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LAB
COMPARISON OF CALCIUM and CORAL CALCIUM
SUPPLEMENTS
Supplemental calcium tablets
sold in the stores are not always
a pure form of calcium. Most have
calcium components combined with stabilizers.
First these tablets must be dissolved
by digestive secretions (HCl) and
then ionized in order to be effected.
"Only a small part of the original
compound actually gets dissolved and
ionized."
Tests
of over-the-counter calcium based
supplements that are most often recommended
by physicians and pharmacist were
conducted by an independent laboratory.
COMPARISON PROCEDURES
The tests were designed
to measure the pH, the oxidation-reduction
capabilities, the electrical conductivity,
and the ability to counteract the
rouleauing effect on erythrocytes
(which will vary depending on the
degree of acidity within the blood
serum). The results of each product
were compared to those of Alka-Line
Coral Calcium™
PRODUCTS COMPARED
The products tested
were; (1) Oscal, containing
biological oyster shell calcium; (2)
Natural, containing biological
oyster shell calcium; (3) Bone
Meal, composed of ground and powdered
animal bone; (4) AdvaCal, containing
biological oyster shell calcium; (5)
Calcet, composed of equal parts
of calcium carbonate, calcium lactate,
and calcium gluconate; (6) Citracal,
composed of calcium citrate; (7) Mylanta,
containing calcium carbonate; (8)
Rolaids, containing calcium
carbonate; (9) Maalox, containing
calcium carbonate; (10) Tums,
containing calcium carbonate; (11)
Source Natural Coral Calcium,
(12) Coral Complex 2, (13)
Coraladvantage, and (14) Ancient
Wisdom, (15) Coral Calcium
"Supreme", (16) Coral Calcium
Daily, (17) Nature's Sunshine
Coral Calcium, (18) Coral Sea,
(19) Alka-Line
Coral Calcium,
(20)
Alka-Line Coral Calcium Capsules,
containing biological, ionic calcium.
COMPARISON METHODS AND RESULTS
The tests were conducted
using steam distilled water containing
crushed powders of each of the products.
The pH results were obtained using
standardized digital pH meters. High
pH test numbers equate to a high level
of alkalinity. Low pH results equate
to a high level of acidity. The pH
scale advances at an exponential power
of 10 for each level. Alka-Line Coral
Calcium registered 500 times more
alkaline than the next closest product.
Oxygen-reduction
results were obtained using a standard
Oxygen Reduction Potential meter (ORP).
The degree of negativity of an ORP
reading is an indicator of how bioavailable
and bioabsorbable a product will be.
The more negative the test reading,
the more ions are available for body
metabolic functions. Alka-Line Coral
Calcium was the only product to register
strong minus readings on the ORP meter.
Electrical
conductivity measurements are tested
in ohms using an OHM meter. An ohm
is a unit of electrical measurement
which demonstrates the amount of electrical
resistance of a substance. The lower
the ohm reading, the easier it is
for electrical impulses to be conducted
through the tissues and fluids of
the body. The less electrical resistance
there is, the more efficiently the
metabolic process progresses. This
relates to ionic polarization, the
osmotic gradient, and the availability
of positive and negative ions within
the cell membranes.
A normal
ohm reading for human tissue is approximately
500 ohms. After drinking water containing
1 gm of Alka-Line Coral Calcium the
ohm of a human test subject dropped
from 500 ohms to 40 ohm. When 1 gm
of the other sample products was added
to water and then consumed, there
was not an appreciable difference
in the ohm reading of test subjects.
Live
blood cell screening, using a phase
contrast, darkfield microscope, visually
shows the level of acidity present
in blood serum. High acidity results
in high erythrocyte rouleau (the sticking
together of red blood cells creating
a low oxygen carrying ability). High
alkalinity creates low erythrocyte
rouleau ( red cells are single, not
sticking together, and results in
the erythrocytes having a high oxygen
carrying ability). The blood serum
of all tests subjects initially showed
no rouleau as viewed through the phase
contrast, darkfield microscope. Therefore,
the blood serum of all test subjects
was alkaline in nature. A cola was
given to the test subjects to acidify
their blood serum.
Product
samples were randomly given to the
test subjects to see if the sample
would restore the subject's blood
serum to the "no rouleau", alkaline
condition. Identical comparison tests
were conducted over a five day period.
The higher the pH reading advances
in alkalinity, the less amount of
erythrocyte rouleau is present. Alka-Line
Coral Calcium was the only product
that returned the blood serum of the
test subjects from a highly acidic,
high blood rouleau condition to a
highly alkaline, no blood rouleau
condition.
