Re: Does calcium citrate reduce stomach acid?

How could people get hypocalcemia when calcium is so readily available for
green vegetables and other foods.

I guess dairy consumption can lower absorption of calcium and since the
market propaganda started 40 years ago people can hurt themselves with too
much dairy.

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"Sbharris[atsign]ix.netcom.com" <sbharris@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Robert wrote:
>
> > You forgot to mention Milk alkali syndrome.
> >
> > "With the development of nonabsorbable alkali and histamine-2 blockers
for
> > treatment of peptic ulcer disease, milk-alkali syndrome became a rare
cause
> > of hypercalcemia; however, with increased use and promotion of calcium
> > carbonate for dyspepsia and as calcium supplementation, a resurgence of
> > milk-alkali syndrome has occurred in the last few years."
>
> COMMENT
>
> Yep. Milk-alkali syndrome (too much calcium in the blood from taking
> calcium plus base, in the old days bicarbonate of soda and milk)
> generally takes upwards of 4 grams of calcium a day (that's about a
> dozen regular TUMS or 6 Ultastrength TUMS) to give you too much calcium
> in the blood, but you never know how much is too much, people are so
> variable in how they handle calcium. All in all, the combo of TUMS and
> pepcid, keeping the TUMS down to 6 regulars or (at most) 3 ultras a
> day, is the best idea.
>
> Somebody's now probably going to ask what happens if you get the
> milk-alkali syndrome. Probably the first noticable feature is diuresis
> (too much urine), and thirst. But the symptoms of hypercalcemia are so
> variable I'd rather not go there.
>
> SBH
>

That's correct especially with hyperparathyroidism out there and people with
stones out there but those deficient in calcium should obviously take
calcium.



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