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THE recommended daily allowance (RDA) for calcium is 1000mg, or 1 gram, for an adult.
Most people don't get this amount and deficiencies are common and cumulative.

It has been stated that something like 70 per cent of 60+ year olds will be affected by osteoporosis, widely acknowledged as being the result of a lifelong calcium deficiency.

There are many lesser known symptoms including receding gums, gum pockets, pain in filled teeth, cracks in tongue, calloused and cracked heels, heartburn, lung and bowel disease, anxious moods and depression.



The need for calcium supplements is recognised with horse breeders. The following maintenance levels for calcium were found on a website selling horse supplements. These levels are required to PREVENT deficiencies. However, once a deficiency has developed and calcium "borrowed" from the bones, more would be required.

Admittedly, these rates are for horses which are rather large animals and the website is selling supplements.
The point is calcium supplements are practically a non-issue with humans. These high requirement levels do reflect my own experience -- calcium deficiency is grossly understated and grams rather than milligrams are required to correct deficiencies.

Calcium deficiencies don't show up in blood tests because calcium is "borrowed" from the bones to maintain a certain level in the blood. Deficiencies tend to become obvious in old age when the bones become weak and brittle.

  Horses need Calcium Supplements ...
"To keep bones strong and healthy, horses must receive enough calcium to meet their daily needs. If they don't, they must "borrow" what they need from their bones, depleting reserves of this essential nutrient. Calcium deficiency in young horses causes them to grow with weak thin bones, whereas older horses can suffer from brittle bones and lameness.

To prevent these problems, calcium supplementation is necessary, particularly growing and breeding horses, those on high grain diets and horses grazing tropical pastures.
"Calcium is also important for the proper functioning of nerves and muscles, so adequate daily intake is absolutely necessary for competition horses to perform at their best.

"The following dose rates provide NRC# 50-100% of the horse's daily calcium requirement for each class of horse:

* Horses in Work ... 60 g to 120 gram / day
* Lactating Mares ... 80 g to 160 gram / day
* Horses Spelling ... 30 g to 60 gram / day
* Dry Mares ... ... ... ... 30 g to 60 gram / day
* Stallions ... ... ... ... . 50 g to 100 gram / day
* Yearlings ... ... ... ... . 50 g to 100 gram / day
* Pregnant Mares ... ... 50 g to 100 gram / day
* Weanlings ... ... ... ... . 60 g to 120 gram / day
# The percentage of the National Research Council (NRC) horse requirements.

  Primary & Secondary Remedies
Primary Remedy
Calcium is the primary remedy in getting rid of lice. The best idea is to work out the amount of calcium needed on a daily basis and take this amount every day, along with magnesium and vitamin D.

Supplementary Remedies
As deficiency symptoms arise in other cell salts, supplementary remedies should be taken. Sometimes calcium doesn't seem to be working as well as it should, and secondary remedies should be tried such as sodium phosphate and sulphate and potassium.

Changing the Remedy
The Biochemic Handbook lists a whole range of deficiency symptoms and their associated remedies. It also explains primary and secondary remedies and also the need to change remedies as symptoms change.

  How Long does it take to get rid of a calcium deficiency?
A calcium deficiency can vary from mild to more severe and it doesn't happen overnight. Calcium deficiency occurs over a lifetime of dietary inadequacy -- each successive day where the body doesn't get enough calcium, it is taken out of the bones, eventually leading to osteoporosis.

No doubt, calcium deficiency is contributed to by pregnancy, sickness, stress, faulty diet, blood acidity and the fact that calcium isn't always very easily absorbed.

When correcting a calcium deficiency this process will be reversed.
It is said that new blood is replaced every 30 days, tissue in one year and bone is replaced every seven years. Therefore, it seems to indicate that if optimum amounts of calcium were taken for this period of time, all deficiencies would be corrected.