REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE YOUNG, PARENTS FORCED YOU TO DRINK MILK, SAYING IT WILL MAKE YOU TALLER? THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT CALCIUM, WHICH COMPRISES A LARGE COMPONENT OF BONE, HELPS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF BONE AND TEETH. HAVING ENOUGH CALCIUM WILL ENSURE CHILDREN MEET NUTRITIONAL AND MINERAL REQUIREMENT NEEDED FOR GROWTH. WHAT HAS BEEN OVERLOOKED IS HOW YOU WILL MAINTAIN YOUR EXISTING AND/OR NEWLY GROWN BONES AND TEETH FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIVES. OSTEOPOROSIS, ONE OF MANY BONE DISEASES WHICH JEOPARDIZE OUR BONE HEALTH, CAUSES BONE QUANTITY AND QUALITY TO REDUCE, EVENTUALLY LEADING TO AND INCREASING THE RISK OF BONE FRACTURE. WITH EVERMORE INCREASING NUMBER OF PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM THIS DISEASE, IT IS TIME THAT YOU START WORRYING ABOUT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY�S BONE MAINTENANCE. OSTEOPOROSIS CANADA STATISTICS SHOW THAT OSTEOPOROSIS: CAN STRIKE AT ANY AGE, BOTH MEN AND WOMEN. OVER 80% OF ALL FRACTURES IN PEOPLE 50+ ARE CAUSED BY OSTEOPOROSIS. WHAT IS MORE SHOCKING IS THE FACT THAT AT LEAST 1/3 OF WOMEN AND 1/5 OF MEN WILL SUFFER FROM OSTEOPOROSIS IN LIFETIME. SO HOW DO WE PROTECT OUR BONE? HEALTH CANADA APPROVES THAT CALCIUM, MAGNESIUM AND VITAMIN D HELP IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF BONE AND TEETH. IN ADDITION, MAGNESIUM AND VITAMIN D HELP BODY ABSORB AND UTILIZE CALCIUM. IMPORTANCE OF CALCIUM TO BONE HEALTH IS WELL RECOGNIZED. HOWEVER, ADEQUATE CALCIUM INTAKE ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH TO REDUCE THE RISK OF OSTEOPOROSIS AND OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURE. RESEARCH STUDIES CONDUCTED AROUND THE WORLD HAVE SUGGESTED THAT WITHOUT SUFFICIENT VITAMIN D, BODY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ABSORB CALCIUM AS EFFECTIVELY. ALBION 1996A: EFFECTIVE CALCIUM SUPPLEMENTATION: NOT AS EASY AS ADVERTISED!!! ALBION RESEARCH NOTES 1996;5(3). ALBION 1993A: CALCIUM ABSORPTION CONFLICT. ALBION RESEARCH NOTES 1993;2(2). BURGESS E, LEWANCZUK R, BOLLI P, CHOCKALINGAM A, CUTLER H, TAYLOR G, HAMET P. LIFESTYLE MODIFICATIONS TO PREVENT AND CONTROL HYPERTENSION. 6. RECOMMENDATIONS ON POTASSIUM, MAGNESIUM AND CALCIUM. CANADIAN HYPERTENSION SOCIETY, CANADIAN COALITION FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE PREVENTION AND CONTROL, LABORATORY CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL AT HEALTH CANADA, HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION OF CANADA. THE CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL 1999;160(9):S35-45. IOM 1997: INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE. STANDING COMMITTEE ON THE SCIENTIFIC EVALUATION OF DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKES, FOOD AND NUTRITION BOARD, INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE. DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKES FOR CALCIUM, PHOSPHOROUS, MAGNESIUM, VITAMIN D, AND FLUORIDE. WASHINGTON (DC): NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS; 1997. PATRICK L. COMPARATIVE ABSORPTION OF CALCIUM SOURCES AND CALCIUM CITRATE MALATE FOR THE PREVENTION OF OSTEOPOROSIS. ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE REVIEW 1999;4(2):74-85. ALBION 2004A: MAGNESIUM: A ROLE IN THE THERAPY FOR ASTHMA. ALBION RESEARCH NOTES 2004;13(3) FIROZ M, GRABER M. BIOAVAILABILITY OF US COMMERCIAL MAGNESIUM PREPARATIONS. MAGNESIUM RESEARCH 2001;14(4):257-62. MEISEL P, SCHWAHN C, LUEDEMANN J, JOHN U, KROEMER HK, KOCHER T. MAGNESIUM DEFICIENCY IS ASSOCIATED WITH PERIODONTAL DISEASE. JOURNAL OF DENTAL RESEARCH 2005;84(10):937-941. This page is not intended to be a comprehensive review of the medicinal ingredient