Find out about my one BIG regret in practice. I wish I had known then what I know now!
DATA:
0:00 Introduction: Calcium for bone health
0:47 The risk of calcium supplements
2:32 Calcium channel blockers
3:13 Osteoporosis and scurvy symptoms
4:44 Remedy for osteoporosis and osteopenia
In this video, I'm going to share one of the biggest regrets I had in practice. I used to recommend 1200 mg of calcium, especially to post-menopausal women for bone health and people with osteoporosis or osteopenia.
People with osteoporosis lack calcium in their bones, but every osteoporotic person has excess calcium outside of the bone.
Fifteen independent clinical trials found that people taking an extra 500 mg of calcium per day had a 30% increased risk for heart attacks and 20% for strokes. One study that followed 61,000 people over 19 years showed that people taking over 1400 mg of calcium per day had a 114% increased risk of heart attack.
The average multivitamin is packed full of calcium carbonate. Coincidentally, ⅓ of all adults in America have calcification in their arteries. Consuming excess calcium doesn't mean it will go straight to your bones!
Calcium has a vital role in cellular communication. There is 1000 to 10,000 times more calcium outside the cell than inside the cell. Too much intracellular calcium leads to cell death. In fact, calcium accumulation is an independent risk factor of all-cause mortality.
Instead of taking large amounts of calcium for bone loss, vitamin C could help.
At least 6000 mg of vitamin C daily, broken up into 2 to 4 doses, may help improve bone health. Adequate vitamin C may help suppress osteoclasts—the cells that break down your bone. It can also help the absorption of calcium into the bone.
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Thanks for watching! I hope this explains why I regret recommending calcium supplements for bone health. I’ll see you in the next video.
63 responses to “The One Big REGRET I Had in Practice Was…”
00:14 💊 Excessive calcium supplementation, especially for postmenopausal women with osteoporosis, may increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
01:50 🩸 Calcium doesn’t just go to the bones; it has various functions including cellular communication. Accumulation of calcium can lead to cell death and is independently associated with higher mortality rates.
03:29 🍊 Severe vitamin C deficiency, as in scurvy, can lead to bone resorption and osteoporosis. Therapeutic doses of vitamin C, especially magnesium ascorbate, may help address osteoporosis by reducing pathogenic calcification.
06:28 🥛 Excessive intake of calcium supplements and antacids may contribute to soft tissue calcification. Magnesium, vitamin K2, and a balanced trace mineral complex are crucial for bone health, along with a diet rich in high-quality protein.
Too add, avoid any and all foods that are fortified with artificial calcium – Calcium Carbonate, Tricalcium Phosphate, etc, usually present on bottom shelf aisles and in commonly preserved foods in cans and jars.
Being humble enough to revisit topics you was misinformed about is why I sub to ur channel. That’s super humble of you Doc. 🔥🤝🏿🤝🏿 your content is way too valuable, we don’t even deserve you at this point 🔥🔥
Thank you so much! I really appreciate your kind words and support. It means a lot to me to know that you find my content valuable.
I’ve learnt so much from Dr Berg that he’s my 1st ” go-to” channel everytime I need to research anything.
@@DrbergYes,Dr Berg, I’m sure a lot of us in our senior years say ” if I knew then what I know now!” Thanks for your great videos. 👍💖
@@Drbergcould you do a video on Calcium and people with Achlorhydria? I was told that people with Achlorhydria have issues getting enough?
Sometimes I think it is a problem, because if I get Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness from yardwork/other…if I start drinking A2/A2 milk is the ONLY thing that will help, otherwise it last for WEEKS…But if I drink up to a gallon over a day or two I recover in that time frame…and the “shift/benefit” starts within minutes to a half hour or so and just gets better the more I drink … it’s expensive to drink that much milk so regularly… I don’t know what else might be better?
@@Drberg…also. I do take: electrolytes of: Celtic Sea Salt, Potassium Chloride, and ionic magnesium….
Wondering if you have any information for Achlorhydria and adding calcium chloride?
I have some sort of severe reaction to manufactured Citrate/Citric Acid so I can’t take normal/highly absorbable calcium like everyone else… (It’s probably the Black Mold and corn they use to make Citric Acid from…I seem to be very sensitive to mold and currently seeking to get away from current home w same issues)
I never listened to all my doctors suggesting I take calcium supplements ! Thank goodness !!!
