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Topic: Calcium

Related:
  Coral Calcium    Calcium Magnesium  
  Calcium Carbonate    Calcium supplements  
  Calcium rich foods    Calcium Chloride  
  Calcium deficiency    Source of Calcium  
  Calcium deposits    Calcium Absorption  
  Calcium Factor    Calcium Scoring Lung Cancer  

 
 
 Vital Stats
The Brain has inferred the following facts from reading text collected on the topic:
Appearance:Muscular
Personality:Nervous
Currently has on their coffee table:Food & Wine magazine
Favorite body part(s):Heart,  Skin
Favorite food(s):Vegetarian,  Anything with salt,  Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches
Interest(s):Chemistry
Favorite sport(s):Bodybuilding
Favorite drink(s):Milk,  Orange Juice,  Lemonade
Medical note(s):Uses laxatives,  Taking weight loss pills,  Undergoing therapy
Ultimate fantasy(s):Having severe anorexia
Favorite quote(s):"There is no sincerer love than the love of food." - George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
"Fill what's empty , empty what's full, and scratch where it itches." - the Duchess of Windsor, when asked what is the secret of a long and happy life
"How can men use sex to get what they want? Sex IS what they want." (Frasier Crane on FRASIER)
 
 
 Expert Talk
The Brain has selected interesting relevant sentences from the web. It automatically assigned them to some of our fictitious experts based on their personalities.


Albert Graham,
Backyard Pool Drainer

A high calcium intake and a high intake of dairy foods fortified with Vitamin D result in decreased magnesium absorption.
I had a calcium oxalate kidney stone a few years ago and was told that I needed to increase my dietary intake of magnesium.
Calcium intake is too high compared to Magnesium intake.
Miles Rhodes,
Wine Taster

It was shown to remove and prevent scaling deposition in either reversing the calcium carbonate equilibrium toward the bicarbonate salt or by precipitating the calcium ions and other metallic ions as a fine sandy deposit in the tower basin or a combination of the two.
Hardness is measured in parts per million of Calcium Carbonate which is identical to the mineral found in calcium vitamin supplements and in milk.
Precipitated calcium carbonate is a purified form of calcium carbonate with a very small particle size.
Billie Kirgan,
Machinist

Calcium turnings, magnesium turnings activated with iodine, and lump calcium hydride are sometimes used to remove traces of water from methanol.
The calcium carbonate is then heated to yield pure carbon dioxide and quicklime, which is recycled back into the extractor.
Use anhydrous calcium carbonate or silica gel.
Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist

Depletion of calcium and magnesium reserves in the soil by crop removal is rarely a problem in limed soils because of the large quantity of these nutrients that are present in liming materials.
Coral Calcium is ionized when taken, contains 70 other trace minerals plus magnesium, is bio-available and 100% ABSORBABLE in 20 MINUTES!
Calcium is indeed a very important mineral component of bone, but other minerals, like magnesium and silicon, are also required to lend strength and durability to bone tissue.
 
 
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Betty Ristow
2005-01-06 11:19:24
Is tinnitus a symptom of hypercalcemia?
From:
calcium
2005-05-31 11:30:17
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