topic Re: Calcium & Magnesium in Wellness

Calcium & Magnesium

bebe777 — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 00:26:34 GMT

Calcium/Magnesium — General Information from Andrew

Calcium Daily Dosage

A lot of doctors recommend that people take 1500 mg, 2000 mg, or even 2500 mg of calcium daily. Andrew does not think that does daily dosages are appropriate. He thinks the more appropriate approach is to manage vitamin D levels and take more like 500 mg to 1000 mg of calcium daily.

You never take more than 500 mg of calcium at a time. If you take any more than that, you will not absorb it and you will not benefit from it. The science is clear. So you have to Break up your calcium intake throughout the day. Andrew suggests taking a couple capsules of his calcium daily (one at each of several meals). In his Calcium/ Magnesium Intensive Care, each calcium capsule is 250 mg of calcium so, at most, take three or four capsules daily.

Beyond that, Andrew recommends the vitamin K2/MK7 which maximizes the benefits of the calcium, the magnesium, and the vitamin D. That really achieves you the ideal cardiovascular and skeletal approach.

Re: Calcium & Magnesium

bebe777 — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 00:25:03 GMT

Calcium and Bone Health

We need calcium for our bones. When you're young you needed it to retain and maintain, and what do you build when you are young is what you have to hold onto. It's sort of a savings account you create for later in life.

As we get older, we need to hold onto calcium as much as we can. So it's critical that we make sure that we have an adequate intake of calcium and magnesium throughout our lives. And then, we need to have the vitamin D because, without that, we can't absorb the calcium that we need.

With regard to vitamin K2/MK7, in terms of the relationship between various systems in our body, there are systems where we want high levels of calcium to be retained and other systems where we do not want high levels of calcium present (e.g. arterial walls). K2/MK7 is the traffic cop that determines that calcium stays where it should and doesn't go where it shouldn’t.

Calcium and the Skeletal System

We can't maintain our skeletons as we age without calcium.

Re: Calcium & Magnesium

bebe777 — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 00:25:25 GMT

Solubility of Calcium/Magnesium Intensive Care

These capsules are small capsules, soft capsules with an ultra fine powder. Because calcium and magnesium are inherently insoluble – because they are essentially mineral rocks – you make a rock when you make a tablet out of it. — This product will not cause any stomach upset or any repeat because it will not sit at the bottom of your stomach and irritate it.

Calcium is technically considered technically and scientifically to be a metal. Metals typically aren't soluble. Calcium and magnesium are not terribly soluble. – So why someone would put them in a rock hard tablet makes no sense especially since these ingredients are delivered to the manufacturers as wonderful fine powders perfect for delivering to you. But because it's more costly to put them in a capsule as Procaps Labs does. It's more costly to even do so without additives (as Procaps Labs does): both of these products are 100% pure.

Re: Calcium & Magnesium

bebe777 — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 00:25:49 GMT

Soothing Effect of Calcium

There is actually a little bit of calcium/magnesium in the Night Time formula because these minerals are soothing to the body. Calcium, potassium, sodium, and magnesium are the minerals that are considered the four electrolytes. And they tend to be soothing and relaxing for our muscles. For example, in our reviews, people talk about how when they take the the calcium/magnesium at night that that their muscle cramping has gone away.

Re: Calcium & Magnesium

bebe777 — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 00:26:10 GMT

Calcium, M2/MK7 and Vitamin D

You can't absorb calcium without sufficient vitamin D. An intelligent approach to calcium supplementation isn't to take megadoses and thousands and thousands of milligrams of calcium. It's too take reasonable levels of high quality calcium and then make sure that you have adequate levels of vitamin D to absorb it, because you can't absorb the calcium without vitamin D. You can take all the calcium in the world but you can't absorb it without adequate levels of vitamin D.

Also, it's better to take calcium with magnesium which is why we have our Calcium/Magnesium Intensive Care product.

And if you really are focusing on your skeleton, there's been some research on calcium and the health of our arteries. If you really want to support the health of your arteries when you're having a regime with calcium and vitamin D, then you also need to supplement with vitamin M2/MK7. That is by far the most important form of vitamin K that we could ever contemplate ingesting

This is sort of the trio when it comes to ideally supporting your skeleton and ideally supporting cardiovascular health: vitamin D, Calcium/magnesium, and vitamin M2/MK7.

Re: Calcium & Magnesium

World Traveler — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 02:10:33 GMT

@bebe777 Apologize for breaking in on your great calcium and magnesium recap, but I was curious if you knew anything about next weekend's host picks of Lessman's products. They at least talked about the chocolate product for December, but unless I missed it, I don't have a clue what next weekend's products will be. Was there any clue that you picked up on?

