Considering a powdered calcium supplement

MostlyWater
MostlyWater Posts: 4,294 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
We have osteoporosis in the family plus I'm going to be 50 soon so my dr recommended me taking calcium now, then doubling it when I reach full-on menopause.

It's not my first try taking calcium; the chocolate chews are nasty and the pills are enormous. I saw a powdered kind in the Vitamin Shoppe and bought it, then looked on Amazon and saw that theirs had Vitamin D added too. (Currently I take a small Vit D pill at work and have the kind that you drop into liquid at home, just to see how I liked it.)

I'm thinking just to chuck the whole shebang - powder and liquid or just the powder - into my morning smoothie; what say you all? If it works, why not?

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  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    Don't know about powders. Didn't know that existed. Ask your doctor. They hear feedback from so many people and see the results.

    The Caltrate pills aren't all that big and are coated. I swallow two at a time. The pink bottle is very cute, too. (Not that cute matters.)
  • lishie_rebooted
    lishie_rebooted Posts: 2,973 Member
    I'd read the manufacturer's website to determine if it's meant to be mixed with water vs fruit vs etc.

    Different vitamins are absorbed different ways I've read and certain vitamins are more beneficial taken alone and/or with water I've read as well. Whether or not these things are true is another story. But I suggest you do some research on this supplement and the best way to consume it before just tossing it in your smoothies. With how much supplements cost, you want to be sure you're getting the most benefit from it.
  • Aikigoth
    Aikigoth Posts: 40 Member
    Vitamins can help, although your Dr. should have considered testing you to see if you are deficient in calcium or excessive/ deficient in something else. Many people with osteoporosis actually take in enough calcium but lack in vitamin D.

    Avoid taking calcium with iron, zinc and magnesium. Ie if you take a multivitamin, take your calcium at another time. Also make sure your vitamin D intake is good. (That's the one you can get from sunlight.) Remember, without vitamin D your body can't use calcium!
  • MostlyWater
    MostlyWater Posts: 4,294 Member
    Thanks all! anyone else!

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