Category Archives: Calcium

Lysine, Protein, Calcium and Vitamin D for Bone and Muscle Health

Posted on October 6, 2023 by Robert Barrington

Lean tissue is associated with health and those with higher amounts of lean tissue are conferred better health. Optimising the amount of bone and muscle is therefore important for health. Calcium, along with vitamin D, lysine and protein can all … Continue reading →

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L-Lysine and Osteoporosis

Posted on September 8, 2023 by Robert Barrington

L-lysine is an essential amino acid that has a number of functions in the body. Taking supplements of L-lysine in its free form may allow a number of beneficial health effects to manifest. For example, L-lysine may have some therapeutic … Continue reading →

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Calcium Absorption in Humans

Posted on November 4, 2022 by Robert Barrington

Calcium is an essential mineral that is required for a range of physiological functions in humans including bone formation and muscle contraction. Calcium ions also make up a large part of the cellular messaging system and so are integral to … Continue reading →

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A Misunderstood Problem of the Western Diet

Posted on October 27, 2022 by Robert Barrington

Calcium is an essential macromineral that is required for correct metabolic function. One of the main functions of calcium is as a structural component of bone. However calcium ions are also required for cellular signalling and correct neurotransmission and it … Continue reading →

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Vitamin D and Calcium for Weight Loss?

Posted on June 24, 2021 by Robert Barrington

Vitamin D and calcium are two nutrients that are known to interact in human metabolism. Both nutrients are also involved in weight regulation and although the mechanisms by which they help modulate body weight are not fully understood, scientific evidence … Continue reading →

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Low Soluble Calcium In Fortified Plant Milk

Posted on March 30, 2021 by Robert Barrington

Plant milks are milk substitute products that have become popular due to many having allergies to cow’s milk or being lactose intolerant. However, plant milks are naturally low in calcium and therefore the milks are often fortified with additional calcium. … Continue reading →

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Milk For Weight Loss?

Posted on March 4, 2020 by Robert Barrington

Cow’s milk is a nutritious food for animals other than young cows. There is a belief that cow’s milk is a poor quality food, but the science behind cow’s milk has been misunderstood. Certainly, certain individuals cannot consume cow’s milk … Continue reading →

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Dairy as A Weight Loss Food Group

Posted on July 16, 2019 by Robert Barrington

Dietary calcium may cause weight loss because it is able to alter calcitriol levels. This suppression of calcitriol may have effects on adipocytes such that intracellular calcium ion levels fall. This then triggers a release of lipids from the adipocytes, … Continue reading →

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Milk As A Possible Weight Loss Food?

Posted on April 7, 2019 by Robert Barrington
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Vitamin D Toxicity: Part 2

Posted on August 22, 2018 by Robert Barrington

In my previous article on vitamin D toxicity (here), I explained that vitamin D can become toxic at high doses. The traditional explanation of vitamin D toxicity relates to the ability of high intakes of one vitamin D metabolite, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin … Continue reading →

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