosis so hasn't taken supplements.) So I sure don't want my score to increase if I can prevent it. Thanks for the information.