Supplements Dosages Question

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*Hi Bee*

* I bought the Nature's Way Calcium Citrate. Your directions say to take

300mg 2x/day, but the capsules are 500mg each. How should I handle this?

Should I just take it once a day? **Maybe there was something else I should

have bought instead?*

*You mention to take the Niacin if needed. How do we know if we need it? And

is it 50 mg/ day?*

* I had also missed the A & D supplements and am ordering that now.*

* Thank you*

* Kathy*

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> *Hi Bee*

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> * I bought the Nature's Way Calcium Citrate. Your directions say to take

> 300mg 2x/day, but the capsules are 500mg each. How should I handle this?

> Should I just take it once a day? **Maybe there was something else I should

> have bought instead?*

+++Hi Kathy. You can take 1 capsule 500 mg for 1 dose; which is the maximum

amount of calcium per dose your body can handle at a time.

Otherwise you need to get creative by opening the capsules and dumping out the

contents so you get as close as you can to 100 mg for the 2nd dose = total of

600 mg per day.

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> *You mention to take the Niacin if needed. How do we know if we need it? And

is it 50 mg/ day?*

+++ " If needed " is IF you get a vitamin B complex that contains niacinamide or

some other form instead of " true " niacin (B3) in which case you must buy true

niacin separately and take it along with vitamin Bs.

The best to you, Bee

[Guest guest]

I have the same issue. Should I be taking 500 mg of Magnesium because I am

taking 500 mg of the Calcium? I can split the Mg tablets in half and make it

work.

Shelby

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> +++Hi Kathy. You can take 1 capsule 500 mg for 1 dose; which is the maximum

amount of calcium per dose your body can handle at a time.

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Shelby wrote:

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> I have the same issue. Should I be taking 500 mg of Magnesium because I am

taking 500 mg of the Calcium? I can split the Mg tablets in half and make it

work.

*** Hi Shelby

Note that Bee states you CAN take one dose of 500 mg (and yes, you want to

balance out the amount of calcium and magnesium), but that is the maximum dose

at one time.

In this article <http://www.healingnaturallybybee.com/articles/supp1.php>, Bee

states:

" Most people will do very well on 600 mg each of calcium and magnesium per day,

taken in two doses of 300 mg each "

and...

" Since the body can only handle a maximum of 500 mg of calcium at a time,

individual doses must be 500 mg or lower. "

Hope that helps

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