Guest guest Posted October 20, 2002 Report Share Posted October 20, 2002 We have had this discussion before. Calcium citrate is not the same thing as calcium. Calcium citrate ranges between 21-29% actual calcium. See http://www.jostchemical.com/chemicals/2231.html and http://www.arthritis.co.za/calcium.htm and http://www.fore.org/prevention.html 500 mg of calcium citrate will contain between 105-145 mg calcium. Some companies are not above mislabeling their product to deceive the consumer into thinking that their product contains more calcium than it actually does. I was unable to find any information on ProCel products on the Internet, so I could not look at their label. Take it from someone who works in the industry and knows manufacturing prices, you will not be getting 500 mg elemental calcium in calcium citrate form for seven cents a dose. If your supplementation goal is 1500 mg elemental calcium, you will need to take 10-14 scoops a day of this product. Ray Hooks For WLS nutrition info, visit http://www.bariatricsupplementsystem.com Alice Grillo wrote: > > The company that makes ProCel products, Global Health, is coming out with a > powdered calcium citrate, 500 mg per scoop. Has the vitamin D, no > magnesium, and no flavoring. Just the calcium. Tasted it in plain water, > and it was sorta like watery chalk. It's...well....sorta like you'd expect > a mineral to taste. Not " bad " actually, not " good " either - just sorta > " there " if you get my thinking. The cost is going to be wonderfully cheap - > about 7 cents a serving of 500 mg. That's better than most calcium citrate > pills, I believe. I think my pills run about 17 cents each. I think it > will mix fine in almost anything, but it has no suspension of it's own - the > mineral settles to the bottom of the glass if you don't ingest it quickly. > It's certainly not yummy. Not gross either. Should be available in a few > more weeks. > Alice in NY > > > Let me know how much and where a person can go to check this out. Thank > you for bringing it to my attention! > > > > Betty > > > > > > My son just started working for Great Amrican Products where people > > call them and order vitamins and supplements and he brought me home > > some CalAbsorb to try. It's a powder calcium citrate that is 500 mg > > per level scoop serving, comes in different flavors and also has 250 > > mg magnesium citrate 500 mg Vitamin C and 100 IU vitamin D. You take > > it 3 times a day mixed in water or juice or tea, as you prefer. I > > don't know the cost and my son isn't home right now for me to ask but > > since I know lots of people are always looking for calcium that's > > easy to absorb I thought I'd mention this. > > I like the taste of the powder, its sweetned with stevia and natural > > fruit flavors, mine is the lemon lime and it seems like the old pixie > > stix stuff dry. The scoop isn't very big so its a lot of calcium for > > the amount. I remember growing up and my baby sitters mixing kool- > > aid with sugar for a snack for me (no wonder I had a weight problem) > > but I love the sweet/sour taste and it kind of reminds me of that old > > snack. > > hugs, > > Ramoth > > Homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG > > Unsubscribe: mailto:Graduate-OSSG-unsubscribe > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2002 Report Share Posted October 20, 2002 We have had this discussion before. Calcium citrate is not the same thing as calcium. Calcium citrate ranges between 21-29% actual calcium. See http://www.jostchemical.com/chemicals/2231.html and http://www.arthritis.co.za/calcium.htm and http://www.fore.org/prevention.html 500 mg of calcium citrate will contain between 105-145 mg calcium. Some companies are not above mislabeling their product to deceive the consumer into thinking that their product contains more calcium than it actually does. I was unable to find any information on ProCel products on the Internet, so I could not look at their label. Take it from someone who works in the industry and knows manufacturing prices, you will not be getting 500 mg elemental calcium in calcium citrate form for seven cents a dose. If your supplementation goal is 1500 mg elemental calcium, you will need to take 10-14 scoops a day of this product. Ray Hooks For WLS nutrition info, visit http://www.bariatricsupplementsystem.com Alice Grillo wrote: > > The company that makes ProCel products, Global Health, is coming out with a > powdered calcium citrate, 500 mg per scoop. Has the vitamin D, no > magnesium, and no flavoring. Just the calcium. Tasted it in plain water, > and it was sorta like watery chalk. It's...well....sorta like you'd expect > a mineral to taste. Not " bad " actually, not " good " either - just sorta > " there " if you get my thinking. The cost is going to be wonderfully cheap - > about 7 cents a serving of 500 mg. That's better than most calcium citrate > pills, I believe. I think my pills run about 17 cents each. I think it > will mix fine in almost anything, but it has no suspension of it's own - the > mineral settles to the bottom of the glass if you don't ingest it quickly. > It's certainly not yummy. Not gross either. Should be available in a few > more weeks. > Alice in NY > > > Let me know how much and where a person can go to check this out. Thank > you for bringing