Quest for Calcium

Why does everyone need calcium?  

Make no bones about it!

• Calcium helps kids build strong bones.

• Calcium helps teens and young adults reach optimum bone mass.

• Calcium helps older adults reduce bone loss.

Calcium is an essential mineral, perhaps the single most important mineral in the human body.  It helps people at all stages of life maintain healthy muscular, nervous, and circulatory systems.

Although it is well known that calcium helps prevent osteoporosis, it also helps prevent and treat a wide variety of other diseases.  For example, calcium helps those afflicted with hepatitis C to protect the liver.  Adequate calcium also reduces the risk of kidney stones in men.

Are you getting enough calcium?

The recommended Daily Value for calcium varies by age group:

• 800 mg for kids 4-8

• 1000 mg for most adults 19-50

• 1200 mg for adults over 50.

• 1300 mg for adolescents and young adults 9-18

Look who’s not getting enough:

• 90% of females, teenage to 50

• 90% of adults over 50

• 80% of males, teenage to 50

• 66% of kids 3-12 yrs

Bioavailability:  The Key to Calcium Benefits

According to FDA standards, Heart-Thrives are an “excellent source of calcium,” with 30% of the Daily Value.  Calcium citrate, as found in Heart-Thrive, is an organic calcium source that is an organic calcium source that is readily absorbed by the body.  It is more bioavailable than other calcium supplements, approximately 25% better than calcium carbonate.

FYI - Calcium is best absorbed when taken at least twice a day. 

At Heart-Thrive, that’s one reason we think two hearts are better than one!