Re: egg shell calcium

[Guest guest]

>>>Has any one heard of egg shell calcium? The way that you obtain the calcium

from the shell is by putting an egg in lemon juice. The lemmon dissolves the

shell and then you drink the lemon juice. Does this really work? Is it a good

way to get some extra calcium?<<<

I have heard of it. There was a bit of a discussion recently on another list I'm

on. I'll ask for permission to cross-post and get back to you.

Cheers,

Tas'.

[Guest guest]

>>>I have heard of it. There was a bit of a discussion recently on

another list I'm on. I'll ask for permission to cross-post and get

back to you.<<<

Here's the conversation. It's not much but the second comment tells

how it's done:

My mother's Dr. wants her to start taking Fosomax but she doesn't

want to. She's never done well on allopathic Rx's as long as I can

remember. Anyway, he tried to convince her for a long time but

different women in her building have digestive problems with it. I

thought about good ole eggshell but just didn't know how it stacked

up to the Fos.... or where to look to find this out. Looks like a

good thing. I'll send this to her for her own peace-of-mind and so

she can enlighten her Dr.

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XXX, your mother could also make her own calcium citrate if she

wanted:-) She would place several clean fresh uncooked whole-eggs-in-

shell in a glass jar and cover with fresh squeezed lemon juice.

Refrigerate for several days -- checking daily. You want to whisk the

eggs out while you can, if left too long and every bit of

shell has been transformed, it can be hard to get the whole-egg-in-

membrane out without breaking. Then just take a spoonful of calcium

citrate a day as her calcium source, stirring beforehand.

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my Mom is really into your calcium citrate recipe. Knowing her,

she'll have the whole building onto it. Guess they'll be having a lot

of omelet parties

with all those eggs floating around. She was trying to explain it to

her Dr. (who seemed intrigued though looked miffed) and she forgot to

take the papers

with her.

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That's funny! Hope they all like lemon-flavored omelets;-)

[Guest guest]

>

> I have dried some egg shells and I want to make egg shell calcium.

> I was reading the page again on the web site and it says to soak

the powder in lemon juice

> for 6- 12 hours and then take. I was thinking about doing this

supplement for myself,

> husband and four children.

>

> I thought it would be better than a calcium pill because it

wouldn't have the extra junk.

>

> Would I have to have each person's does in a separate dish so they

get the right amount?

> Should I do this twice a day or could I just do calcium and mag. in

the morning after I have it sitting in lemon juice over night?

+++Hi Doris. Making eggshell calcium is much better than

supplements, since egg shells also contain other nutrients.

+++I suggest you make up severals days for your whole family at one

time. I think it is close enough to measure doses of the lemon juice

and eggshell mixture by 1/2 or 1/4 teaspoon (maybe a little bit

heaping) for each person if the mixture hasn't been left too long so

it has dried out.

+++That way you can make up calcium for 1 week at a time.

+++Keep the mixture in a covered jar in the fridge until it is used

up. If it gets too dry you might have to make it up twice a week, or

add a tiny bit of lemon juice.

+++The body can only handle a maximum of 500 mg of calcium at any one

time, so keep that in mind. Children who are on lower doses could

take an entire days dose at one time if the total isn't over 500 mg.

That would make it easier for you too.

I hope that helps.

Bee