CORAL CALCIUM
WARNING: make sure your Coral Calcium product carries an AUSTL Number -
ours does!
NEW -
Coral Water Sachets - here
NOW!
Coral Calcium Powder
Ocean Milk™ Sango
Coral Calcium
(AustL 93236)
We are delighted to
introduce Australia to coral calcium from Okinawa, Japan.
Ocean Milk™ Sango Coral Calcium is formulated from 100% fossilised marine bed
coral, and is the only Coral Calcium product to carry an
Australian AustL number - does yours?
Ocean Milk™ Sango
Coral Calcium has
a dolomitic structure of calcium and magnesium in a 2:1 ratio with traces of
many other minerals that are important to the overall physical wellbeing of your
body.
Did You Know
that the body fluids, such as blood, spinal and saliva, of the healthy are
alkaline (high pH), whereas the body fluids of the sick are acidic (low pH)?
Calcium is an essential
nutrient your body needs every day. You may already know that it helps build and
maintain healthy teeth and bones but that's not all! Calcium also keeps your
heart beating steadily, your blood working correctly and your nerves and muscles
in good shape too.
Ocean Milk™ is a matrix
of bio-absorbable calcium/magnesium and trace elements.
Ocean Milk™ aids the body in the maintenance of acid/alkali balance for general
wellbeing.
Ocean Milk™
(capsules only) has the added benefit of
333iu vitamin D for optimum absorption.
Ocean Milk™ may assist in the prevention and/or
treatment of osteoporosis.
Ocean Milk
Coral Calcium powder includes
a 1gram scoop. Taken at a maintenance level,
a 200gram jar lasts on
average 14 weeks. This tasteless, odourless powder may
be added to any food or drink for adults and children alike.
Suggested serving is half to 1 scoop 3 times daily or as directed by your health
care practitioner.
Ocean Milk™ is 100%
ionised in 15 minutes, which means that all of the calcium can go into the blood
stream and be used for the regulatory functions essential to the body. Studies
done at Tokyo University on rats and humans show that absorption of calcium from
coral calcium is greater than that from regular calcium carbonate, milk and
hydroxyapatite.
Oc ean
Milk™ Coral Calcium Gold
(AustL 93319)
Now
available in vegecaps. Coral Cay Health
have chosen to use vegetable caps and plant based
(cholecalciferol)
vitamin D to make our product suitable for every type of diet. There is 333IU
per capsule.
A bottle of 90 capsules, taken at a maintenance dose of 3 per day will last on
average one month.
More Than One Type of
Coral Calcium?
There are two main
types of coral calcium available:
1. Okinawa Land
Based Coral (above-sea) -This
is coral sand which has washed onto the land in Okinawa and then (collected)
mined. Above sea coral is easier to harvest than ocean bed, however much of the
mineral content (especially magnesium, has been leached out by the sun, air and
rain.
2. Okinawa Below
Sea Coral (Marine) Grade –
Marine grade coral calcium is essentially coral that has broken off and
fallen onto the seabed due to the natural weathering of coral reefs through wave
action. The result of the weathering is a substance called coral sands. These
coral sands are carefully vacuumed up from the sea bed, some 4 - 6 kilometres
from the living reefs (in fact, only 1/10,000th of the coral sands produced
naturally each year are collected and processed for use as a nutrient!) The
coral sands are then washed, heated and pulverised to a fine tasteless powder.
Did You Know
with vitamins and mineral supplements, you can lower the acidity of your body
fluids and become healthy?
The Japanese
Government who maintain very strict laws concerning the collection of coral
sands, oversee these operations to ensure environmental integrity.
Marine coral
calcium, which is the most bio-absorbable form of coral calcium and contains the
highest level of active nutrients, has two different types:
- CCP(Coral
Calcium Powder) which has the lower calcium to magnesium ratio, approx 17:1.
- SMP(Sango
Mineral Powder) which has calcium/magnesium ratio of 2:1 which is best for
optimal absorption.
