Life Link's Calcium Orotate 745mg 100Tabs

About Calcium Orotate Calcium orotate is a mineral salt that is normally found in small amounts in all living things. Each molecule of calcium orotate consists of two molecules of orotic acid in which a single calcium atom replaces a pair of hydrogen atoms (one from each orotic acid molecule).Orotate (orotic acid) is a biochemical substance made by all cells. It is a necessary raw material for making the genetic substances RNA and DNA.4Calcium is an essential mineral used by the body to make structural material for bones and teeth, and to assist in communications within and between cells.1 The optimum dietary calcium intake for humans ranges from about 400 to 1500 mg/day depending upon age.1, 2, 3What we can"™t tell you In the U.S. and some other industrialized countries, government agencies like the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have adopted censorship as a method for intensifying their control over supplement users and their suppliers. Thus, FDA regulations prohibit us from telling you that any of our products are effective as medical treatments, even if they are, in fact, effective.Accordingly, we will limit our discussion of calcium orotate to a brief summary of relevant research, and let you draw your own conclusions about what medical conditions it may be effective in treating.Calcium orotate was introduced as a supplement by Dr. Hans Nieper, the innovative German physician, 5 who used it to treat or prevent the following conditions:6, 7bone loss and pain due to inflammation or osteoporosis psoriasis lupus erythematosus arthritis and spondylitis high blood pressure angina pectoris multiple sclerosis encephalitis retinitis phlebitis hepatitis, and colitis. Nieper considered orotates to be superior to carbonates, chlorides, sulfates, and other anions as bioavailability enhancers for minerals like calcium.7Nieper was a controversial figure whose treatments were denounced by many in the medical profession and were targeted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration "” despite the fact that these critics had done essentially no investigation of these treatments, and despite the fact that countless thousands of Nieper"™s patients and followers found the treatments to be superbly effective.5 Nieper died in 1998, but his influence lives on.Other researchers have also studied some of the medical applications of calcium ororate. Let"™s look briefly at these applications.Bone strength and osteoporosis Calcium supplements are universally recognized as preventatives for bone loss and osteoporosis.8 While other calcium salts, such as calcium citrate, can effectively inhibit bone loss, Hans Nieper"™s studies concluded that calcium orotate supplies the bones with more usable calcium per amount of supplement consumed, and also benefits the user in other ways "” such as controlling appetite and suppressing inflammatory conditions.9The element boron has been shown to be important for preventing calcium loss from bones.13 But dietary boron intakes vary wid