This is from Sunday's USA Weekend newspaper insert:
"According to its promoters, coral calcium is a high-mineral, highly absorbable form of calcium with magical healing powers. In truth, coral calcium is chemically identical to common calcium carbonate, or Tums, says expert Robert Heaney, M.D., of Creighton University in Omaha. 'The advertising claims for coral calcium are outlandish,' he says. Nevertheless, it's a huge money-making fad. One U.S. maker turns out 80,000 bottles a week at a cost of less that $2 a bottle; it retails for about $30 a pop."
Ouch -- Please pass the Tums!
GL
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