| |
Product Name |
|
pH Value |
|
ORP Reading |
|
Electrical Conductivity |
|
Blood Rouleau Level |
| |
Mylanta |
|
6.7 pH |
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+ 80 |
|
500 ohm |
|
High
Rouleau |
| |
Citracal |
|
6.8 pH |
|
+ 190 |
|
500 ohm |
|
High
Rouleau |
| |
Rolaids |
|
7.0 pH |
|
+ 64 |
|
720 ohm |
|
High
Rouleau |
| |
Maalox |
|
7.1 pH |
|
+ 82 |
|
280 ohm |
|
High
Rouleau |
| |
Calcet |
|
7.2 pH |
|
+ 144 |
|
350 ohm |
|
High
Rouleau |
| |
Tums |
|
7.2 pH |
|
+ 95 |
|
500 ohm |
|
High
Rouleau |
| |
Natural |
|
7.3 pH |
|
+ 47 |
|
480 ohm |
|
Medium
Rouleau |
| |
Bone
Meal |
|
7.6 pH |
|
+ 40 |
|
500 ohm |
|
Medium
Rouleau |
| |
Oscal |
|
7.8 pH |
|
+ 39 |
|
300 ohm |
|
Medium
Rouleau |
| |
AdvaCal |
|
8.1 pH |
|
+ 35 |
|
260 ohm |
|
Medium
Rouleau |
|
*Source
Nat. Coral |
|
7.3 pH |
|
+ 281 |
|
47 ohm |
|
High/Med Rouleau |
| |
*Coral
Complex2 |
|
7.6 pH |
|
- 43 |
|
34 ohm |
|
Medium
Rouleau |
| |
*Coraladvantage |
|
8.7 pH |
|
- 71
|
|
26 ohm |
|
Med/little Rouleau |
| |
*Ancient Wisdom |
|
8.5 pH |
|
+224 |
|
55 ohm |
|
Med/little Rouleau |
| |
* Coral
Calcium Supreme |
|
7.8 pH
|
|
+35 |
|
29 ohm |
|
Medium
Rouleau |
| |
* Coral
Calcium Daily |
|
8.0 pH
|
|
-39 |
|
22 ohm
|
|
Med/little Rouleau |
| |
* Nature's
Sunshine CC |
|
8.7 pH
|
|
+47 |
|
42 ohm
|
|
Med/little Rouleau |
| |
* Coral
Sea |
|
8.2 pH |
|
+59 |
|
50 ohm
|
|
Med/little Rouleau |
| |
|
|
10.5
pH |
|
- 273
|
|
17 ohm |
|
No
Rouleau |
| |
*Alka-Line
Coral Calcium Capsules |
|
9.2 pH |
|
-122 |
|
22 ohm |
|
No
Rouleau |
| (*
indicates calcium made from
coral sources) |
PRODUCT
CORRELATION
There was a high
correlation between the pH level of
the sample products and the amount
of erythrocyte rouleau. There was
less correlation between the ORP readings
and electrical conductivity between
the products. However, the Alka-Line
Coral Calcium did register the lowest
electrical resistance (ohm) score
and only the Coral Calcium products
gave readings on the negative side
of the ORP meter. However, Alka-Line
Coral Calcium was the only product
that showed positive biological function
results in all four of the test areas.
COMMENTS
The wide range of
variability displayed by the testing
results seems to be linked with the
bioavailability and bioabsorbability
of the type of calcium being ingested.
Calcium minerals, in their elemental
state, are normally only 8 to 40%
biologically available to animals
and humans. After reaching the age
of 35 to 40, the availability of minerals
to humans drops to 3 to 5%. Older
people may not produce enough digestive
acid to put calcium, magnesium, and
potassium into ionic suspension.
Calcium
lactate is an example of a typical
supplement. A 2,000 mg tablet of calcium
lactate will chemically break down
to 860 mg of milk sugar or lactose
and 140 mg (or 16%) of elemental calcium.
The 140 mg of elemental calcium from
the calcium lactate must then undergo
digestion in order to become ionized
calcium. The end result is that only
10% of the original elemental calcium
ingested is ionized and becomes bioavailable
to the human body. This means that
after the 140 mg of elemental calcium
from calcium lactate completes the
digestive process you will end up
with 10% of the original 140 mg, or
14 mg of biological ionic calcium
available for metabolic use. Different
types of calcium provide different
percentages of elemental calcium.
For example, calcium carbonate provides
40% elemental calcium, while calcium
gluconate supplies 9% elemental calcium.
It is
important for calcium to be consumed
in healthy amounts. Although, just
because it is consumed it does not
always end up being fully absorbed
by the body. Usually, between 10 to
40% of dietary elemental calcium intake
is absorbed. However, women after
menopause may only absorb 7%. Calcium
from milk and milk products is absorbed
at a higher percentage rate (45%)
than calcium from supplements. Dietary
calcium must be made soluble in the
stomach and then pass to the small
intestine where it combines with a
calcium binding molecule so it can
be absorbed (chelation). Calcium competes
with zinc, manganese, magnesium, copper
and iron for absorption in the intestine,
and a high intake of one can reduce
the absorption of the others.
Alka-Line
Coral Calcium, however, is already
in ionic, biological form derived
from pure Sango coral. Therefore,
it is a 100% ionic, bioavailable calcium
and does not have to undergo the digestive,
ionizing process to which the other
calcium and some coral calcium supplements
must be subjected.
ADDITIONAL NOTES
The pH of the blood
must remain between 7.35 and 7.45
for the body to remain healthy. According
to Arthur C. Guyton, M.D., author
of the "Textbook of Medical Physiology"
which was used to train medical students,
states, "at a blood pH of 7.2 and
below the person will soon become
exceptionally sick and soon die."
The above information
is copyrighted © Copyright 2002
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