Calcium

•Recommended: 1200-1500 mg daily for ages 11-24 and 1000 mg daily for ages 25 and older
•Keeps bones strong and dense.
•Aids in fat loss and maintaining proper weight
•Helps regulate the heart beat
•Helps metabolize iron
•Alleviates insomnia
•Regulates cell permeability
•Critical to pH balance
•Blood clotting and fat digestion depend on calcium
•Nicotine, Cola, Alcohol, Caffeine, Refined Sugars, too much salt and eating excessive calories can deplete calcium levels.
•Sugar upsets calcium metabolism – so don’t buy calcium supplements sold as candy, such as caramel or chocolate flavors
•Excellent supplement forms are calcium citrate, calcium chelate and calcium gluconate.
•Homogenized and Pasteurized milk is NOT a good source of digestible, absorbable calcium.
•Food Sources: nuts (almonds), seaweeds, kelp, seeds (sesame seeds), tofu, broccoli, fruits, turnip greens, collard greens, dark green leafy vegetables and figs

Note: I did supplement calcium as I was not getting enough from my diet even though I had cut out all consumption of calcium depleting foods. I did not eat any animal or dairy products the first 30 days during my ‘cleansing cycle’. I took 600 mg calcium with 100 IU
Vitamin D. I now supplement my diet with 1 teaspoon of liquid angstrom calcium daily.