At Coral Cay Health
Pty Ltd. we use the superior (SMP) Sango mineral powder in our products because
of its rich mineral content, dolomitic structure and naturally occurring 2:1
ratio of calcium to magnesium.
Did You Know
the Journal of the National Cancer
Institute has reported that calcium supplementation reduces the risk of all
types of colorectal polyps, especially with lesions. The study of 913 patients found the risk of advanced lesions was 35%
lower with patients taking calcium.
Coral
Calcium Story
See also:
The Calcium Factor Book
Around the world,
there are several cultures that are known for living long, healthy and
productive lives.
These people include the Titicaca's in Peru, the Hunza's of Pakistan, the
Tibetan's, Armenian's, Azerbaijani’s and the Okinawan's of Japan. It is not
uncommon for these people to live over 100 years of age.
Scientists found
that the most common factors between all these cultures were:
- The amount of
minerals they absorb through food and water.
- A healthy
outdoor lifestyle that includes plenty of sunshine (when sun strikes you, you
produce vitamin D, which stimulates the receptors of the small intestine to
absorb high levels of nutrients into the body.)
- Strong family
and spiritual ties.
The source of water
for many of these cultures is melting glacial water, known as "Milk of the
Mountains" because of its' white, milky appearance which is caused by the
crushed rocks contained in the glacial ice. This water is extremely mineral
rich, especially in calcium.
The Okinawan's of
Japan, many of who live to over 95 years of age, also drink water which is
mineral rich. Again the main minerals being calcium and magnesium.
However the Okinawan's live at sea level, unlike the other cultures who live
high up in the mountains, so their mineral rich water doesn't come from melting
glacial water, it comes from...coral.
Some of the islands
of Okinawa are volcanic islands while others are coral islands. The mineral rich
soils from the volcanic islands leach into the surrounding seas and are absorbed
by the coral beds, making the coral islands storehouses of mineral nutrients.
When rain falls on these coral islands, it percolates through the coral deposits
and absorbs minerals and other elements which in turn changes the alkalinity of
the water to a healthy 7 to 8.5.
The recorded
history of its use by humans goes back over hundreds of years to the local
Okinawan farmers who after fertilizing their crops with coral calcium found they
received far greater rice yields.
One hundred years
later, Spanish explorers, noting the age and vitality of these people, took
coral calcium back with them to Barcelona, Spain, where it was recommended by
doctors for many ailments.
Today coral calcium
is taken not only by the Okinawans and Spanish, but by people all over the
world, from Europe, China, Russia, France, Sweden, Japan, the America's and now
Australia.
Did You Know
that by spitting on a penny's worth of pH paper, you can measure your level of
acidity and health?
Acid/Alkali
Balance
pH: What Does It
Mean?
The pH ranges from 0-14, with 7
being neutral.
Above 7 is alkaline and below 7 is acidic. The concentration of hydrogen ions is
commonly expressed in terms of the pH scale. Low pH corresponds to high hydrogen
ion concentration and vice versa
The higher the pH reading, the more alkaline and oxygen rich the fluid is. The
lower the pH reading, the more acidic and oxygen deprived the fluid is.
The internal environment of a normal healthy body is slightly alkaline,
maintaining a pH of just above 7.
Available now: Deluxe Litmus Kit - superior litmus paper with 12 gradients,
from pH5.5 through to pH8.0 to test saliva and urine. Comes in a handy dispenser
pack. (see "Coral Calcium" on our secure store)
pH Balance in
Your Diet
Ideally our diet should be composed of about 35% acid forming foods and 65%
alkaline forming foods. The majority of fruit and vegetables leave an alkalizing
effect. Most grains are somewhat acid forming as are protein foods
(meat).
Refined sugar is acid forming whilst natural sea salt is not. While this is the
ideal it is not often the case. And remember, we live amongst acid toxins daily,
even if we don’t eat them!