it to my attention! > > > > Betty > > > > > > My son just started working for Great Amrican Products where people > > call them and order vitamins and supplements and he brought me home > > some CalAbsorb to try. It's a powder calcium citrate that is 500 mg > > per level scoop serving, comes in different flavors and also has 250 > > mg magnesium citrate 500 mg Vitamin C and 100 IU vitamin D. You take > > it 3 times a day mixed in water or juice or tea, as you prefer. I > > don't know the cost and my son isn't home right now for me to ask but > > since I know lots of people are always looking for calcium that's > > easy to absorb I thought I'd mention this. > > I like the taste of the powder, its sweetned with stevia and natural > > fruit flavors, mine is the lemon lime and it seems like the old pixie > > stix stuff dry. The scoop isn't very big so its a lot of calcium for > > the amount. I remember growing up and my baby sitters mixing kool- > > aid with sugar for a snack for me (no wonder I had a weight problem) > > but I love the sweet/sour taste and it kind of reminds me of that old > > snack. > > hugs, > > Ramoth > > Homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG > > Unsubscribe: mailto:Graduate-OSSG-unsubscribe > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2002 Report Share Posted October 20, 2002 Great American Products offers three types of calcium products, CalAbsorb Plus, CalAbsorb and Coral CalAbsorb. The CalAbsorb Plus provides 30 servings of 1200 mg calcium (citrate) in a bottle. The label does not specify how many pills, capsules or tablespoons there are to a " serving, " but I assume it is in a powdered form. The CalAbsorb provides 30 servings of 500 mg calcium (citrate) in a bottle. The Coral CalAbsorb provides 30 servings of 500 mg calcium (citrate) in a bottle. There is also 1300 mg of coral in a serving. I am not sure what the coral is for. The label information meets FDA label requirements. Most who use the product would want one to one and a half servings of the CalAbsorb Plus a day. If you buy the CalAbsorb Plus special, i.e., buy two and get one free, and use the minimum amount of 1200 mg calcium (citrate) a day, the cost is just at $20 a month plus shipping and handling. Iron, folic acid and vitamins A, E, K and B-12 supplements would have to be purchased separately. Most who use the product would want three servings a day of the CalAbsorb, or three containers a month. They are sold on a " special " where if you buy two at $29.95 you get two more free, or about $15 each. Three containers a month would be $45 a month. If you fudged and could accurately measure out 400 mg calcium (citrate) dosages, at the special price the cost would $38 a month plus shipping and handling. Iron, folic acid and vitamins A, E, K and B-12 supplements would have to be purchased separately. One feature that will be attractive to some is that the products come either flavorless or in fruit flavors. Although a little pricey for my blood, they might be ideal for those who can not tolerate the pills and capsule forms of most calcium supplements. Ray Hooks For WLS nutrition info, visit http://www.bariatricsupplementsystem.com Butterflye wrote: > > > My son just started working for Great Amrican Products where people > > call them and order vitamins and supplements and he brought me home > > some CalAbsorb to try. It's a powder calcium citrate that is 500 mg > > per level scoop serving, comes in different flavors and also has 250 > > mg magnesium citrate 500 mg Vitamin C and 100 IU vitamin D. > > I went to the website http://www.greatamericanproducts.com/ and they also > have CalAbsorb Plus, which has 12oo mg calcium and a bunch of other > vitamins, in addition to the magnesium & D and Zinc. > > Let me know how you like it! Always looking for good calcium. > > Homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG > > Unsubscribe: mailto:Graduate-OSSG-unsubscribe > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2002 Report Share Posted October 20, 2002 Great American Products offers three types of calcium products, CalAbsorb Plus, CalAbsorb and Coral CalAbsorb. The CalAbsorb Plus provides 30 servings of 1200 mg calcium (citrate) in a bottle. The label does not specify how many pills, capsules or tablespoons there are to a " serving, " but I assume it is in a powdered form. The CalAbsorb provides 30 servings of 500 mg calcium (citrate) in a bottle. The Coral CalAbsorb provides 30 servings of 500 mg calcium (citrate) in a bottle. There is also 1300 mg of coral in a serving. I am not sure what the coral is for. The label information meets FDA label requirements. Most who use the product would want one to one and a half servings of the CalAbsorb Plus a day. If you buy the CalAbsorb Plus special, i.e., buy two and get one free, and use the minimum amount of 1200 mg calcium (citrate) a day, the cost is just at $20 a month plus shipping and handling. Iron, folic acid and vitamins A, E, K and B-12 supplements would have to be purchased separately. Most who use the product would want three servings a day of the CalAbsorb, or three containers a month. They are sold on a " special " where if you buy two at $29.95 you get two more free, or about $15 each. Three containers a month would be $45 a month. If you fudged and could accurately