Re: Knee problems, conflicting diagnosis, MRI

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dgk wrote:
On Fri, 09 Mar 2007 02:10:14 GMT, Bill Baka <bbaka@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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len wrote:
On Mar 8, 6:20 am, Xchequer <x...@xxxxx> wrote:
On Wed, 07 Mar 2007 06:37:23 +0000, Bill Baka wrote:
Xchequer wrote:
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I had an issue when I was running where my knees had similar pain.
It
was so bad that I couldn't bike ride for two years. My doctor said
I
had Osteoarthritis.
Huh? How old? Do you drink milk or eat canned sardines for calcium?
Try
Tums antacid tablets. Calcium Carbonate. I don't have stomach
problems
but the Tums have become like candy to me and great for the bones.
I'm 33 now. When it all started I was 28. I drink about a
glass
of milk every other day. After my knees went south and I did some
research I realized I was doing quite a bit wrong.

Xchequer
So you are saying the milk can have something to do? Too much
calcium?

Len
...
I haven't been following this thread but I'd like to point out that I
have an orthopedist who makes all of his patients with joint issues
take Calcium Citrate, not Carbonate. I've been doing it for over a
year now and I definitely have less of a knee issue than I've had in
the past.

It's impossible to prove that it has any effect at all, but I just
thought that I'd mention it.
I think that is what Paul Harvey advertises as 'Citrical', just a way of
getting the Vitamin C along with the Calcium.
Bill Baka

The reason is you need the acid(ascorbic acid in Vit.C pills) to absorb the
Ca in the stomach like I said. That is why some doctors will tell you not
to eat tums because they do the reverse and you cannot get the calcium from
the tums anyway. Whether it is true or not it sure is a good gimmick,
Doctors cannot even decide. That is what all the fuss is about calcium in
everything you buy these days from being added to milk to stomach acid tabs.
But they cannot even decide so drug companies and researchers decide for
you. How are you suppose to know when you have enough stomach acid? I
donot know but probably some gets through.


How I got into eating Tums was because a younger (54) friend of mine has
stomach problems and has them all over his house. When I go to visit and
usually work on his computer I munch about 5 a day. They are free, so
why not? I don't have any health problems and I figure I should get
enough Calcium out of them. There is an Orange tree in my back yard so
vitamin C is not a problem for me.
And to answer the big question, NO, I don't know if Citrate absorbs better.
Bill Baka
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