Re: Calcium & Magnesium

VaBelle35 — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 10:57:01 GMT

@World Traveler

I'm watching an Encore this morning and for the HHS&N, Colleen is laughing that they gave her her Host Pick chart vs the chart for this visit with the pricing. The pricing is the same today as it was for her Host Pick. I'm sure it will be the same Host Pick again for her. That's her Holy Grail supplement.

I think Shannon is a big PC Liver and Brain person. She raves about that one.

Bobbi Ray may have one as she is on with Andrew sometimes, she did the first live remote from Vegas.

Re: Calcium & Magnesium

bonnielu — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 13:22:30 GMT

New studies have just come out on Calcium. I think they say it is overkill and might even not be safe. I will find it and post.

Found it but cannot copy and paste...

So google

STUDIES FIND LITTLE BENEFIT WITH CALCIUM SUPPLEMENTS

Re: Calcium & Magnesium

willdob3 — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 14:01:12 GMT

Used incorrectly, just about anything can be a problem.

All the advice over past decades to take massive doses of calcium - and nothing else along with it - added to poor quality horse pills that goes largely unused/absorbed...yep, that can be unhealthy.

People using Andrew's high quality supplements have generally been educated on the correct amount to take. And most take the correct minerals/vitamins along with it. And it is in a form that is good with no junk ingredients. So, dangerous? No. Harmful? No. Unhealthy? No.

Re: Calcium & Magnesium

World Traveler — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 14:12:58 GMT

@VaBelle35 wrote:
@World Traveler

I'm watching an Encore this morning and for the HHS&N, Colleen is laughing that they gave her her Host Pick chart vs the chart for this visit with the pricing. The pricing is the same today as it was for her Host Pick. I'm sure it will be the same Host Pick again for her. That's her Holy Grail supplement.

I think Shannon is a big PC Liver and Brain person. She raves about that one.

Bobbi Ray may have one as she is on with Andrew sometimes, she did the first live remote from Vegas.

Oh, okay! Thanks!

Re: Calcium & Magnesium

VaBelle35 — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 18:31:29 GMT

@bonnielu wrote:
New studies have just come out on Calcium. I think they say it is overkill and might even not be safe. I will find it and post.

Found it but cannot copy and paste...

So google
STUDIES FIND LITTLE BENEFIT WITH CALCIUM SUPPLEMENTS

@bonnielu

I posted it on the October TS thread.

Re: Calcium & Magnesium

Shelbelle — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 19:55:43 GMT

So many calcium supplements come in tablets of 600 mg each, so I take one at 2 different times of the day, so if 100 mg at a time are not getting absorbed, then so be it.

Re: Calcium & Magnesium

Shelbelle — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 19:56:55 GMT

Calcium works for me, my bone density has held pretty steady for the last 12 years from age 51 to 63. I also take D3, magnesium and K.

Re: Calcium & Magnesium

Lipstickdiva — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 21:01:33 GMT

I've long said I think some of these vitamins are unnecessary. I cannot imagine how taxing it is on the liver to take the amount of vitamins Andrew takes and some of the hosts claim to take.

I think before anyone starts taking something like Vitamin D, they need to have their levels checked to see what they should be taking.

Re: Calcium & Magnesium

bebe777 — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 21:07:03 GMT

@World Traveler wrote:
@bebe777 Apologize for breaking in on your great calcium and magnesium recap, but I was curious if you knew anything about next weekend's host picks of Lessman's products. They at least talked about the chocolate product for December, but unless I missed it, I don't have a clue what next weekend's products will be. Was there any clue that you picked up on?

@World Traveler , lol it's all good.

Andrew won't have a new Procaps Today's Special TV broadcast until January 2016. -- Generally these are the standard TS values offered in January:

* Secure Meal Replacement which is frequently bundled with Carnislim (the capsule form of Carnitine)

* Glucosamine/Chondroitin

* Circulation & Vein Support (diosmin)

Last January he bundled Glucosamine/Chondroitin with Turmeric/Ginger, but he may choose a different supplement to bundle it with this this time.

Last time Circulation & Vein Support was bundled with an antioxidant blend (maybe resveratrol and ECGC, but ti dont' remember the exact formulation).

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During this past weekend's shows, on several occasions, Andrew mentioned that he really enjoyed the September online show and that he plans to do another on in about a month (so maybe around the middle of November).

