Causes & Symptoms Of Calcium Deficiency – Dr. Berg

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hi guys in this video we’re going to talk about calcium deficiencies now I put a link down below so you can see calcium excesses as well because so many people have too much calcium it’s locking up the soft tissues and creating all sorts of issues so watch that one too but if you’re deficient in calcium these are the symptoms number one insomnia specifically early morning insomnia let’s say you get up an hour before the alarm clock boom you need some calcium so calcium will allow you to go a little bit longer and that’s because calcium is needed to make tryptophan to make melatonin so it’s not just about calcium in the muscle itself relaxing you it’s about your hormones okay uh muscle cramps okay so that’s one common symptom so I recommend um calcium lactate or calcium citrate not a not a it’s very easy to find brittle nails tooth decay bone loss and red purple spots they could be really small or they can be bigger why because calcium is involved in the clotting of blood just like Vitamin K is okay then tetany that’s a little twitching right through in here but many times it’s not the calcium it’s your two alkaline and you’re not able to transport the calcium and it becomes unavailable to you so you get these little Twitches you know different parts of your body it’s called tetany um there’s more symptoms but these are the main ones pins and needle around the mouth and the lips or on your your hands and your feet which could also be a u a diabetic symptom as well so they can mimic each other okay now what are the causes hypoparathyroidism now not hypothyroidism it’s the parathyroid there’s two there’s four little glands behind the thyroid they’re really tiny and they’re like the the size of a seed of a a rice a grain of rice and um when it’s low it can actually affect the calcium when it’s high it raises calcium and it will steal it from the bone uh kidney damage can cause a Calcium deficiency um calcium channel blockers that’s what you would take if you have high blood pressure because that blocks calcium um anti acids which dry up all the acid in your stomach giving you low stomach acids you need a really acidic stomach to absorb minerals specifically calcium so that could be you know why you’re deficient vomiting or diarrhea because you’re losing fluids um excessive magnesium so let’s say you’re taking the uh remedy called C which is magnesium and you’re taking it but you’re not adding the calcium in there that can create an imbalance because calcium and magnesium work together uh then we have low vitamin D right let’s say for example you don’t it’s not in your diet or you’re not getting the Sun or your gallbladder is missing or you don’t have enough bile because your gallbladder is congested you can’t absorb the fat Cal vitamins so that’s another common reason uh low stomach acids and then alkalosis which basically your pH of your blood is just overly too alkaline and that can come from adrenal stress and high cortisol okay the best foods for calcium would be grass-fed dairy uh cheese I do a lot of cheese um you get a lot of calcium from that greens leafy greens spinach bok choy kale is loaded with calcium nuts seeds fish sardines and it’s a lot of other Foods as well well if you’re going to take a supplement I would go for the calcium lactate if you can’t find that go with the citrate calcium citrate but do not go for the calcium carbonate that’s like chewing on cement um it’s just chewing on this wall right here it’s just not going to be absorbed too well um uh it’s like chewing on rocks all right so share your comments below thanks for watching where am I going with this press the Subscribe button forgot last part and I’m going to see you next time am I going to I will press the Subscribe button and I will keep you updated on the future events