Great!
@@Drberg thank you for being wise & caring, a man that says ‘i wish i had known’ (like so many people do nowadays, right), is an intelligent insightfull person, to say the least, most ‘doctors’ continue with ‘protocol’ etc, i’m very ill & thank to wonderful people like you, we can help ourselves with trustworthy advice, blessings, from Belgium
Why not? I would of , just because I didn’t know better.
Calcium without K2 and D3 present at the same time can be extremely dangerous.
Also use calcium citrate if you can.
It’s the most easily absorbed form.
I thought this video was going to be another public message regarding D3/K2. He didn’t even bring it up.
@@bruceli9094 Looks like you didn’t pay attention to the vid at all
@@jsun3117 It was in the notes at one point in the vid.
Magnesium, b12
The One Big REGRET I have in Youtube was not subscribing to Dr Berg sooner! 😢
Wife just went to the doctor and they wanted to put her on calcium because she’s in menopause. I said hold up I don’t think so. Her calcium levels are normal on bloodwork, she eats plenty of dairy and leafy greens (we eat healthy whole foods), she resistance trains 4x a week for 2 hours at a time (read what that does for osteoporosis) and she supplements with D and K2 (plus other supplements including extra C) There’s absolutely no medical necessity or reason for her to take a calcium supplements unless she wants to harden her arteries and have a heart attack but I’m kinda partial to having her around so nope.
Good job, Big Bad Wolfe!
So I’m guessing she does the resistance training to avoid osteoporosis? Or was she diagnosed with it and reversed it? Just curious, thank you😁
Excellent decision ❤
Well done. I’ve done the same for my mother as well and threw away her calcium tablets. The doctors gave her.
@maryfolks9368 Actually we lift weights for general health and to keep the muscle from atrophy and bone density is just a side effect. Also with resistance training you can completely avoid frailty most of the time
Perfect timing just recently my Doctor recommended calcium. Lemon 🍋 water for me& magnesium for me
I’m glad this video came at the right time for you.
The human body is an amazing and complex group of systems always trying to maintain balance.
I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
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I am 25 and broke my foot and ankle twice. I was recommended many many times to take calcium, but my primary care doctor would not provide a clear answer and how much calcium I should be taking and out of the fear of taking too much. I never took this supplement. I’ve been referred to cardiologist several times throughout the years due to palpitations so thank you very much for this video. Who knows if I would still be here today had I taken that calcium
Foods rich in Vit C are: Bell peppers, strawberries, broccoli, lemons, kale, Brussels sprouts, parsley, thyme, sauerkraut among others 😊🫑🍋🍓🥦
Kimchi is delicious.
How about cabbage? Is this good for calcium?
@@NansGlobalKitchen cabbage is rich in calcium, folate, potassium, magnesium, vitamins A and K, and more.
Your continuous dedication is highly appreciated. Thank you, Dr Berg 🙏🏻❤
Thank you kindly.
My 87 yr old mother just had her drs appt and they asked if she was still taking her calcium. She’s got congestive heart failure. Just put her on a statin with calcium in addition to her calcium and other meds. I don’t say anything because the dr is obese and has no clue about good health. Listening to her repeat the talking points the drug rep gives when pushing the drug just made me shake my head.
Wow, you’re too kind 🤣.
@@emh8861 She probably won’t listen.
She DEFINITELY needs to be taking a good quality supplement of CoQ10 if she’s on a statin. Statins deplete CoQ10, which is a necessary substance in the body for heart health
Dr Berg notes:
In this video, I’m going to share one of the biggest regrets I had in practice. I used to recommend 1200 mg of calcium, especially to post-menopausal women for bone health and people with osteoporosis or osteopenia.
People with osteoporosis lack calcium in their bones, but every osteoporotic person has excess calcium outside of the bone.
Fifteen independent clinical trials found that people taking an extra 500 mg of calcium per day had a 30% increased risk for heart attacks and 20% for strokes. One study that followed 61,000 people over 19 years showed that people taking over 1400 mg of calcium per day had a 114% increased risk of heart attack.
The average multivitamin is packed full of calcium carbonate. Coincidentally, ⅓ of all adults in America have calcification in their arteries. Consuming excess calcium doesn’t mean it will go straight to your bones!