In past years, he has sometimes done telephone segments from Nevada (or Colorado) in November and offered mini sizes of either 8 or 16 top supplements. I think the price has usually been around $80 or $160. That is because some of the included supplements are the more expensive ones such as CoQ10 and Ultimate Eye Support.

-- bebe

Re: Calcium & Magnesium

bebe777 — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 21:10:53 GMT

@VaBelle35 wrote:
@World Traveler

I'm watching an Encore this morning and for the HHS&N, Colleen is laughing that they gave her her Host Pick chart vs the chart for this visit with the pricing. The pricing is the same today as it was for her Host Pick. I'm sure it will be the same Host Pick again for her. That's her Holy Grail supplement.

I think Shannon is a big PC Liver and Brain person. She raves about that one.

Bobbi Ray may have one as she is on with Andrew sometimes, she did the first live remote from Vegas.

@VaBelle35 yup, Colleen loves her HHSN and Shannon lives for the PC granules. I think Shannon developed a medical condition a few years back that the PC granules provide support for. She alluded to this for several years before she finally stopped hinting about it.

I haven't seen Bobbie Ray or Cathy(?) Wolfe hosting one of Andrew's shows for quite a while. I'd much prefer either of them over Shannon. lol, I'd prefer Lincoln over Shannon.

-- bebe

Re: Calcium & Magnesium

bebe777 — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 21:32:25 GMT

@Shelbelle wrote:
So many calcium supplements come in tablets of 600 mg each, so I take one at 2 different times of the day, so if 100 mg at a time are not getting absorbed, then so be it.

@Shelbelle it's actually a bit more complicated than that.

Calcium and Magnesium (as well as Iron) are all covalent ions. -- This is why there is an upper limit on how much Calcium to consume in a single dose.

Due to their chemical properties, when you take more than the per meal dosage... less calcium is actually absorbed.

I'm making these numbers up to make my point clearer...

* if you take 500mg calcium (the upper threshold) then 500mg gets absorbed.

* but if you take 600mg calcium, then perhaps your body might only absorb 400mg.

* and if you take 700mg, then maybe your body only absorbs 350mg.

The numbers are made up examples but, hopefully, clarify what I'm trying to explain.

When you take more than the per serving dosage, the extra calcium fights with the regular dose of calcium. The result being that not even 500mg gets absorbed.

You may have heard nutritionists recommending that calcium and iron not be taken at the same time. -- That's because, if you take them together, then neither of them gets properly absorbed.

Also, Andrew recommends that most people only supplement with 500mg of calcium daily. This is because so many processed/prepared foods have calcium hidden in them. Two easy examples of this are orange juice and milk. Not only do they have extra unwanted calcium added, but I'm guessing that it's low grade and not that bioavailable.

Most supplements are pretty straightforward to take, but taking calcium effectively requires a bit of heavy lifting.

-- bebe

Re: Calcium & Magnesium

World Traveler — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 21:34:39 GMT

@bebe777 wrote:
@World Traveler wrote:
@bebe777 Apologize for breaking in on your great calcium and magnesium recap, but I was curious if you knew anything about next weekend's host picks of Lessman's products. They at least talked about the chocolate product for December, but unless I missed it, I don't have a clue what next weekend's products will be. Was there any clue that you picked up on?

@World Traveler , lol it's all good.

Andrew won't have a new Procaps Today's Special TV broadcast until January 2016. -- Generally these are the standard TS values offered in January:

* Secure Meal Replacement which is frequently bundled with Carnislim (the capsule form of Carnitine)

* Glucosamine/Chondroitin

* Circulation & Vein Support (diosmin)

Last January he bundled Glucosamine/Chondroitin with Turmeric/Ginger, but he may choose a different supplement to bundle it with this this time.

Last time Circulation & Vein Support was bundled with an antioxidant blend (maybe resveratrol and ECGC, but ti dont' remember the exact formulation).

___

During this past weekend's shows, on several occasions, Andrew mentioned that he really enjoyed the September online show and that he plans to do another on in about a month (so maybe around the middle of November).

In past years, he has sometimes done telephone segments from Nevada (or Colorado) in November and offered mini sizes of either 8 or 16 top supplements. I think the price has usually been around $80 or $160. That is because some of the included supplements are the more expensive ones such as CoQ10 and Ultimate Eye Support.

-- bebe

Do you remember anything about chocolate.....my passion next to traveling? ha! Maybe that was the meal replacement you were mentioning.

Re: Calcium & Magnesium

Shelbelle — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 21:43:26 GMT

Bebe, thanks for taking the time to explain. I have been taking Bone Care from Puritans Pride for many years now, it is 600 mg, but also contains Mag, D3, and K, it really is a great formula, and has done good by me. I am very grateful not to have to resort to Fosamax or any other drugs.

