Is AlgaeCal just another Calcium Carbonate?
Competitors often suggest that AlgaeCal is nothing more than calcium carbonate like limestone, oyster shell calcium and coral calcium are. Look at these facts and judge for yourself. Composition Calcium carbonate is a calcium ion attached to a carbonate molecule, and represented by the symbol CaCO3. Nothing more and nothing less. It is always 40% elemental calcium and 60% carbonate. AlgaeCal has calcium ions that are attached to carbonate molecules, chloride molecules, sulphate molecules, and more. AlgaeCal also contains 13 other minerals known to support bone health, plus an unquantified number of organic phytonutrients. AlgaeCal is 30% elemental calcium and 70% other nutrients. The indisputable fact is AlgaeCal contains much more than calcium carbonate. Performance Because it is believed that all calcium is the same, companies have been reluctant to pit their calcium against another calcium in head to head studies. Not so with AlgaeCal. We have a human osteoblast study comparing Alga