Calcium has a vital role in cellular communication. There is 1000 to 10,000 times more calcium outside the cell than inside the cell. Too much intracellular calcium leads to cell death. In fact, calcium accumulation is an independent risk factor of all-cause mortality.
Calcium channel blockers are often prescribed for high blood pressure, but they can also help improve other chronic diseases like ALS, Parkinson’s, and Alzheimer’s. They can also decrease the risk of coronary artery spasms and angina. Research suggests that calcium channel blockers reduce the risk of all-cause mortality.
Instead of taking large amounts of calcium for bone loss, vitamin C could help. Scurvy is a condition caused by severe vitamin C deficiency. Here are some of the symptoms of scurvy:
• Bone resorption
• Decreased synthesis of collagen
• Osteolysis (destruction of bone)
• Osteonecrosis (death of bone)
• Osteopenia
• Osteoporosis
• Oxidative stress/inflammation
• Calcification outside the bone
At least 6000 mg of vitamin C daily, broken up into 2 to 4 doses, can help improve bone health. Adequate vitamin C can suppress osteoclasts—the cells that break down your bone. It can also help the absorption of calcium into the bone.
Thank you Dr Berg!
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What’s a natural calcium channel blocker ? .. magnesium
Note this everyone: look up dr berg- the best vitamin c and the worst vitamin c and also the 4 things about vitamin c that are quite shocking. While you’re at at it, check out all of his vitamin c videos
Wonderful sense of responsibility as always Dr. Berg. Each and every action of yours is appropriated always. Keep up the great work going. Thanks.
I recently had a bone density scan and my doctor was amazed …said she has never seen such a wonderful bone density scan in a 60 year old… Never have I taken calcium. Vit D3 helps me with my bones.
Do you take K2 with yiur D3? Can I ask what amount you take of the D3?
@@maryfolks9368I personally use an Emulsified liquid D3/K2 drop from my practitioner it’s excellent! 5 drops per day is 5000 IU’s, been doing this for 12 years now 😊
Only vit D3 supplement did you take or any others supplement?
I take Berberine w Ceylon cinnamon complex 2000 mg, prenatal vitamins, advsnc d berberine hcl 500mg, milk thistle seed extract 1000 mg, magnesium citrate250mg, D3 125mcg, turmeric complex 500mg, potassium glauconite 595mg, Vit B12 1000mg, fish oil 1000mg w Omega 3/300mg, vit B6 100mg, black cohosh 40 mg, Vit E180mg, VitB1 100mg, B complex plus vit C, ( just saw this contains 175 mg calcium, vit c 300mg, thiamin /b1 15mg, riboflavin /B2 14.3mg, niacin 50mg, vit B4 5mg, pantotheric acid 10mg) I also do Reiki daily ( i am a master reiki practitioner of Sekhem-Seichim Reiki SKHM and Usui Reiki. )
@@maryfolks9368no. I have lots of other vitamins I take … multivitamin of B’s, but I do take a prenatal vitamin to cover anything I forget
In my early 20’s a doctor told me to take 1200 mg of calcium, to prepare for future. I thought she was nuts. Never took it
Same . Everyone would be telling me to take calcium . I never did .
Was told the same and I did for a while. It did not make me feel good. Constipated. Sometimes I think it’s best to just listen to our bodies rather than doctors who spent two years learning about pharmaceuticals rather than the body. Dr. Berg is a chiropractor and had four full years of learning about the body.
Vit c requires copper and zinc as cofactors. All 3 make collagen. Other things also build collagen. Boron is also important for calcium retention and putting it into the bones.
Best way to consume copper, zinc and boron?
@@DN-rg9nj search “The Copper Revolution”
Robzreelz would 11 mg of zinc and .5 mg of copper be enough to serve as effective cofactors?
Thanks.
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Thank you for sharing this. Now I understand another reason my mother went down so fast.
There’s no limits on charges for murder, so WHY are these pharmaceutical companies not held liable for killing our loved ones? THEY KNEW the dangers OF EVERYTHING THEY CREATED. That greed makes them not care. 🤬
My Mom trusted the medical community completely. I finally convinced her to check with her doctors to find out if she was on too many meds; toxicity. Turns out she was. In the end, she died prematurely, I believe, because they were constantly subjecting her to one operation and unnecessary procedure after another. Heartbreaking