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Spring Valley - Calcium 600 mg with Vitamin D 600 mg, Twin Pack, 500 Coated Tablets
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Spring Valley - Calcium 600 mg with Vitamin D 600 mg, Twin Pack, 500 Coated Tablets
From Spring Valley
Regular exercise and healthy diet with enough Calcium helps teen and young adult women, who are at the high risk of osteoporosis (Caucasian and Asian women are particularly at risk for osteoporosis). Adequate Calcium intake is important, but daily intakes above 2,000mg are not likely to provide any additional benefit.
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful.
The amount of “elemental” calcium in calcium carbonate is typically 40%. The label on this product says there is 600mg of calcium carbonate in each tablet. The label doesn’t state it as “elemental” calcium. But a call to Spring Valley customer service says the 600mg is the “elemental” level. I’m skeptical. Why doesn’t the label state it as elemental, since that’s the important number when calculating daily calcium needs. To get 600mg of elemental calcium, each tablet would have to have 1500mg of calcium carbonate. And maybe that’s the case. Just wondering why a company marketing a product to people counting daily “elemental” calcium levels wouldn’t use that critical word on the label…
Elemental Calcium levels??
By Health conscious
Has anyone else checked on the levels of “elemental” calcium in these supplements?
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