For many years, I have been taking one tablet per day of KAL
Calcium Magnesium Extra Strength, which contains 500 mg calcium (as calcium
carbonate and calcium amino acid chelate), 250 mg magnesium (as magnesium oxide
and magnesium amino acid chelate), 15 mg sodium, and 50 mg betaine HCl. I was buying it at my local health food
store, but I found a replacement that I think is even better and will be
ordering it soon from www.iherb.com, an
online distributor I've been getting my strontium and a couple of other
supplements from.
The new product is Country Life, Gluten Free, Calcium
Magnesium Complex 1000 mg/500 mg in two tablets, 360 tablets, $20.23. The
calcium is in the form of calcium hydroxyapatite, citrate, aspartate,
alpha-ketoglutarate, and lysinate. The magnesium is in the form of magnesium
oxide, citrate, taurinate, alpha-ketoglutarate, and aspartate. Each tablet
contains 500 mg calcium, 250 mg magnesium, and 250 mg phosphorus (as calcium
hydroxyapatite).
In addition to a calcium/magnesium supplement, I take a
multivitamin, Nature Made Multi For Her 50+, which I buy online at www.walgreen.com when the company has one of
their frequent “buy one, get one free” offers. This multivitamin contains 200 mg
calcium, 100 mg magnesium, 1000 IU vitamin D3, 80 mcg vitamin K, and many other
key nutrients.
For breakfast, I have 12 oz fat-free milk, which gives me 450
mg calcium. At lunch, I take the 500 mg calcium/250 mg magnesium supplement.
With supper, I take my multivitamin for 200 mg calcium and 100 mg magnesium. That
comes to 1150 mg calcium, without counting other food sources. The RDA for
women 50+ is 1200 mg calcium per day. I may cut back to 8 oz milk (300 mg calcium) on days when
I know I’ll be having something calcium rich for supper.
