Re: Coral Vs Calcium and mineral supplements
Study Results
Average Percentage of Calcium in Pill Supplements
SOURCE: Nutritional Almanac, 3rd Edition, MacGraw-Hill
When considering taking a calcium supplement in pill form, the following chart may be helpful in determining how much calcium you are ingesting. It is important to consider that this does not reflect the absorbability of each type of calcium; only the percentage of calcium each pill contains.
Supplement Type
% of Calcium per type
Calcium Carbonate
Approx. 40%
Calcium Acetate
Approx. 23%
Calcium Citrate
Approx 21%
Calcium Lactate
Approx. 14%
Calcium Gluconate
Approx. 9.3%
Calcium Phosphate
Approx. 8%
Compare these results to an ionic Coral Calcium supplement, such as (..........): Supplement Type (if you wanna know the type email)
% of Calcium per type
Ionic Coral Calcium
Approx. 97.3%
Ionic Calcium not only contains a higher percentage of Calcium than pill forms of any calcium type, but is also 98-100% absorbable by the human body.
Martha....marshac@execulink.com