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Coral Calcium
is a salt of calcium derived
from fossilized coral reefs.
Living coral
reefs are endangered and cannot be harvested without
significant damage to the ecosystem, so coral calcium is harvested by
grinding up above-ground limestone deposits that were once part of a
coral reef.
There is no evidence that coral calcium cures or treats any
disease, or that it is better than a basic, inexpensive
calcium carbonate pill.
Coral and the shells of sea creatures are made of calcium carbonate,
the most common and usually cheapest form of calcium supplement
(used in Tums, for instance).
CoralCalcium
also supplies other minerals such as magnesium, mostly in small amounts,
which you can easily get from foods or a basic multi-vitamin/mineral
pill. UC Berkeley Wellness Letter,
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While the calcium component of coral
calcium is identical to any other limestone deposit, fossilized
coral reefs may contain trace minerals helpful to the human body, though
it's unlikely that a well-nourished individual would be deficient in any
of these minerals.
Calcium Carbonate itself is an
essential mineral for human life, and coral calcium
is an effective source of it, though by no means the only one.
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There have been many unsubstantiated
claims made regarding coral calcium, perhaps the most
controversial of which is that taking coral calcium can cure cancer by
increasing "body pH." Scientific studies have been performed indicating
that cancer cells cannot survive at sufficiently high pH levels.
What the marketers of coral calcium
usually fail to mention is that these studies were conducted in-vitro
and not in living tissue. The reason for this is that the pH required to
kill cancer cells also kills healthy human cells.
Another problem with the "body alkalinization" idea is that the body pH
doesn't change, regardless of how much calcium carbonate is ingested.
The human body can only function properly within a narrow pH range, and
if alkalinizing agents such as CaCO3 are ingested, the body promptly
excretes the alkaline components in urine. So, people who attempt to
increase the pH of their bodies are really only succeeding in raising
the pH of their urine. The same applies if acidic foods are ingested in
that the urine becomes more acidic.
It can be
dangerous for people with certain medical conditions (such as kidney
failure) to take excess coral calcium.
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have no affiliation with any of them.
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