Microblog: How to Get Enough Calcium on a Carnivore Diet?
For most people, bone health issues are not because of a deficiency in calcium.
⚠️It’s usually a deficiency in some cofactor.
🦴Vitamin D, magnesium and K2 all play a role in bone health and the routing and absorption of calcium.
💡Calcium needs sufficient vitamin D for proper absorption.
💡But vitamin D needs sufficient magnesium to be metabolized.
⚠️Many people take calcium for bone health (especially when struggling with osteopenia and osteoporosis) but it’s not always an ideal situation.
⚖️There are studies that show a relationship between excess calcium supplementation intake and cardiovascular events.
PMID: 27729333, PMID 27355855
💔Yes, you can risk heart disease events by excess calcium supplementation.
According to PMID: 26770129:
🦴Inadequate calcium intake can lead to decreased bone mineral density, which can increase the risk of bone fractures.
💔But excess calcium supplementation may raise the risk for heart disease and can associate with accelerated deposit of calcium in blood-vessel walls and soft tissues.
🌟Vitamin K2 is associated with the INHIBITING of arterial calcification and stiffening.
🌟Sufficient vitamin K2 has been shown to lower risks of vascular damage (it activates matrix GLA protein—MGP), which inhibits calcium deposits on the walls.
⬇️Vitamin K deficiency results in insufficient MGP, which IMPAIRS the process of calcium removal and INCREASES calcification risks of the blood vessels.
⬆️An increased intake of vitamin K2 could be a means of lowering calcium-associated health risks.
⛑For BONE HEALTH: Vitamin D, Calcium, K2, and Magnesium are key.
⛑For MACRO-MINERAL (electrolyte) balance: Calcium, Magnesium, Potassium and Sodium are key.
❗️Remember, most people ARE NOT deficient in calcium but have insufficient amounts of magnesium, vitamin D, and/or K2. (Magnesium and potassium are big ones)
💊For bone health, add K2-MK7 (Long-chain menaquinones).
❓And what has all of these without any supplementation?
🧀Cheese.
🐟Fatty fish is a great option.
