Coral Calcium

Coral Calium

Code 508 -- Price: $15.95

90 Capsules (650 mg. each) | Availability
(Comparable products cost upwards of $39.95 per bottle!)

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{xtypo_dropcap}T{/xtypo_dropcap}here are entire books written on the value of coral calcium -- something of a marketing 'buzz word' for fossilized stony coral -- which contains well over 70 'marine coral minerals' -- of which over 40 of these minerals are known to be essential to human nutrition. (Many agree, however, that it is stony coral's two primary elemental components, calcium and magnesium, in which most people are at least mildly deficient, that provide the greatest benefit. We add additional magnesium chelate to provide a calcium-to-magnesium ratio that is optimal for human ingestion.)

There are a host of coral products on the market now, so we wanted to be careful in our sourcing decisions. We chose Okinawan stony coral for a variety reasons (which are actually "mined" from the Rukuyuku Islands of Okinawa - where the fossilized stony coral sits in the same pure, pollution-free state in which remained for thousands of years). First, fossilized Okinawan stony coral minerals come from a pure, single uncontaminated source --- invertebrates and their limestone casing. Moreover, the source material is not harvested from polluted sea water. It was derived from the land where the sea used to be, well over 2,000 years old. Okinawa is over 1,000 miles away from where atomic radiation contamination took place on other Pacific islands (largely through nuclear weapons' testing).

Health Claims:

One of the common health claims concerning coral calcium is that it bestows longevity -- wherein the longer lifespans of Okinawans as compared to their mainland Japanese cousins (as well as Chinese or Koreans) is the result of coral consumption. Although quite possible, Dr. Holt points out that Okinawan lifestyle and diet differs substantially from other populations. The argument that other populations with long average lifespans (i.e. people of Hunza, Vilcabamba, etc.) also have mineral-rich diets provides gist for further investigation, but without factoring in unique lifestyle and dietary aspects of these groups as well, such speculation is not positive proof.

Supplement Facts

Coral Calcium .......... 1500 mg* 
Yielding Calcium ... 360 mg (36%)
Magnesium Chelate .. 300 mg (60%)
Vitamin D .......... 800IU (200%)