How safe is tums for calcium?!
Question: How safe is tums for calcium?
So, I'd rather have a few broken bones down the road than to get a flippin kidney stone, so anybody know if tums is safe?
Answers:
They are technically safe in moderation, but you wouldn't want that as your source of Calcium. I would suggest going to your local health food store and buying a bone health complex of some sort that has at least 3-4 ingredients (bare minimum if you're concerned about your bones) that should be some of the following: Magnesium, Boron, Vitamin D, Vitamin K, Silica, Zinc, Copper, Ipriflavone, Manganese, and/or Strontium. Check with your doctor on Vitamin K if you're taking any drugs for blood coagulation.
There's a few reasons I specify this. First, Tums have Calcium Carbonate, which is one of the hardest forms of Calcium to break down as it requires the most stomach acid. If you take it after a meal, it can soothe the stomach acid, but it may not be completely broken down since your meal would have used up much of the stomach acid. Second, Calcium isn't very well absorbed in the system (which is one reason it can contribute to stones), but the nutrients I listed help it to be absorbed into the bones for optimal use. Third, you'll want to make sure you don't take more than 600 mg of Calcium at any given point in time as the body can't absorb more than 600 mg at a time... one regular Tums has 500 mg so 2 or more at a time can be very detrimental to do on a regular basis.
I hope that helps to clear everything up!
[edit]: GDBear is also right... your doctor is an idiot when it comes to nutrition. I would seriously suggest looking for another doctor for any future appointments, especially if they have to do with nutrition. Good luck!
Health/nutrition classes, personal experience, and personal research in my role as a Product Specialist for a vitamin company
what kind of doctor? What did he really recommend?
If you're low in calcium this can only be determined through a blood test.
Maybe you're one of the walking well and your doctor just agreed with you to get you off his back for two months. Eat properly, see a real doctor and see a dietitian. Unless you are one of the walking well with nothing wrong.
Too much Tums can lead to calcium carbonate kidney stones.
http://au.search.yahoo.com/search?p=tums…
Your doctor is an idiot - eat green leafy vegetables for calcium. Tums lower your stomach's acidity thereby imparing digestive health.
Kinda why?