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Coral Calcium- This form of calcium provides your body with 75+ trace minerals which includes yielding calcium and magnesium.

Yielding Calcium- Calcium is the most abundant mineral in your body. It is a crucial component that plays a role in these bodily functions:

• Health and development of teeth and bones. Calcium is very important during childhood, pregnancy, and lactation. (1)
  May initiate muscle contractions.
• It is involved in the bodies blood clotting process.
  On the cellular level, calcium is important for the passage of nutrients and wastes through cell membranes. This means calcium is the vehicle to need your cells with nutrition.
• Regulates the transmission of nerve pulses.
• May regulate blood pressure.
• Studies are now finding that calcium may actually play a role in the prevention of colorectal cancer in men. (2, 3)
  May reduce cholesterol. (4)
• Calcium supplementation may reduce stone formation and help fight kidney stones. (5, 6)
  Calcium may reduce PMS symptoms. (7)
• Taken after the 20th weeks of pregnancy, calcium may reduce the risk of pregnancy-related hypertension. (8)
• Research suggests that calcium can slow the progression of osteoporosis. (9)

As you can probably see, calcium is crucial to many factors in the body.

Yielding Magnesium- Magnesium is involved in more than 300 enzyme reactions in the body and is necessary for the transmission of nerve pulses. It is extremely important that you supplement the correct ratio of calcium:magnesium = 2:1, Acktiva has this correct ratio.

Vitamin D- This is one of the primary regulators for calcium absorption. Deficiencies of Vitamin D can increase your risk of osteoporosis. (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)

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Acktiva References:

1. Abrams SA. Calcium turnover and nutrition through the life cycle. Proc Nutr Soc. May2001;60(2):283-9.

2. Rozen P, et al. Calcium supplements interact significantly with long-term diet while suppressing rectal epithelial proliferation of adenoma patients. Cancer. Feb2001;91(4):833-40.

3. Satia-Abouta J, Galanko JA, Martin CF, Potter JD, Ammerman A, Sandler RS. Associations of micronutrients with Colon Cancer risk in African Americans and whites: results from the North Carolina Colon Cancer Study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. Aug2003;12(8):747-54.

4. Bell L, et al. Cholesterol-lowering Effects of Calcium Carbonate in Patients with Mild to Moderate Hypercholesterolemia. Arch Intern Med. Dec1992;152(12):2441-44.

5. Marshall RW, et al. Relationships Between Calcium and Oxalic Acid Intake in the Diet and Their Excretion in the Urine of Normal and Renal-stone-forming Subjects. Clin Sci. Jul1972;43(1):91-99.

6. Curhan GC, Willett WC, Speizer FE, Spiegelman D, Stampfer MJ. Comparison of dietary calcium with supplemental calcium and other nutrients as factors affecting the risk for kidney stones in women. Ann Intern Med. Apr1997;126(7):497-504.

7. Thys-Jacobs S, et al. Calcium Carbonate and the Premenstrual Syndrome: Effects on Premenstrual and Menstrual Symptoms. Premenstrual Syndrome Study Group. Am j Obstet Gynecol. Aug1998;179(2):444-52.

8. Belizan JM, et al. Calcium Supplementation to Prevent Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy. N Engl J Med. Nov1991;325(20):1399-405.

9. Dawson-Hughes B. Calcium Supplementation and Bone Loss: A Review of Controlled Clinical Trials. Am J Clin Nutr. Jul1991;54(1):274S-80S.

10. Villareal DT, et al. Subclinical Vitamin D Deficiency in Postmenopausal Women with Low Vertebral Bone Mass. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 1991;72(3):628-34.

11. Rassouli A, Mianian I, Moslemi-Zadeh M. Determination of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D(3) levels in early postmenopausal Iranian women: relationship with bone mineral density. Bone. Nov2001;29(5):428-30.

12. Mezquita-Raya P, Munoz-Torres M, Luna JD, et al. Relation between vitamin D insufficiency, bone density, and bone metabolism in healthy postmenopausal women. J Bone Miner Res. Aug2001;16(8):1408-15.

13. Brot C, Vestergaard P, Kolthoff N, Gram J, Hermann AP, Sorensen OH. Vitamin D status and its adequacy in healthy Danish perimenopausal women: relationships to dietary intake, sun exposure and serum parathyroid hormone. Br J Nutr. Aug2001;86(Suppl 1):S97-103.

14. Grados F, et al. Prediction of bone mass density variation by bone remodeling markers in postmenopausal women with vitamin D insufficiency treated with calcium and vitamin D supplementation. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2003 Nov;88(11):5175-9.

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