Re: Calcium & Magnesium

bebe777 — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 21:45:31 GMT

@World Traveler wrote:
@bebe777 wrote:
@World Traveler wrote:
@bebe777 Apologize for breaking in on your great calcium and magnesium recap, but I was curious if you knew anything about next weekend's host picks of Lessman's products. They at least talked about the chocolate product for December, but unless I missed it, I don't have a clue what next weekend's products will be. Was there any clue that you picked up on?

@World Traveler , lol it's all good.

Andrew won't have a new Procaps Today's Special TV broadcast until January 2016. -- Generally these are the standard TS values offered in January:

* Secure Meal Replacement which is frequently bundled with Carnislim (the capsule form of Carnitine)

* Glucosamine/Chondroitin

* Circulation & Vein Support (diosmin)

Last January he bundled Glucosamine/Chondroitin with Turmeric/Ginger, but he may choose a different supplement to bundle it with this this time.

Last time Circulation & Vein Support was bundled with an antioxidant blend (maybe resveratrol and ECGC, but ti dont' remember the exact formulation).

___

During this past weekend's shows, on several occasions, Andrew mentioned that he really enjoyed the September online show and that he plans to do another on in about a month (so maybe around the middle of November).

In past years, he has sometimes done telephone segments from Nevada (or Colorado) in November and offered mini sizes of either 8 or 16 top supplements. I think the price has usually been around $80 or $160. That is because some of the included supplements are the more expensive ones such as CoQ10 and Ultimate Eye Support.

-- bebe

Do you remember anything about chocolate.....my passion next to traveling? ha! Maybe that was the meal replacement you were mentioning.

@World Traveler lol, from what Andrew said, he's got a chocolateproduct in the works. But from the way he described his focus, I think it's a way down the road. Everyone's gotten on the chocolate antioxidant bandwagon but without really giving serious consideration to the key ingredients involved (so it's a lot of smoke and mirrors). I doubt Andrew will come out with something until he feels it fills a read nutirtional void... lol, and tastes really good,

His CholestaCare was originally supposed to be added to chocolate, until he realized how beneficial it would be when added to his Ultimate Oatmeal and Oat Bran.

Below is some additional info that Andrew shared during his recent shows. -- bebe

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HOST PICK IN OCTOBER

In October, Colleen’s host pick will be an Andrew Lessman product.

UPCOMING HSN TV as well as ONLINE SHOWS IN NOVEMBER

During his most recent visit, Andrew mentioned how much he enjoyed his recent September 13th online show. He said that he plans to have another online show in about a month (which would be mid November).

In past years, Andrew has done remote segments (and maybe a few shows) in either late November or early December. Generally the special offer (it’s not a TS) has been 30 or 60 capsule sizes of some of his top supplements. He’s done 8-bottle (around $80) and 16-bottle (around $160) holiday specials. — A number of the supplements included are the more expensive supplements such as CoQ10 and Ultimate Eye. It gives people a chance to try a cross-section of Andrew’s top supplements.

UPCOMING PROCAPS LABS TS VALUES — 2016

Omega-3 — “there’ll be a TS probably in April or May 2016.” — for the past few years Andrew has done the TS on the Maximum Essential Omega-3 product.

Healthy Hair, Skin and Nails (HHSN) — “there’s not a TS until the second half of 2016.” — (my guess would be probably in July 2016 because that is when Andrew traditionally does his HHSN TS).

Calcium/Magnesium Intensive Care & Vitamin D — Because of the sizes here, it's likely going to be more than year before we do this today's special again. So I suspect this today's special it will be at least 15 to 18 months from now and probably NOT a year from now. These supplements Will probably not be in another TS until sometime in 2017 because, basically, even if you took two vitamin D capsules daily that would give you enough vitamin D for about a year and a half. — Given the sizes available in the TS, Andrew does not think that these products will be available as a TS for the next year and half. Both of these products are incredibly stable, So you don't have to worry about potency.

MURIEL’S NEW YOUTUBE COOKING CHANNEL — EATING WELL WITH MURIEL

Muriel has a new YouTube cooking channel called Eating Well with Muriel. She is doing YouTube cooking videos with Andrews niece, Chloe. All summer they've been shooting cooking videos on YouTube. A new one has been added to YouTube today (October 4th) with Andrew in the kitchen along with his dog, Lincoln. — From Muriel: don't forget to subscribe and click the red button.

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