Caltrate® Plus is the most popular Calcium supplement in the world1. Caltrate® Plus is available in solid tablets as well as flavoured chewable tablets, and contains calcium, vitamin D and bone-friendly minerals to ensure optimal absorption of calcium in the body. Vitamin D helps the body utilise calcium, necessary for the normal development and maintenance of strong bones and teeth 2.
Magnesium helps maintain normal muscle and nerve function.3 Zinc plays a role in helping our bodies form optimal bone structure for bone strength. Copper & Manganese help certain body enzymes and regulators function properly to form the structure for bone strength.4 Vitamin D is involved in calcium metabolism.
Caltrate® Plus contains 600 mg elemental calcium (calcium the body can use), and is derived from Calcium Carbonate, which is one of the salts with the highest available elemental calcium5, making it the ideal calcium supplement for everybody. Take Caltrate® Plus today. It's never too early or too late to start.
Calcium is essential in maintaining bone health, muscle contraction and more than 30 other metabolic functions. The need for calcium increases during childhood, adolescence, pregnancy, lactation and around menopause6.
References: 1. (Based on worldwide sales). IMS OTC Review Plus Dec 09. 2. Department of Health: Evaluation of Probioticbacteria For Use In Foodstuffs And Nutritional Supplements. http://www.doh.gov.za/docs/factsheets/guidelines/foodstuff/labelling03.pdf. Accessed date 15/7/2011. 3. National Institute of Health Office of Dietary Supplements. (2007): Dietary Supplement Fact Sheet. Magnesium. http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/calcium. Accessed date 31/8/2010. 4.NIH Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases National Resource Centre. (2004): Other Nutrients and Bone Health At A Glance. http://www.niams.nih.gov/Health Info/Bone/Bone Health/Nutrition/ other nutrients. Accessed date 31/8/2010. 5. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements. Dietary Supplement Fact Sheet: Calcium. Http:// ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/calcium. Accessed date 26/10/2010. 6. National Institutes of Health Office of Dietary Supplements: Calcium. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/calcium.html. Accessed date 2/9/2010. 7. Mahan L.K. & Escott-Stump S. (2008): Nutrition and Bone Health, in Krause's Food & Nutrition Therapy, J.J.B. Anderson(ed), 12th Edition, Missouri: Sauders Elsevier:614-632.
Everybody needs Calcium
There is more calcium in your body than any other mineral, and it has many important roles. The body stores more than 99 % of its calcium in the bones...
Maintaining strong bones
There is a much slower rate of calcium deposition after adolescence, and by the age of 35 individuals would have achieved peak bone mass...
Calcium during pregnancy
Calcium is also important for women during pregnancy and lactation. The average calcium demand of a developing foetus is 30 g at the time of birth...
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