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Calcium and Weight Loss
Sheila Buff
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diet rich in this mineral has many benefits—including faster weight
loss
Is calcium a magic mineral that will melt off your excess pounds while you sleep? Sadly, no; but calcium does genuinely help you lose weight faster.
Powerful Proof
Researchers stumbled on the scientific evidence for calcium as a weight-loss aid in the late 1980s as part of a study on high blood pressure. The researchers had a group of people with hypertension add extra calcium to their diets in the form of 2 cups of yogurt a day. The idea was that the 800 milligrams or so of extra dietary calcium would help the participants lower their blood pressure. It did—and they also lost an average of 11 pounds over the year the experiment lasted, even though they weren’t dieting and the yogurt added extra calories to their daily intake.
Based on that unexpected finding, researchers have gone on to look at studies of the effects of calcium on bone health to see if weight loss is an unexpected side benefit. It turns out that it is. In study after study, the people with the highest calcium intake overall weighed the least, and the people with the lowest calcium intake had the highest percentage of body fat. Low calcium intake was also associated with a number of other medical problems, including high blood pressure, colon cancer and osteoporosis.
In a 2002 review article that looked at six observational studies and three controlled trials, the authors concluded that increasing calcium intake by the equivalent of two dairy servings per day—about 600 mg in total—could reduce the risk of being overweight substantially.
How does calcium help you maintain a healthy weight or lose weight if you need to? Dr. Michael Zemel, a leading researcher in this area, thinks it’s because when your body doesn’t get enough calcium, it starts a defense mechanism to preserve what calcium it does have. Part of that process is a hormonal response that starts the fat-storing process and slows down the process that breaks fat down again for energy.
Calcium in Your Diet
The studies of calcium and weight loss all found that dairy foods, particularly milk and yogurt, were the most effective sources of dietary calcium. Other high-calcium foods and calcium supplements didn’t seem to help as much, although they did have some effect.
Fortunately, there’s another excellent source of dietary calcium from another dairy product: cheese. Just 1 ounce of Swiss cheese, for example, has 272 mg of calcium. Just be sure to select semisoft, aged cheeses such as cheddar or Colby; these give you the most calcium per serving.
To get your calcium intake even higher, choose from the many other excellent foods that give you plenty of calcium. Broccoli is moderately high in calcium, for example; so are kale, Swiss chard, mustard greens and many other dark leafy greens. (Spinach is high in calcium, but because it’s tied up with other minerals, you don’t absorb very much.) Tofu (select a brand made with calcium sulfate), canned salmon (with the bones) and sardines are high in calcium.
If you’re not a cheese lover, or can’t eat it for health reasons, or if you just want to be on the safe side, consider taking a calcium supplement. VitaCorp’s Coral Calcium + TM is an excellent source of calcium. It contains two powerful sources of calcium: coral calcium and amino acid chelate calcium from eggshell. VitaCorp’s coral calcium is harvested from eco-friendly “above sea” sources in Okinawa. We archaeologically harvest only the pristine white coral heads in an ecologically sound process that does not touch or alter the fragile state of the coral reefs and ocean environment. After it is collected, the coral is ground to a micron size to facilitate absorption and then purified. Our amino acid chelate calcium is processed from eggshell using a chemical free, patented process that produces custom particle sizes for maximum absorption! The resulting amino acid chelate contains more than a dozen amino acids, including Glutamic Acid, Proline, Lysine, Valine, Threonine, Leucine, Isoleucine, Tyrosine, Aspartic Acid, Arginine and Alanine. In fact, the quality of our amino acid chelated eggshell calcium is so high that it meets the tough lead free requirements of California’s Proposition 65.
How Much Do You Need?
Your need for calcium changes as you age. From the age of 19 to 50, you should aim for at least 1,000 mg a day. After age 50, that amount should increase to at least 1,200 mg daily for a man and 1,300 mg for a woman. According to Dr. Zemel, the optimum fat-burning dose of calcium is 1,200 to 1,600 mg a day.3 Chances are you’re not getting even the minimum recommended daily amount—nutrition surveys show that few Americans do. In fact, according to Department of Agriculture surveys, 90 percent of adult women in the United States get less than 800 mg of calcium a day. One big reason: People mistakenly fear the calories and dietary fat from high-calcium foods such as nuts and cheese, and end up stinting themselves on calcium. VitaCorp’s Coral Calcium +TM has 1000mg per serving, and is an excellent source of supplemental calcium.
Two Powerful Forms of Calcium
Every day, your body performs functions that rely on calcium for success. Calcium is essential to good health. That’s why more and more people are searching for an effective calcium supplement. Vitacorp’s Coral Calcium+ with EnZact 77k™ is the answer. This exclusive formula delivers two powerful forms of calcium: coral calcium and amino acid chelate calcium from eggshell.
How It Works
Why does coral have such a reputation as a health supplement able to deliver numerous health improvements? Coral contains high amounts of calcium and virtually every mineral found in the human body—and in similar proportions as those found in the human body, too. We cannot always get the minerals from our food source. In fact, much of the soil used in food production is mineral depleted.
Coral minerals may be one of the most effective ways to put minerals into the blood because of the high absorbability of the minerals. Coral minerals are a full spectrum, organic, ionic, synergistic blend of seventy-four minerals.
Amino Acid Chelate Calcium
Our amino acid chelate calcium is processed from eggshell using a chemicalfree, patented process that produces custom particle sizes for maximum absorption! The resulting amino acid chelate contains more than a dozen amino acids, including Glutamic Acid, Proline, Lysine, Valine, Threonine, Leucine, Isoleucine, Tyrosine, Aspartic Acid, Arginine and Alanine. In fact, the quality of our amino acid chelated eggshell calcium is so high that it meets the tough leadfree requirements of California’s Proposition 65.
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