Hi

As I've just been newly diagnosed with RA and I haven't got a clue on what's what, would anyone out there know how long I'd have to take these awful calcium and Vitamin D tablets?
You have to chew 2 daily or suck. They are digusting and I don't think I can take them. They make me gag and I swear one day I will throw up. (Sorry if you're eating)

I'll take everything else but chewing these massive devil pills doesn't 'do it' for me. lol

I'd appreciate an answer to my (not the biggest problem in the world) query.

Cheers

Hiya Chris ! I take Adcal D calci chew. They are very chalky not nice but i just chew as quick as i can and swallow ! I've got used to them so you will. I think i will be taking them for life as i have osteoporosis. Maybe you wont need to i hope not. Sorry you have RA ! Kathleen Mc.

You can take Cod liver oil for Vit D, it is the purest form and the oil is easily digestible.

http://www.auravita.com/...=220&adid=NAAI10005

For calcium, very good organic full fat milk (run for cover now!LOL)

Love,

Amanda

PS; http://www.naturesbest.c...mp;utm_campaign=Calcium

But these tabs will probably be huge and gross too! A

Hi Chris,

I'm on Calci-chew & Vit D to protect my bones from steroid use, early menopause and small frame. I don't mind the taste, its sort of lemony. I suspect I'll be on them ad infinitum.

When I was in hospital last year, one elderly lady swallowed one of these whole! The nurse had told her to chew it, but she forgot. It had everyone in stitches, even the male nurse!

Carol

Hi Christine

Both Lillian and I have these tablets, she has the chewable,I have the soluble, and we are in agreement with you they are horrible to take, they tase lousy, smell even worse and they seem to give the pets smaller pills

Take care

Albertxxxxx

Carol,

That depends upon what type of milk one is drinking!

Raw milk is the best milk for you. Second to that is full fat milk from an organic dairy.

Most supermarkets sell milk which comes from cows raised on high-protein soy bean and not grass or fodder!

Amanda

I too have been taking them now for a couple of years and agree their horrid !

Sophie x

Amanda,

When the fat is removed from milk, it allows more volume for a higher calcium content.

Wouldn't raw milk contain organisms that might be harmful, especially to immunosuppresants?

Are you saying the calcium content of milk differs depending on what the cows are fed?

I'm also not convinced organic produce is any better than the normal stuff and I always buy low fat milk and yogurt.

Carol

Hi Carol,

It is too long to talk about here, but yes it definitely depends on what the cows have been fed on. Through selective breeding to produce cows with excessive pituitary glands not only produces hormones which stimulate milk but also growth hormones...

Pasteurization (a process of heat treating milk to kill bacteria developed by Louis Pasteur for preserving beer and wine, not milk) not only kills friendly bacteria but also destroys the nutrient content of the milk.

This is from Lori Lipinski, a nutrition consultant, “Pasteurized milk has up to a 66 percent loss of vitamins A, D and E. Vitamin C loss usually exceeds 50 percent. Heat affects water soluble vitamins and can make them 38 percent to 80 percent less effective. Vitamins B6 and B12 are completely destroyed during pasteurization. Pasteurization also destroys beneficial enzymes, antibodies and hormones. Pasteurization destroys lipase (an enzyme that breaks down fat), which impairs fat metabolism and the ability to properly absorb fat soluble vitamins A and D. (The dairy industry is aware of the diminished vitamin D content in commercial milk, so they fortify it with a form of this vitamin.”)


Many people have allergies to milk and then exempt dairy from their diets and this is not surprising when one thinks about what is actually added to milk plus the health and treatment of the cows who are making the milk.

Modern pasteurized milk adds a strain to the body's digestive mechanism. The milk passes through the body not properly digested and can clog up around the small intestine which then prevents adequate absorption of nutrients....therefore the result is allergies, fatigue and lots of other illnesses.

Sorry of so long! and if it is off topic!

Amanda

Sorry Amanda, but I'd rather forego a few vitamins than risk the bacteria and pus in untreated milk. Did you watch the BBC3 documentary "Britain's Really Disgusting Food"? That was an eye opener!