measure out 400 mg calcium (citrate) dosages, at the special price the cost would $38 a month plus shipping and handling. Iron, folic acid and vitamins A, E, K and B-12 supplements would have to be purchased separately. One feature that will be attractive to some is that the products come either flavorless or in fruit flavors. Although a little pricey for my blood, they might be ideal for those who can not tolerate the pills and capsule forms of most calcium supplements. Ray Hooks For WLS nutrition info, visit http://www.bariatricsupplementsystem.com Butterflye wrote: > > > My son just started working for Great Amrican Products where people > > call them and order vitamins and supplements and he brought me home > > some CalAbsorb to try. It's a powder calcium citrate that is 500 mg > > per level scoop serving, comes in different flavors and also has 250 > > mg magnesium citrate 500 mg Vitamin C and 100 IU vitamin D. > > I went to the website http://www.greatamericanproducts.com/ and they also > have CalAbsorb Plus, which has 12oo mg calcium and a bunch of other > vitamins, in addition to the magnesium & D and Zinc. > > Let me know how you like it! Always looking for good calcium. > > Homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG > > Unsubscribe: mailto:Graduate-OSSG-unsubscribe > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2002 Report Share Posted October 20, 2002 Great American Products offers three types of calcium products, CalAbsorb Plus, CalAbsorb and Coral CalAbsorb. The CalAbsorb Plus provides 30 servings of 1200 mg calcium (citrate) in a bottle. The label does not specify how many pills, capsules or tablespoons there are to a " serving, " but I assume it is in a powdered form. The CalAbsorb provides 30 servings of 500 mg calcium (citrate) in a bottle. The Coral CalAbsorb provides 30 servings of 500 mg calcium (citrate) in a bottle. There is also 1300 mg of coral in a serving. I am not sure what the coral is for. The label information meets FDA label requirements. Most who use the product would want one to one and a half servings of the CalAbsorb Plus a day. If you buy the CalAbsorb Plus special, i.e., buy two and get one free, and use the minimum amount of 1200 mg calcium (citrate) a day, the cost is just at $20 a month plus shipping and handling. Iron, folic acid and vitamins A, E, K and B-12 supplements would have to be purchased separately. Most who use the product would want three servings a day of the CalAbsorb, or three containers a month. They are sold on a " special " where if you buy two at $29.95 you get two more free, or about $15 each. Three containers a month would be $45 a month. If you fudged and could accurately measure out 400 mg calcium (citrate) dosages, at the special price the cost would $38 a month plus shipping and handling. Iron, folic acid and vitamins A, E, K and B-12 supplements would have to be purchased separately. One feature that will be attractive to some is that the products come either flavorless or in fruit flavors. Although a little pricey for my blood, they might be ideal for those who can not tolerate the pills and capsule forms of most calcium supplements. Ray Hooks For WLS nutrition info, visit http://www.bariatricsupplementsystem.com Butterflye wrote: > > > My son just started working for Great Amrican Products where people > > call them and order vitamins and supplements and he brought me home > > some CalAbsorb to try. It's a powder calcium citrate that is 500 mg > > per level scoop serving, comes in different flavors and also has 250 > > mg magnesium citrate 500 mg Vitamin C and 100 IU vitamin D. > > I went to the website http://www.greatamericanproducts.com/ and they also > have CalAbsorb Plus, which has 12oo mg calcium and a bunch of other > vitamins, in addition to the magnesium & D and Zinc. > > Let me know how you like it! Always looking for good calcium. > > Homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG > > Unsubscribe: mailto:Graduate-OSSG-unsubscribe > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2002 Report Share Posted October 20, 2002 > We have had this discussion before. Yes we have, too many times. Can you take it somewhere else Ray? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2002 Report Share Posted October 20, 2002 Ray, Having talked to the manufacturer, we have been assured that it will be elemental calcium and that it will be labeled as such. As soon as we actually see a label, I will inform you all! Thanks, Alice in NY Ray wrote: We have had this discussion before. Calcium citrate is not the same thing as calcium. Calcium citrate ranges between 21-29% actual calcium..... Some companies are not above mislabeling their product to deceive the consumer into thinking that their product contains more calcium than it actually does. I was unable to find any information on ProCel products on the Internet, so I could not look at their label. Take it from someone who works in the industry and knows manufacturing prices, you will not be getting 500 mg elemental calcium in calcium citrate form for seven cents a dose. If your supplementation goal is 1500 mg elemental calcium, you will need to take 10-14 scoops a day of this product. Ray Hooks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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