Guest guest Posted December 4, 2001 Report Share Posted December 4, 2001 Hello. Still experimenting here at home. Just bought some Cal Apatite with Boron and soaked two of the tablets in 6 oz. of vinegar for 30 minutes to see how it dissolves. IT DOESN'T. They were still rock- hard, and probably pass throught our lower-acid digestive systems that way, too. Found the calcium citrate/malate which IS supposed to better absorbed than plain citrate. It's the same stuff that's put in Tropicana OJ and other food products. It was researched and put together under a patent by Proctor and Gamble, and has since been bought by GNC who is the sole manufacturer of this calcium combination. GNC markets it under " Calcimate. " The two Calcimate Plus tablets in vinegar dissolved quite nicely. (Also tried this last night with Citracal; they, too, dissolved well.) I know that MCHC (microcrystalline hydroxyapatite) is used in a couple other brands besides Cal Apatite (manufactured by Metagenics DBA " Ethical Nutrients " ), such as Nature's Purest, but with the equivocal information out there about this type of calcium and because of its limited availability, I'm gonna stick with the citrate/malate. Also tried dissolving Twin Lab's Daily One Caps. " It dissolved much better than the Cal Apatite, but much of the powder was still stuck inside the rubbery capsule coating. And here I thought that capsules dissolved SO much better and faster than tablets! Still checking for more multivitamins. Best, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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