Andy Galpin on Calcium

“All of muscle requires calcium to contract. Your skeletal muscle has to have it, your heart has to have it. It is a critical component to high quality, fast, and successful muscle contractions.”

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“As long as you're kind of hitting medium numbers, something like 800 to 1,000 milligrams of calcium per day, you tend to be fine.”

The Top 4 Supplements for Bone Health | Dr. Andy Galpin

“As long as you're kind of hitting medium numbers, something like 800 to 1,000 milligrams of calcium per day, you tend to be fine. If you're getting it in food, you're okay, you don't need it.”

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“Adding a calcium supplement on top of that doesn't seem to have much of an impact on overall bone health. You're probably just going to excrete most of that back out.”

The Top 4 Supplements for Bone Health | Dr. Andy Galpin

“If your intake or absorption of calcium is low, your body will recognize this and it'll start pulling it out of bone. This will actually lead to a rise or an increase in calcium concentrations in your blood.”

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