Re: Is Pickling Lime Really A Good Source Of Calcium?

>- 810 times the recommended daily dose of calcium.

I think that it is not the actual amount of calcium that is important here but the alkalinity. Pickling lime is very alkaline. It is this small amount of additional alkalinity added to the water that makes a difference.

It is not just the absorbtion of a mineral such as calcium or magnesium the counts. While the minerals themselves are important, if the mineral is taken in an alkaline form, it will remove acidity from the body.

When calcium is taken in the form of pickling lime, almost 100 percent of it reacts with hydrochloric acid in the stomach, becoming calcium chloride which is highly absorbable. When calcium is taken as calcium carbonate, this reaction with stomach acid is only partial at best, and because it is already a neutralized form, it does not remove acidity.

I do agree that getting your minerals from natural foods is best, pickling lime does help.