Further, calcium is measured in two ways on dietary supplement packaging. You can either state the milligrams of the form of calcium such as 400 mg of calcium citrate which yields about 180 mg of elemental calcium. On the other hand you can express the calcium potency in elemental form from the beginning such as 400 mg elemental calcium which yields 400 mg of calcium. Bio-calcium is measured in elemental calcium per serving. With the supportive minerals and trace minerals in the product, you have one of the most absorbable, bio-available products in the marketplace.
Calcium is deficient in most of our diets.
This deficiency is most prevalent in women who have had children and have never supplemented their own diets with calcium. Calcium consumption along with exercise is the best means to prevent calcium deficiency. Once calcium is lost and signs of osteopenia develop the medical problem may be hard to reverse. Collapse of bone and fractures commonly of the pelvis may occur in such individuals. Bone density studies will detect patients having osteopenia.