Bone and pH
Bone contains a large reservoir of potentially mobilisable alkaline salts of
calcium, sodium, magnesium and potassium and contributes to the maintenance of
our all important alkaline/acid balance by buffering a portion of the acid
generated from the metabolism of food. When our internal pH turns acid, these
minerals are mobilised from bone to neutralize excess acidity. Prolonged and
repeat utilization of alkaline minerals for acid neutralization can deplete bone
and contribute to osteoporosis. Thus, those with a more acid chemistry waste
mineral reserves in mandatory pH balancing.
How Much Calcium
Do I Need?
As you probably
know, your body requires varying levels of calcium throughout the different
stages of life, below are a few of the main categories:
Young Children –
Growing skeletons have high calcium needs. Depending on their age and sex,
children require between 700 – 1000mgs calcium daily.
Teens - Need
higher than average calcium levels when going through puberty. They just never
seem to stop growing! Girls need up to 1000mgs per day while boys need 1,200mgs
per day.
Adults - Up until
your mid 30’s your skeleton is still increasing in bone mass so it is important
to provide your body with the calcium it needs during these years as to offset
calcium related diseases later in life.
Men and women need between 800mgs and 1000mgs a day.
Pregnant
Women – Your developing baby depends on calcium to
build it’s little bones, which they get through the mothers diet. In the last
three months of pregnancy a women needs 1,100mgs a day.
Lactating
Women – While breastfeeding, a mother needs not
only enough calcium for herself, but for her baby, which is 1,200mg per day.
Old
Age – As we get older our body’s skeleton loses calcium at varying
rates. Due to hormonal changes after menopause, women lose almost double the
amount of calcium as men do. Women need 1,000mgs of calcium per day, while men
need 800mgs.
Recommended
Daily Calcium Intake
| Category |
Age |
Calcium (mg) |
| Children |
1-3 years |
700 |
| |
4-7 years |
800 |
| Girls |
8-11 years |
900 |
| |
12-15 years |
1000 |
| |
16-18 |
800 |
| Women |
19-54 years |
800 |
| |
54+ years |
1000 |
| Pregnancy |
The last 3 months |
1100 |
| Lactating |
|
1200 |
| Boys |
8-11 years |
800 |
| |
12-15 years |
1200 |
| |
16-18 years |
1000 |
| Men |
19-64 years |
800 |
| |
64+ years |
800 |
|
Source: National Health and Medical Research Council
of Australia
What problems
might I have taking calcium?
It’s very difficult
to get too much calcium. Any excess which the body cannot use is excreted from
the body in the urine and stool. Daily consumption up to 2,500 mg has been shown
to be safe. (1)
Factors that
affect calcium absorption
- Cigarette
smoking
- High salt diet
- Drinks with
caffeine in them (cola, tea, coffee)
- Excessive
alcohol intake
- High animal
protein diets (for example, lots of meat)
- High phosphates
in animal foods and soft drinks
- Crash diets
- Very high fibre
and phytic acid intakes.
FACTS ABOUT
OSTEOPOROSIS AND ITS IMPACT.
- There were 1.9
million Australians with osteoporosis and fractures in 2001.
- Every 8.1
minutes in Australia someone is admitted to hospital with a fracture.
- Direct costs in
200-2001 at 1.9 billion (over half in hospital costs).
Source: “The Burden
of Brittle Bones – Costing Osteoporosis in Australia,” prepared by Access
Economics for Osteoporosis Australia.
Bone Loss and pH
A recent seven-year
study conducted at the University of California, San Francisco, showed that
women who have consistent internal acidity are at greater risk for bone loss
than those who have normal pH levels. The scientists who carried out this
experiment believe that many of the hip fractures prevalent among post-
menopausal women are connected to high acidity caused by a diet rich in animal
and processed foods and low in vegetables. This is because the body borrows
calcium from the bones in order to balance pH.
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol 73, No. 1, 118-122 January 2001
Osteoporosis, which
means porous bones, is a disease where bone density deteriorates which leads to
increased risk of fracture.
As bone loss is often gradual osteoporosis can often be left unchecked and is
not noticed until the disease is well advanced.
It is a good idea to have a check-up and a bone density test if you are
concerned.
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