The Calcium Cascade

    It’s amazing how minerals and vitamins play a key role in our lives.     When  I read  an article in  “First  for Women ,”  I  began to understand       the importance once  again how  vitamin D,  calcium  and  magnesium cascades  for  vitality. Thanks  to  factors  like  dairy  sensitivities,  also    NSAID’s  medications  and  “stress”   that can deplete magnesium levels         in your body.

     This can strain the adrenal gland  and  hinders their ability to aid                in  the  regulation  of  calcium  levels.  Therefore,  95%  of  women  lack          this energy boosting mineral, which helps regulate pH balance as well        as  Elaine Shea  in  this  article.  Had  her energy level take a nose  dive           as she had no ideal  “why,”  despite exhaustion,  insomnia plagued her     as she struggled  with muscle cramps,  brittle nails  and  exasperating    brain  fog  (should have your thyroid checked as well.)

      After  visiting  with  several  doctors,   being  prescribed  Synthroid              for  a  sluggish  thyroid.  Nothing  seem  to  right  her  condition until she      went to Naturopathic Physician  Dr. Cammi  Balleck, author of  the book Happy,  The New Sexy and she advises about the importance of  calcium.  Without adequate calcium,  the  thyroid  slows  an  optimal  functioning  adrenal gland which drains energy.

   Both  help  regulate  hormone balance  and  are  important  to  your         overall vitality, with calcium coming under scrutiny after a 2011 study linking calcium pills  to  an  86 percent increase  in heart attacks.  Since     that study the mineral in  food  form has been shown to lower your risk       by  30 percent.  This scrutiny of  calcium supplements also made Elaine start eating calcium – rich  foods.

     Plus she began taking 450 mg of  magnesium  (to balance calcium)        and  5,000 iu  of  vitamin D (to  help  the  body  absorb  calcium) daily.        Dr. Balleck  also advised her to take a whole  food supplement  200mg   Standard  Process  Calcifood   (www.standardprocess.com), bridging          the  gap  between  what  she  was  receiving  from  her diet  and  daily        value  of  1,000  to  1,200 mg.

     The  problem  with  many  calcium  supplements  are  they  aren’t    adequately absorbed by the body  and excess calcium accumulates in          the  blood  and  coats the arteries, raising  the  risk  of  heart harming blockage. Therefore, to be taken properly always consult a physician           of  the  ilk…  Dr.  Lawrence  D. Wilson  M.D.,  the  author  of  the  book   Nutritional Balancing  and  Hair Mineral Analysis.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDg0BJw10Y4

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