Calcium

Christina D.
on 4/10/11 3:00 pm - Flagstaff, AZ

At my one month follow up appointment my NUT said that I need to have 1500mg of Calcium Citrate per day.

My question is, can I take 750mg twice a day or do I have to take 3 separate doses of 500 each? If there a certain amount of calcium that the body can absorb at one time?

Lady Lithia
on 4/10/11 3:07 pm

You really need to take it in three doses or more.... the body has trouble doing anything with more than about 500 mg at a time.

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poet_kelly
on 4/10/11 3:17 pm - OH

RNY on 11/04/08

It's around 500, maybe 600 mg at a time. So you do need to divide it into three doses.

Kelly

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