Like so many other nutrients,
Calcium needs cofactors (other vitamins and minerals) to be absorbed.
Not exact matches
I wrote before about how calcification of the arteries can occur when a person consumes too much
calcium without the
needed cofactors in the right ratios: Magnesium, Vitamin K2 and Vitamin D3.
Cofactors needed for
calcium a. Systemic pH: normal blood pH should be between 7.35 and 7.45 1.
Most of us get enough
calcium in our diets but lack the
needed cofactors to use and assimilate the
calcium.
Because
calcium is typically an excitatory
cofactor, the mineral usually enters a cell only when
needed for something specific, like a nervous impulse or a muscle contraction.