Can anyone recommend a calcium supplement?

There's so many formulas on the market that I think the most important thing is go with a really reputable manufacturer that has been in business for a long time and ships interstate. The interstate caveat means that Federal guidelines apply so there's an implied higher standard of protection against poor quality or fraudulent products. I take something called Bone Support, which used to be called Bone Formula, which includes what I think of as the bone support trilogy of algae-sourced calcium, vitamin D3, and vitamin K2. I put a friend on it after he suffered a broken neck and his neurosurgeon noticed the bottle on his hospital bedside table and picked it up, read the formula and thought it was a really good supplement that also might help speed up bone healing. [I didn't ask why, if this was so important, no doctor suggested it. I pick my battles :-)]

I recently added silica to my daily regime, in the form of Bio-Sil, because a lot of data that suggests silica is really important and, though I eat more vegetables than I used to, I don't know how many trace minerals vegetables absorb in the growing process nor the quality of soil the vegetables are grown in for that matter though I buy most of the stuff at a local farmers market now. I don't know if the silica is helping my bones but it sure is making my hair grow a lot faster.

I would add one caveat. I never order anything from Amazon that goes in my body. And have also stopped ordering anything that is applied topically. I have twice received products sold via Amazon that were clearly not the brand name I was used to seeing though in the brand name labeled container. I think the Netflix documentary on fraudulent products on Amazon highlights some of the risk. I do read the reviews on Amazon but, when it comes to supplements or skin care products, and many other products, for that matter, I ordered directly from the manufacturer. The distribution chain chaos makes it very easy to sell counterfeit and sometimes outright dangerous goods. Caveat emptor.

There's so many formulas on the market that I think the most important thing is go with a really reputable manufacturer that has been in business for a long time and ships interstate. The interstate caveat means that Federal guidelines apply so there's an implied higher standard of protection against poor quality or fraudulent products. I take something called Bone Support, which used to be called Bone Formula, which includes what I think of as the bone support trilogy of algae-sourced calcium, vitamin D3, and vitamin K2. I put a friend on it after he suffered a broken neck and his neurosurgeon noticed the bottle on his hospital bedside table and picked it up, read the formula and thought it was a really good supplement that also might help speed up bone healing. [I didn't ask why, if this was so important, no doctor suggested it. I pick my battles :-)]

I recently added silica to my daily regime, in the form of Bio-Sil, because a lot of data that suggests silica is really important and, though I eat more vegetables than I used to, I don't know how many trace minerals vegetables absorb in the growing process nor the quality of soil the vegetables are grown in for that matter though I buy most of the stuff at a local farmers market now. I don't know if the silica is helping my bones but it sure is making my hair grow a lot faster.

I would add one caveat. I never order anything from Amazon that goes in my body. And have also stopped ordering anything that is applied topically. I have twice received products sold via Amazon that were clearly not the brand name I was used to seeing though in the brand name labeled container. I think the Netflix documentary on fraudulent products on Amazon highlights some of the risk. I do read the reviews on Amazon but, when it comes to supplements or skin care products, and many other products, for that matter, I ordered directly from the manufacturer. The distribution chain chaos makes it very easy to sell counterfeit and sometimes outright dangerous goods. Caveat emptor.

Could I please have the name of the Netflix documentary on fraudulent products on Amazon? I wasn't able to find it.

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Has anyone heard that Calcium Carbonate is not absorbed well by women over 60? I've heard that dicalcium malate, calcium citrate, calcium bisglycinate chelate, calcium ascorbate are better and more easily absorbed.

Has anyone heard that Calcium Carbonate is not absorbed well by women over 60? I've heard that dicalcium malate, calcium citrate, calcium bisglycinate chelate, calcium ascorbate are better and more easily absorbed.

Has anyone heard that Calcium Carbonate is not absorbed well by women over 60? I've heard that dicalcium malate, calcium citrate, calcium bisglycinate chelate, calcium ascorbate are better and more easily absorbed.