As you who have read my book know one of my interesting bits of information, I came across was the Inuit and their source or at least what I assumed was their source of vitamin D3. I am not Inuit Read more…
Curios we should have such a hormone calcitonin to lower calcium levels but helps explains how important it is to keep the blood concentration within a narrow range. Calcitonin is excreted by the thyroid gland. It lowers the blood calcium Read more…
We are, for most of us or soon to be, past the age where we could die at a young age (though with optimal doses and blood levels I think what constitutes young age will have to be reconsidered). Thus, Read more…
Thus, the skeletal bone is a huge bank to allow the rapid and large as needed release of in this case calcium carbonate and other substances to neutralize the excess acid. Which maintains a neutral Ph. This release through the Read more…
So, these three areas-kidneys, small intestines and skeletal bones are where calcium comes into or leaves the blood, think of them as gateways. Then there are I believe three states to these gateways, either activated-fast, active-slow or passive. The active Read more…